tucsoncoyote
06-03-2007, 05:35 PM
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Trying to become the next Tusoncoyote, josh? ;)
Heh, I saw this story and immediately thought of Tuscon. :sweat:
You know that that was kind of tasteless don't you think?
Because first there's eating dogs (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=191353) in poor taste, and then there are eating (hot)dogs in good taste.
But there are limits you know.
According to the article:
Joey Chestnut, 22, of San Jose, shattered the record held by Takeru Kobayashi of Japan by downing 59½ “HBDs” — (hot dogs and buns) — during the Southwest Regional Hot Dog Eating Championship at the Arizona Mills Mall in suburban Tempe.
Kobayashi’s old record of 53¾ was set last year at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest, held at Coney Island in New York, said George Costos, who helps runs the regional contests for Nathan’s.
Chestnut placed second in last year’s world championships, consuming 52 hot dogs.
“He’s unbelievable — he just keeps on going,” said Ryan Nerz, who works for Major League Eating, which he describes as “a world governing board for all stomach-centric sports.”
“These guys’ numbers have just been going up at a tremendous clip,” Nerz said. “I always thought there was a limit — a limit to the human stomach and a limit to human willpower — but I guess not.”
So what did Mr. Chestnut win for all that eating?
Chestnut won a free trip to New York, a year’s supply of hot dogs and a $250 gift card to the mall.
But I bet a lot of you when you read this story like this would think guys like Takeru Kobayashi, and Joey Chestnut would be big and rotund, or as some of you would say "Down right obese."
But the true fact of the matter is they're exactly the opposite of what you would think or even envision. They're skinny and in Kobayashi's case, wiry as a rail.
But then it makes me wonder.. Where on earth do these guys put it all?
I mean the human body does have it's limitations here, and yet seeing these guys eating that many HBD's you would think that their stomachs would eventually explode from lack of room. Also it makes me worry that seeing contests like this, that sooner or later, someone in an atempt to break a record like this, will end up in a hospital, or even worse, in a morgue.
After all this story reminds me of that one story about six months back where a woman died trying to hold her bladder while drinking water in order to win her child a Wii, and in the end, she lost her life.
But hey, no guts, no glory right?
But in the end, I just don't like thinking about the consequences of something like this when someone pushes their body way too far, all for the sake of being a "World record setter". It's just not worth the effort to get yourself into a book just for the sake of losing your life.
After all you can only go so far before you collapse, or in this case.. Explode.
So Let's discuss this. Do you think contests like this should be banned or not?
Oh and to DarthGonzon and veemonjosh, would you like some mustard and relish on your hot dogs while you chew this one over?
:coyote:
Trying to become the next Tusoncoyote, josh? ;)
Heh, I saw this story and immediately thought of Tuscon. :sweat:
You know that that was kind of tasteless don't you think?
Because first there's eating dogs (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=191353) in poor taste, and then there are eating (hot)dogs in good taste.
But there are limits you know.
According to the article:
Joey Chestnut, 22, of San Jose, shattered the record held by Takeru Kobayashi of Japan by downing 59½ “HBDs” — (hot dogs and buns) — during the Southwest Regional Hot Dog Eating Championship at the Arizona Mills Mall in suburban Tempe.
Kobayashi’s old record of 53¾ was set last year at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest, held at Coney Island in New York, said George Costos, who helps runs the regional contests for Nathan’s.
Chestnut placed second in last year’s world championships, consuming 52 hot dogs.
“He’s unbelievable — he just keeps on going,” said Ryan Nerz, who works for Major League Eating, which he describes as “a world governing board for all stomach-centric sports.”
“These guys’ numbers have just been going up at a tremendous clip,” Nerz said. “I always thought there was a limit — a limit to the human stomach and a limit to human willpower — but I guess not.”
So what did Mr. Chestnut win for all that eating?
Chestnut won a free trip to New York, a year’s supply of hot dogs and a $250 gift card to the mall.
But I bet a lot of you when you read this story like this would think guys like Takeru Kobayashi, and Joey Chestnut would be big and rotund, or as some of you would say "Down right obese."
But the true fact of the matter is they're exactly the opposite of what you would think or even envision. They're skinny and in Kobayashi's case, wiry as a rail.
But then it makes me wonder.. Where on earth do these guys put it all?
I mean the human body does have it's limitations here, and yet seeing these guys eating that many HBD's you would think that their stomachs would eventually explode from lack of room. Also it makes me worry that seeing contests like this, that sooner or later, someone in an atempt to break a record like this, will end up in a hospital, or even worse, in a morgue.
After all this story reminds me of that one story about six months back where a woman died trying to hold her bladder while drinking water in order to win her child a Wii, and in the end, she lost her life.
But hey, no guts, no glory right?
But in the end, I just don't like thinking about the consequences of something like this when someone pushes their body way too far, all for the sake of being a "World record setter". It's just not worth the effort to get yourself into a book just for the sake of losing your life.
After all you can only go so far before you collapse, or in this case.. Explode.
So Let's discuss this. Do you think contests like this should be banned or not?
Oh and to DarthGonzon and veemonjosh, would you like some mustard and relish on your hot dogs while you chew this one over?
:coyote: