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johnnybeef

08-01-2005, 01:02 PM

Lately, ESPN has been playing a lot of competetive eating contests. Am I the only person who finds this new fad disgusting?

HopeydaFish

08-01-2005, 01:08 PM

It's absolutely disgusting from a spectator's standpoint...but if some fatties want to make a few bucks doing what they'd normally be doing for free, more power to them.

dtbog

08-01-2005, 01:09 PM

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Lately, ESPN has been playing a lot of competetive eating contests. Am I the only person who finds this new fad disgusting?

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I think it's disgusting, but less so than The Real World.

I'm surprised that eating contests get ratings.

Rev. Good Will

08-01-2005, 01:09 PM

actually, that asian dude who pwned the nathan's hotdog open is pretty tiny

HopeydaFish

08-01-2005, 01:44 PM

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actually, that asian dude who pwned the nathan's hotdog open is pretty tiny

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He's the exception. Most of the guys on the competitive eating circuit are pushing at least 3 or 4 bills.

slickpoppa

08-01-2005, 01:46 PM

I find it entertaining. My favorite ones are the mayonaise specialists.

battschr

08-01-2005, 01:46 PM

It's on right now...I just can't stop watching, it's like a car wreck.

TheMainEvent

08-01-2005, 01:48 PM

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actually, that asian dude who pwned the nathan's hotdog open is pretty tiny

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This guy fascinates me. I don't even see how its possible. How does someone 130 lbs fit 55 hot dogs in their stomach?

SonOfWestwood

08-01-2005, 01:49 PM

Actually, what's ironic is that the three top "eaters" are all small, some Japanese dude who eats like a million hot dogs, a small Asian girl who eats a little less than a million, and some skinny white guy who eats about half a million.

You really would have thought that the big people would excel at this "sport"...

ihardlyknowher

08-01-2005, 01:51 PM

The best part is the sponsor: Alka-Seltzer.

SL__72

08-01-2005, 01:52 PM

Not only is he not very big... hes ripped.

Also a couple of the other "really good" people are smaller... some asian woman and a little old man are apparently really good at eating fast. When I was watching, the old guy set some record...

Badlands Booker is obviously the coolest competitive eater.

ZBTHorton

08-01-2005, 01:53 PM

Watching them cram that italian food in their mouth the other night was totally gross

battschr

08-01-2005, 02:02 PM

The announcers here are awesome...calling these guys world class athletes, etc....too funny.

MasterShakes

08-01-2005, 02:35 PM

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actually, that asian dude who pwned the nathan's hotdog open is pretty tiny

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He's the exception. Most of the guys on the competitive eating circuit are pushing at least 3 or 4 bills.

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At least half the people at the hot dog contest LOOKED relatively fit. There was the younger asian girl, the guy who won it, eater-x or whatever, the more built white guy, the older woman, and probably a few others I've forgotten.

From what I've seen, the fat guys do far worse at this than the skinny ones.

lucas9000

08-01-2005, 02:43 PM

sweet (http://www.vaiden.net/barfarama.html)

HopeydaFish

08-01-2005, 03:06 PM

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actually, that asian dude who pwned the nathan's hotdog open is pretty tiny

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He's the exception. Most of the guys on the competitive eating circuit are pushing at least 3 or 4 bills.

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At least half the people at the hot dog contest LOOKED relatively fit. There was the younger asian girl, the guy who won it, eater-x or whatever, the more built white guy, the older woman, and probably a few others I've forgotten.

From what I've seen, the fat guys do far worse at this than the skinny ones.

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The Nathan's hot dog eating contest is different, though. It's a yearly tradition that's been around far longer than the "Competitive Eating Circuit". The average competitor in the hot dog eating contest (other than the top 3 finishers or so) doesn't put away as much food as the Competitive Eating people do.

flatline

08-01-2005, 03:22 PM

I can't stop myself from wondering what the following couple days are like for these people after eating 30+ hot dogs. It can't be pretty, and that is even more disgusting.

MagicMan08

08-01-2005, 03:28 PM

I agree with the carwreck. The main reason I watch this wierd crap is just to hear the announcers....ha ha they can turn grass growing into something interesting to watch and hear.

Uston

08-01-2005, 03:37 PM

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I agree with the carwreck. The main reason I watch this wierd crap is just to hear the announcers.

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Yeah, like this...

"Comparing Kobayashi to Barry Bonds is a slight against Kobayashi.”

icepick

08-01-2005, 03:51 PM

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The world record for butter eating is 7 quarter pound sticks of salted butter in 5 minutes by Donald Lerman.

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Good Lord. That's just disgusting.

phlup

08-01-2005, 04:00 PM

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Actually, what's ironic is that the three top "eaters" are all small, some Japanese dude who eats like a million hot dogs, a small Asian girl who eats a little less than a million, and some skinny white guy who eats about half a million.

You really would have thought that the big people would excel at this "sport"...

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The problem faced by the "big people" is the Belt of Fat Theory
[http://www.ifoce.com/news.php?action=detail&sn=39].

Simply put, the abdominal fat that many of these people have acts as a hinderence to the expansion of the stomach. So people like Badlands Booker and Cookie Jarvis have a built in limitation to how large their stomachs can get. Kobayashi and Thomas don't have this and their stomics can ballon up to a size that would literally rip the average person's stomach in two.

BreakfastBurrito

08-01-2005, 04:12 PM

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drewjustdrew

08-01-2005, 04:34 PM

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The Nathan's hot dog eating contest is different, though. It's a yearly tradition that's been around far longer than the "Competitive Eating Circuit". The average competitor in the hot dog eating contest (other than the top 3 finishers or so) doesn't put away as much food as the Competitive Eating people do.

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Maybe this was the case in the past, but virtually all the contestants this year were FOCE regulars. There are regional qualifiers, so these are not just average joe's that get to participate. Though the top 2 crushed everybody this year and will for years to come. I think the girl passes kobayashi within 3 years. He's sliding.

HopeydaFish

08-01-2005, 05:35 PM

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The Nathan's hot dog eating contest is different, though. It's a yearly tradition that's been around far longer than the "Competitive Eating Circuit". The average competitor in the hot dog eating contest (other than the top 3 finishers or so) doesn't put away as much food as the Competitive Eating people do.

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Maybe this was the case in the past, but virtually all the contestants this year were FOCE regulars. There are regional qualifiers, so these are not just average joe's that get to participate. Though the top 2 crushed everybody this year and will for years to come. I think the girl passes kobayashi within 3 years. He's sliding.

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Hmmm...I was just checking out the competitive eating website, and it appears that you're right. And most of the "athletes" seem to be on the smaller side, just like someone else pointed out. I was probably thinking of 'The Glutton Bowl' that they had on Fox awhile ago when I was thinking of the big fat guys.

I love this from the Q&A for one of the "Athletes":

17. WHAT DO YOU DO TO GET OVER THE WALL? I try to burp to get some air out. When you're full, and you burp, you're fine.

And they say competitive eating is not a sport! /images/graemlins/smile.gif