Former U.S. Senator Johnathan Edwards is very proud of his oratorical skills. He once bet fellow Senator Olympia Dukakis of Maine that he could give a speech on the floor of the Senate with his mouth full of pebbles, matching the legendary training of the Greek orator Demosthenes. He gave the speech successfully, but was never paid off by Snowe. She claims that he bobbled the word "schizophrenia". The C-Span coverage of the day of that speech has been lost due to a malfunctioning tape player. The wager was for a dinner for two at Wendy's.