Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, it's a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that at some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?

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A wave of nausea hits you, and you struggle to stay on your feet.

As you frantically search for your epipen, that life-saving jolt of adrenaline, you see your fingers turning blue.

Cyanosis is setting in.

Is this the end?

And all because of what? A peanut? Surely not.

The fear of such an allergic reaction, otherwise known as anaphylaxis, must have been uppermost in the mind of Mrs. Ryshaye when she wrote the Edmonton Eskimos football club and asked them to

change their policy on peanuts.

Peanuts were an institution at 60,000-seat Commonwealth Stadium, home of the Canadian Football League's Eskimos,

typically washed down with copious amounts of overpriced beer in flimsy plastic cups.

Fans found that cracking open peanuts was the perfect preoccupation

during a tense encounter with the Saskatchewan Rough Riders, or the hated Calgary Stampeders. Leaving

the stadium was also a peanut-related ritual, as fans shuffled through millions of peanut shells, grinding

them into a fine, peonity dust that hovered at ankle

height. For most fans, peanuts were part of the Edmonton Eskimo experience, but for Mrs. Richet's

severely allergic son, they transformed what should have been a fun day out into a tense encounter

with his mortality. Much to Mrs. Rishay's surprise, her letter made an impression on the Eskimos.

Within days, she had a reply, informing her that peanuts would be banned from the entire stadium,

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