So many different ones, surprised nobody has died or popped yet in one of them LOL. What do you think about eating contests?

I saw one live today at Coney Island on TV. LOL, every time the smaller person wins. I really though am like concerned about this one guy, he's like 400 pounds, and at the end when he lost the host was telling him maybe he needed to practice more basically. I mean, sheesh, he's telling a 400 pound guy basically he needs to eat more, to win the competition! All they get is a year's supply of hotdogs (LOL) and a belt and a trophy for winning.

Amazing though how those that are smaller are the best competitors in eating contests. The winner today ate 53.5 hotdogs in 12 minutes, he blew everyone else way. The lady that won 3rd place at I think 38 or so hotdogs is a gal from my area, 98 lbs LOL. She's eaten 65 hard boiled eggs in 8 minutes before too, LOL, dang!

LOL this kind of competition is just hilarious and weird to me LOL.

hmmmm... lol I want a hotdog now, but have none, dang... [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

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[ 07-04-2004, 11:45 PM: Message edited by: ladyzekke ]

I heard about... interesting that I never made the connection that it's been the smaller person who always seems to win. Wonder why that is? What scientific rationale is there to support that I wonder.

I'd like to know because I love to indulge in things quite tasty and I love steak.... LOL

I'm not sure about food eating contests, sometimes it gets a bit messy, and a little gross. I don't think I would be the type of person to do something like that, or to watch something like that... wouldn't the competitors have something else to do other then eat?
I mean I'm not objecting to it...it's a good way to get free food :D

[ 07-04-2004, 11:49 PM: Message edited by: Lauren ]

The guy that won , which was a slim Asian guy, (also his second win in a row for him and broke his own record today) says that fat makes it harder to pack in the food, that being skinny is better. He said he ate like a pig for months, then ate nothing for 2 days before the competition. I have no idea, but he has to have a point, as again the biggest ones never win!

[ 07-04-2004, 11:52 PM: Message edited by: ladyzekke ]

Damn... I better slim down right quick... yummy steak, here I come!

I found my way to that station as well. I believe that was his third win, however. They were mentioning on how no one had ever won three consecutive competitions before. Also, I think he broke more than his own record. The world record, made sometime in the 1910's, was 50.

But eck! Everything about that contest was revolting. [img]graemlins/1puke.gif[/img]

Too true. I tried watching a couple before, I've even glanced over different previews and I don't think it should be called eating contests, more like 'whose stomach is made out of iron?' I say that because they never eat any actually sane food, the contestants always chug down gallons of mayonnaise, eat this many frozen hot dogs, try out this uncooked liver, just nasty crap. Not really something to watch.

Crazy people. Someone's gonna get hurt soon. I don't know about them, but when I eat, I like to ENJOY my food.

Well the winner get free use of the 'barfatorium'.

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what was surprising to me was that the announcers were saying that the winner would soon be the next Jordan-like figure. Nobody goes around saying "hey, could you get tickets to that hot-dog eating contest? they were sold out by 8:30"...i mean honestly

Eatingcontests is in one word DISGUSTING.

I'm with Johnny... Is it terribly wrong for me to secretly root for people in eating contests to choke?

Waste of food if you ask me... You could have just used to food for better things... my 2c

Count my vote for disgusting. I once ate 6 hotdogs at a BBQ and couldn't look at one for the next month; I can't IMAGINE how those people feel afterwards.

OTOH, there is a certain fascinating horror about seeing those things. It's like watching someone really stupid play with fireworks.

I do get queasy from watching them stuff endless hotdogs in their mouths. I've never actually watched those competitions, but the sports channels do insist on showing the "highlights".

maybe they just want to show off their good metabilisms! (sorry had to say that since I have a really good one supposedly)

But seriously, 53.5 hotdogs in 12 minutes??? That is just crazy! I mean I dont think I could eat that much in an hour, maybe even a day, (well I could if I pushed, but it would be uncomfortable most likely), but I mean in just 12 minutes, that guy has something wrong with him!

You have to train hard and serious to chomp down that many (see ladyzekke's post). If you want to show off your metabolism there are many other less masochistic options.

I suspect that the winner, like champion athletes, was born with the skill, and honed it mercilessly through practice.

I still don't understand how he's so skinny, though.

They never necessarily said he didnt work out. ;)

True. Maybe he also only ate once every couple days. That's a big sacrifice to win such a worthless contest.

I just looked at more of the profiles in my link, one guy, No. 8, apparently won a butter eating contest. Another reindeer sausage, and another baseball sized matza balls. LOL these people are nuts. Only healthy food I saw in there was cabbage (yuck!) [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

I hope our health care system won't help keep them alive when the keel over from clogged arteries, liver failure, or a mammoth-sized case of indigestion. Otherwise there's no point to natural selection.

And no, cabbage is NOT healthy if you eat more than one! [img]smile.gif[/img]

*Sigh*

Why don't they actually have food that people would think about eating? Get me some white castles, chicken wings, or a regular sandwich and I'll sign up [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I dunno, but I like reindeer sausage! [img]smile.gif[/img]
Yummy!

Nothing wrong with reindeer sausage, but how many do you feel like eating? 20? 30? If so, we'd better get you into one of those contests!

Hmm, depends. If it's those little sticks that my grampa brings, then, yeah, i could prolly do 20-30. [img]tongue.gif[/img] But if it's like, huge rolls, then probably not. ;)

We won't push you. Wouldn't want to break your budget just on Tums and Pepto Bismol.

I saw a food eating competition show (I think a few years ago), where the guy that won this one (Kobayashi, or something?) was on. They had about 7 competitions, and each one had a different set of people. Kobayashi was in the hot dog eating one, and he won by a long shot. All the winners from the first 7 competitions had to see how many cow brains (I think they said it was a delicacy, somewhere) they could eat in a set amount of time. They had these huge platters with a lot of cow brains piled high on them, and Kobayashi finished a whole platter, and started on a second one! Nobody else even finished the first one. I don't normally watch food eating competitions on TV, but when I'm bored and there's nothing else on, I'll watch it if it's not too disgusting.

He can have the cow brains, I'll take the rest of the cow. So did you find watching people eat cow brains too disgusting?

So are these guys (and gals) professional gluttons? Do they actually get paid for this stuff?

LSO158 (why that name?!) - It was yes Kobayashi who won this hotdog eating contest I am talking about, he is No. 1 in the link I have above, although they need to update his profile now to 53.5 hotdogs in 12 seconds.

I still though can't get over that one guy's profile, BUTTER eating. Could it get any more unhealthy? I'd think that would be worse for your health than meat? I dunno, it's all unhealthy no matter what to begin with, eating extreme amounts of any food, but frikken butter? LOL, sorry it IS disgusting, but I've never watched a food eating contest before ever until yesterday, and a part of me can't help but crack up about it, because it is just so nuts.

I would imagine that butter eating would be worse than meat eating... I would also imagine that the inevitable indigestion would be worse, too.

Not compared to what the runners-up from the first 6 competitions had to eat. I forgot exactly what it was, but it was some other organ from a cow. I didn't watch that one.

It's actually my dad's account, but he hasn't used it since he asked a question about BG2 a few years ago. Neither of us are very good at thinking of names, so we usually use our email address. :D

In that competition, one event was mayonaise eating. The winner ate about four bowls of it. Kinda big bowls, too. I missed that one, but they described the competition the person won when they came for the final competition. They showed him holding one of the bowls over his head.

Agreed... I can't stand to watch eating contests, it kind of makes me sick in the stomach.

Nasty! Thanks for not pushing me, Aerich. [img]smile.gif[/img]