One of the annual highlights of working for Cambridge Archaeological Unit was the Easter Creme Egg challenge, where diggers would gather in a pub to see who could fit the most creme eggs in their mouth at once and eventually eat them. It was a highly competitive and anticipated

Challenge, with a crowd of heavily invested supporters clutching pints and torn beer mats with their bets on, a smaller but equally focused group of competitors and a growing circle of politely interested and soon to be disgusted non-archaeologists who were just in the pub.

The favourite in this was always the lead surveyor, a New Zealander whose stoic attitude to spending upwards of 20 minutes with a mouth full of slowly melting chocolate and glucose was nothing short of heroic, but there were always young turks in the digging team to challenge him

During the 2014 event, the young turk in question set off at a rate of knots. Meanwhile the old hand carefully plotted out his game. 1 egg in each cheek and then 3 in the main mouth section. He popped in the first 4 and then gently manoeuvred in the fifth. A zen look overtook him

The challenger was struggling. 3 eggs were in but the fourth was proving tricky. He looked over at his opponent. A thin line of chocolate drool escaped from the Kiwi's lips. A taunt. With a muffled "Death or glory" the young turk placed the 4th egg to his lips and rammed it home.

We spent the next minute desperately hitting him on the back to dislodge the 3rd creme egg which, unable to go anywhere else, had canonaded into his upper windpipe. A grim soon to be diabetic smile crept over the gleaming face of the surveyor. Another challenger seen off.

My point is that if two men snogging around a creme egg is shocking to you, then you really need to get out more. Go to the pub. Meet some archaeologists. It'll open your eyes.

It goes without saying that we are all dedicated professionals who are highly respected in our field.

Please do not try this at home. All competitors went through rigorous training for up to several minutes beforehand and were all in peak physical readiness for it. This challenge is not for amateurs.