Hot Dogs
Today, ESPN2 was broadcasting the World Hot Dog Eating Contest. Although, I intend on devoting this journal entry to its mockery, it is hard to find any kind of sentence that can follow that up. Here's what I know, the reigning champion is from Japan, and he is the favorite to win. He holds the record with 50.5 hotdogs. The American competittor is of course a very very very large man and the Japanese man, named Kobayashi, of course is not. I'm not exactly sure at this point what the hotdog winner wins, but so far this contest has been called the "18th hole" and Lenox Lewis's belt. Among the rules are:
1. All you can eat in 12 min.
2. You must be 18+
3. You must eat the hotdog & bun
4. What is called "Reversal of Fortune" A.K.A No honking-you must keep dogs down.
5. Fractions of hotdogs do count.
So let me tell you what's going on-some competitors, which include large football like men, a tiny less than 100lb woman, a 65 year old woman who also likes to dance while she eats, and about 15 others that they don't show on camera. The crowd is going crazy! The announcers are going crazy! Kobayashi has just passed his record 50.5 hotdogs with a minute to go. While some contestants look green and like they might break the "Reversal of Fortune" rule, Kobayashi is eating faster than ever. And it's over! Kobayashi has eaten 53.5 hotdogs, breaking his own record. This is an exciting day. I guess, though, if you're going to participate in a hotdog eating contest, you might as well win. What's the point in eating 46 hotdogs, only to lose? Kobayashi still has a mouthful of hotdog and bun in his mouth that he hasn't yet swallowed. Do those count? How long must you wait before youreverse peristalsis those hotdogs?
Hey God Bless America-the country where purging on hotdogs is televised and makes you an "athelete" Who knew that overeating food could be a sport...What a great country. ANYTHING is possible here.
1. All you can eat in 12 min.
2. You must be 18+
3. You must eat the hotdog & bun
4. What is called "Reversal of Fortune" A.K.A No honking-you must keep dogs down.
5. Fractions of hotdogs do count.
So let me tell you what's going on-some competitors, which include large football like men, a tiny less than 100lb woman, a 65 year old woman who also likes to dance while she eats, and about 15 others that they don't show on camera. The crowd is going crazy! The announcers are going crazy! Kobayashi has just passed his record 50.5 hotdogs with a minute to go. While some contestants look green and like they might break the "Reversal of Fortune" rule, Kobayashi is eating faster than ever. And it's over! Kobayashi has eaten 53.5 hotdogs, breaking his own record. This is an exciting day. I guess, though, if you're going to participate in a hotdog eating contest, you might as well win. What's the point in eating 46 hotdogs, only to lose? Kobayashi still has a mouthful of hotdog and bun in his mouth that he hasn't yet swallowed. Do those count? How long must you wait before youreverse peristalsis those hotdogs?
Hey God Bless America-the country where purging on hotdogs is televised and makes you an "athelete" Who knew that overeating food could be a sport...What a great country. ANYTHING is possible here.