Aaron almost kills Tom with hot sauce

Having read the task brief, Aaron unbuttons several of Tom Cashman’s shirt buttons and asks him to remove his jacket. He states that he was going to add chest hair using black yarn, but realises that Tom is already “packing” in that respect. Instead, he stuffs the yarn into Tom’s shirt to give him larger biceps.

Aaron then offers Tom a “better version” of a Bloody Mary, made from tomato sauce and hot sauce. He also wraps a bandana around Tom’s head and gives him a guitar to hold in one hand, and the drink in the other.

Tom sips from the concoction and immediately reacts: his eyes water, and he describes it as “very chilli”. After Aaron asks him to say “I’m the captain”, Tom obliges, then takes another sip of the drink, and says that it feels like it’s burning his stomach.

Aaron points out that Tom is sweating profusely and asks whether he should also take a sip of the drink, out of empathy. After sniffing the concoction, Aaron states “Oh, that’s not really drinkable.” As Tom gulps some water for relief, Aaron takes a tiny sip of the beverage, then bursts out laughing while admitting that it is quite hot. He then asks the production crew “What does the law say, in terms of if Tom dies?”.

In the studio, Tom Cashman explains that the hot sauce was unlabelled, but was so spicy that he’d nearly vomited and had to quickly eat some food to recover. When Aaron argues that this had somehow made Tom better, Tom Gleeson disagrees and states that Aaron had actually made Tom a worse man. Tom Cashman adds that Aaron had nearly killed him.

Aaron earns 2 points.

(Written by JoGo and proofread by Karl Craven)

(Illustrations collected and adjusted by: David Fuller)