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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSA
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2008
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VOLUME 120 ISSUE 16
A TASTY TRIUMPH
Sophomore tries all 130 flavors
Tyler Waugh/KANSAN
Wearing a Tad's Tropical Sno T-shirt, Nate Boehr, Topeka sophmore,takes a bite from a cup of the 130th flavor of sno cone he ate this year. Boehr met his goal of trying all 130 flavors of sno cones at the Lawrence Tad's Tropical Sno, 939 Iowa St., Wednesday,but he had previously accomplished the same at Theoke location.
One student tastes everything at Tad's Tropical Sno twice.
BY JOE PREINER
jpreiner@kansan.com
Sixteen pounds of sugar, 65 days and $260 is what Nate Boehr went through on his way to trying all 130 flavors at Tad's Tropical Sno, 939 Iowa St. Boehr, a Topeka sophomore, tried flavors Nos. 129 and 130 yesterday.
The feat is nothing new for Boehr, who consumed all 130 flavors at the Tad's in his hometown. He even has a flavor named after him there: a strawberry, watermelon and orange concoction referred to as Boehr's Blast.
"I'd be waiting in line, and I would hear people talking around me saying, 'Oh, someday I'm going to try all the flavors,' but no one ever stepped up to the plate," Boehr said.
For Boehr, it was a personal challenge that began four years ago. Boehr had recently tried his first Tad's sno cone at the urging of high school friends, and was standing in line for another when the idea came to him.
He accepted the challenge then, and accepted it again early this July.
cones. A regular, the size Boehr typically purchases, costs $2. After eating the last bite of Wipeout, the final flavor on the list, Boehr had spent $260 on the summertime treat.
Boehr said that when he came to the University of Kansas, he was happy to learn there was a Tad's in Lawrence. He said he was disappointed when he discovered his flavor had been left off the list. The discovery gave him a newfound determination, and he started preparing for the undertaking.
"When I did it back in Topeka, I had a job to help finance it," Boehr said. "With school now, I don't really have time for a job. That's why I didn't start until July. I was nervous about asking my dad for the money."
One thing Boehr had to plan for was the financial burden of buying 130 sno
Boehr said his goal was to leave his mark in Lawrence by getting his flavor added to the list. Tad Gellender, owner of Tad's Tropical Sno, has agreed to add Boehr's Blast to the Lawrence menu. Boehr said.
by the numbers
Zach Macchi, Topeka sophomore, has known Boehr since high school. He said he has accompanied Boehr to Tad's — in Lawrence and in Topeka — on several occasions.
Macchi said that he would never join Boehr in his quest for flavor domination, but that it was fun watching his friend go after it.
2 dollars spent for each regular size sno cone
55 grams of sugar in a regular size sno cone
130 flavors offered at Tad's
16 pounds of sugar in 130 sno cones
65 consecutive days it takes to eat 130 sno cones (two per day)
260 dollars — total cost of consuming 130 sno cones
"It's cool how he plans it out so far in advance," Macchi said. "He always seems pretty excited when he goes, unless he knows he's getting bad flavors. Then he's not always so pumped."
Boehr, a self-proclaimed expert on Tad's Tropical Snol flavors, confessed he didn't like them all. There were a few he said he didn't enjoy. Among those flavors were chocolate, cheesecake and birthday cake.
"It's a three-way tie for last place," Boehr said. "Those just really don't fit my tastes. It's called Tad's Tropical Sno, which sort
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of implies the flavors should all be fruit-based"
Nate Boehr puts his final Tad's cup, from a Wipe Out sno cone, on the top of his tower on Wednesday. Boehr ate two Tad's Tropical Sno cones a day for 65 days, until he had tried all 130 flavors. After washing out the cups, he put them on the tower, which he plans to keep for a few months.
Macchi said he thought it was funny how Boehr built relationships with the workers at Tad's.
Ali Dankenbring, a manager at Tads, said she had seen Boehr many times since the beginning of summer. She said that trying all 130 flavors was not a common activity.
"There are usually one or two people who try to do it each summer," Dankenbring said. "Those people rarely make it through them all though."
Boehr knows he may not be the only one in Lawrence to try every flavor, but he said he was confident he was the only one to do it both in Topeka and here. The evidence of his feat is a clean, labeled cup from every flavor.
With the two nearby Tad's down, only the one in Manhattan, Kan., remains. Boehr said he was quite sure he would
The two-a-day consumption of sno cones worried Boehr at times. He said he got concerned about G.abetes because each treat contained 55 grams of sugar. After doing the math, Boehr said it came out to 16 pounds of sugar when all is said and done.
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never make the trip.
Man I tell you what," Boehr said. "If Tad's in Manhattan was the last place on earth you could get one of those delicious sno cones, I would sooner try all 168,000 drink combinations at Sonic before I had just one sno cone in Manhattan; I hate K-State."
ENTERTAINMENT
Lied Center program tells explorers' stories
Edited by Becka Cremer
The adventures and discoveries of explorers will be brought to life at the Lied Center on Saturday. "First Person: Stories From the Edge of the World" will feature excerpts from journals, music by Ensemble
Galilei and photographs from National Geographic, NPRs Neal Conan and actress Lily Knight will narrate the program.
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LECTURE
Steven Hawley, professor of physics and astronomy and former NASA astronaut, will talk about his space shuttle missions Sunday. The presentation will run from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Spooner Hall and be free.
Former astronaut to discuss Hubble
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index
Classifieds. 5B
Crossword. 8A
Horoscopes. 8A
Dole Institute offers specialized lectures
today at the Adams Alumni Center. The two featured speakers are political consultants Jon Gaylord and Ray Strother.
Pizza and Politics is getting a facelift this year, and trying to reach different groups of students not involved with the political science department. The first Pizza and Politics will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m.
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