The annual Nathan's hot dog eating contest

[rph3664]

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I know this is not about pharmacy, although it theoretically could be when the contestants show up at the ER and are given Zofran or some similar drugs.

I think these contents are disgusting, especially with all the publicity about obesity and eating disorders, and CNN has mentioned it in detail TWICE in the past half hour.

It's also not news, JMHO.

 

[Dr Wario]

I know this is not about pharmacy, although it theoretically could be when the contestants show up at the ER and are given Zofran or some similar drugs.

I think these contents are disgusting, especially with all the publicity about obesity and eating disorders, and CNN has mentioned it in detail TWICE in the past half hour.

It's also not news, JMHO.

Um, then why did you make this post?

 

[All4MyDaughter]

All the Zofran in the world wouldn't help me if I ate that many hotdogs.

 

[297point1]

Thanks for the reminder!! Appointment viewing in my household 🙂

Joey Chestnut is an unstoppable force; I wonder if Kobayashi is going to give it a go this year or sit out again like he did last year with his 'dispute' with the IFOCE.

 

[rph3664]

Um, then why did you make this post?

Because I felt like it. 😀

If a moderator wishes to move this to The Lounge, go ahead. It was just on my mind.

Thing is, Nathan's hot dogs are delicious!

When I was a kid in Girl Scouts, we were talking about things like this, and the leader's husband said he once won a jumbo shrimp eating contest by consuming 22 of them - "and then I upchucked about 22 times!" He's close to 80 years old by now, and he probably STILL can't eat them.

 

[297point1]

I wonder if Kobayashi is going to give it a go this year or sit out again like he did last year with his 'dispute' with the IFOCE.

Wonder no more:
http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/20...ot-dog-eating-contest-again-via-satellite-tv/

That didn't take long

 

[297point1]

Did anyone else watch? Chestnut cruised to his fifth straight title after gobbling 62 hot dogs in ten minutes, which works out to an impressive one dog per 9.7 seconds. I'm not sure I could eat a single hot dog and bun that quickly.

The mohawked dude (Bertoletti) made an impressive showing...can you imagine downing 53 dogs and finishing a distant second place?

This year's sponsor: Pepto Bismol. Seriously.

 

[Sparda29]

I think the use of water to make the hot dog buns moist should be banned. All the hot dogs should be loaded with toppings so they can't be so easily scarfed down. The point should be to savor each bite until you can no longer eat.