Eating 50 Hot Dogs Can't Be Healthy

[IQ89]

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ESPN has been showing Coney Island hot dog eating contests lately, where one asian record holder (Takeru Kobayashi) eats approximately 50 hot dogs in a very short period of time (maybe 2 minutes or so) in this annual event. Now I'm no doctor, but doesn't this seem more than a little dangerous?

[Lazymeatball]

Well, it's the fifth year in a row he's done it now, so if it hasn't killed him yet it's probably not bad for him.

[maxsick]

He's also eaten 17.7 lbs of cow brains in 15 minutes. None of this is as impressive (or disgusting) as Oleg Zhornitskiy eating four 32-oz jars of mayonnaise in eight minutes.

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

I think the number is 44 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Still quite impressive, but not the threat of suffocation that 2 minutes seems to entail.

[GoblinMason (Craig)]

I saw that guy at the indians game last wednesday.

He was eating a hot dog, but at normal speed.

-Craig

[IQ89]

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Well, it's the fifth year in a row he's done it now, so if it hasn't killed him yet it's probably not bad for him.

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You know there's a big 'middle ground' between being in "perfect health" and being "dead." I'm just wondering if these contest eaters are drastically increasing their chances of developing intestinal problems, hemorrhiods, etc...

[OtisTheMarsupial]

disgusting

I am glad I have no TV right now

[CD56]

i would guess that the force themselves to puke afterwords no?

[Luv2DriveTT]

I watched this live at the Borg 2 weekends ago, we were cracking up at my table. Kobayashi 5 years ago was a little twig, now he has seriously bulked up, he has huge biceps.

Who was the little 1/2 asian hottie to his left for 1/2 the contest? She was WAY to cute to come in 2nd place... how did she fit all that sausage in her?

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[Voltron87]

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how did she fit all that sausage in her?

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someone made a funny!

[Brain]

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I watched this live at the Borg 2 weekends ago, we were cracking up at my table. Kobayashi 5 years ago was a little twig, now he has seriously bulked up, he has huge biceps.

Who was the little 1/2 asian hottie to his left for 1/2 the contest? She was WAY to cute to come in 2nd place... how did she fit all that sausage in her?

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His arms are absurd!

I think you mean Sonya Thomas (http://www.sonyatheblackwidow.com/) http://sonyatheblackwidow.com/db2/00101/sonyatheblackwidow.com/_uimages/Sonya_Kobay_Bad_Fox05_Nathans.jpg

[tbach24]

Holy crap he does look MUCH bigger. I didn't watch this year but I watched the last four, and as disgusting as it sounds, it's very impressive.

[Luv2DriveTT]

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I watched this live at the Borg 2 weekends ago, we were cracking up at my table. Kobayashi 5 years ago was a little twig, now he has seriously bulked up, he has huge biceps.

Who was the little 1/2 asian hottie to his left for 1/2 the contest? She was WAY to cute to come in 2nd place... how did she fit all that sausage in her?

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His arms are absurd!

I think you mean Sonya Thomas (http://www.sonyatheblackwidow.com/) http://sonyatheblackwidow.com/db2/00101/sonyatheblackwidow.com/_uimages/Sonya_Kobay_Bad_Fox05_Nathans.jpg

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I have one more sausage for her.... and it's one hell of a hot dog. Extra beefy, no buns. Got mustard?

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[Blarg]

Getting between the guy on the left and his hot dogs looks very dangerous.

[Brain]

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I watched this live at the Borg 2 weekends ago, we were cracking up at my table. Kobayashi 5 years ago was a little twig, now he has seriously bulked up, he has huge biceps.

Who was the little 1/2 asian hottie to his left for 1/2 the contest? She was WAY to cute to come in 2nd place... how did she fit all that sausage in her?

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His arms are absurd!

I think you mean Sonya Thomas (http://www.sonyatheblackwidow.com/) http://sonyatheblackwidow.com/db2/00101/sonyatheblackwidow.com/_uimages/Sonya_Kobay_Bad_Fox05_Nathans.jpg

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I have one more sausage for her.... and it's one hell of a hot dog. Extra beefy, no buns. Got mustard?

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There's a modified SIIHP joke in there, but I'm not smart enough tonight to get it together. Somebody help me out.

[Blarg]

OMG she ate 65 hard boiled eggs in 6 minutes 40 secs, the site says, and 552 oysters in 10 minutes.

And she eats one huge meal a day that takes several hours, and goes with "a gallon or so" to drink.

[tbach24]

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Getting between the guy on the left and his hot dogs looks very dangerous.

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Badlands Booker or something like that. He's also a part-time rapper and IIRC a subway conductor. Wicked funny guy on TV. I think he's retiring though /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Luv2DriveTT]

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OMG she ate 65 hard boiled eggs in 6 minutes 40 secs, the site says, and 552 oysters in 10 minutes.

And she eats one huge meal a day that takes several hours, and goes with "a gallon or so" to drink.

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She swallows. A lot.

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[JustSomeJackass]

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i would guess that the force themselves to puke afterwords no?

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That would be interesting to watch..a guy puking up 50 hot dogs. It might take longer than the 12 minutes it took to get them down...and then again maybe not. Scoop up the remains and ship it to Joe Rogan and the Fear Factor crew.

[Chaostracize]

Eh, I enjoyed the show. I believe it was 53.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Unreal.

[Luv2DriveTT]

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i would guess that the force themselves to puke afterwords no?

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That would be interesting to watch..a guy puking up 50 hot dogs. It might take longer than the 12 minutes it took to get them down...and then again maybe not. Scoop up the remains and ship it to Joe Rogan and the Fear Factor crew.

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We know she swallows, but we never saw her spit. Lets hope not.

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[tonypaladino]

Bodog's Sportsbook was giving 20,000:1 odds on a contestant dying from a stomach rupture during the contest.

[Lawrence Ng]

I saw her on Leno once and thought, "No way a stick like her can chow down 50 hot dogs in a go."

I was wrong.

Perception is deceiving.

Lawrence

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I saw her on Leno once and thought, "No way a stick like her can chow down 50 hot dogs in a go."

I was wrong.

Perception is deceiving.

Lawrence

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Well she only ate 38 I think, which shattered the American Record (she held it previously at like 29 or something). Not bad for a 100 lb chick.

[vulturesrow]

Just for you TT, a quote from Sonya's website:
I changed my strategy a bit this year to swallow faster, .., but he pulled away as time wore on. I hope to get closer to Kobay in 2006.

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