For Lee Sanderlin, defeat was hard to stomach.
Sanderlin, an investigations and politics reporter at the Clarion-Ledger newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi, had to spend 24 hours in a Waffle House restaurant after losing in his fantasy football league.
There was one chance at a reprieve, however: “Every waffle I eat shaves an hour off the clock,” Sanderlin said in a now-viral Twitter thread. Sanderlin claimed that this punishment was his idea, per the New York Times.
Sanderlin’s sickly-sweet journey began at 4.07 pm local time.
“I got some books, some magazines and some podcasts. And two waffles to start,” he wrote, posting a photo of his first two helpings.
Within some 20 minutes, Sanderlin
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