The Brother Dog Dare

What's that you ask?  A Brother Dog Dare is the worst dare there is.  It beats even the triple dog dare.  Why, is this particular dare so dangerous? Because when a brother dares you he has no concern for your safety or your ego AND because families are forever you will NEVER EVER be allowed to forget the outcome: good, bad, ugly or as stupid as it may be.

Accompanying a Brother Dog Dare are usually the words "I did it, and I bet you can't beat my record."  Now that I have explained this horrific dare to you, you can all stop wondering why Austin has broken so many bones and why the boys seem to be so accident prone.  In our home it is attributed to the Brother Dog Dare.

Here is the latest and the greatest:  How long can you hold a salted ice cube?  I bet you can't hold it longer than me?  BTW - thanks YouTube for the idea :/ This dare is coming from Austin, who has worked all summer digging sprinkler ditches for grandpa and has severely toughened palms, to Carson, who has not been in the trenches yet and does not even know to consider the condition of ones palms before taking the dare.  Here are the results:

Against Mom and Dad's advice, Carson accepted the dare and won the bet, but lost the use of his hand for a bit.  To the mothers of boys out there:  Do they ever grow out of this stupidity?