I've mentioned it before, but one of my best friends ate a Red Savina Habanero burger at the Prince of Wales in San Mateo, CA - thick Savina paste smeared liberally on the bun on both sides. Yeesh. He got to the last bite, and had a small "reversal" as they say in the competitive eating world. He did not finish that last bite (and thus did not get the t-shirt or plaque) and instead his prize was going home, curling up in the fetal position and riding out the agonizing pain as he sweat and drooled for literally hours afterwards. He said the terlet experience the next morning was horrifically painful.
He did not die. However, he wished for death several times that evening.
That said, tonight with a group of 8 I broke out one of the 7-pot Jonahs from Judy and 6/8 people wanted to try it, AFTER my friend & I both said it was extremely hot - 3 girls too. One girl went back for 2nds, then 3rds, and along with me chopped up the rest of the pod and sprinkled it on our homemade pizza. Once you get past the burn it's a really tasty pepper - the tip of the tongue is a bit brutal though.
Of course, there's no comparing that "safe and sane" superhot experience with the burger - that was just dumb. I would gladly eat another slice of pizza with 1/3 of a Jonah on it again. That was yummy.