Eat
Posted on August 8, 2005
Everyone should know that I am a huge fan of the idea of competitive eating as both sport and spectacle. Now I have a single website I can check for all my needs. The International Federation of Competitive Eating website. The Alka-Seltzer US Open of competitive eating makes me quite happy, in that it is sponsored by Alka-Seltzer, proving you need to have a sense of humor to run a company based on people’s upset stomachs. Add to that the fact that Badlands Booker has a rap album coming out soon and you have the greatest website ever created. The rankings would have us believe Sonya “Black Widow” Thomas from Alexandria, VA is second in the world. Also she ate 35 bratwurst in 10 minutes, despite only weighing 99 pounds. Now, read that article. No, even better I will quote the important part.
IFOCE host George Shea said the close contest was the most emotional thing he’d experienced since the birth of his firstborn, a son.
That says it all. Long live gluttony!
Addendum: You too can become a gustatory athlete! It’s just as easy as becoming a real ordained minister! I did it, so can you! This news is just too big, I can’t stop using exclamation marks!! When every sentence uses one they lose all meaning!
katie
On August 9, 2005 at 06:48
You know those skinny people always win the eathletics. I’ve never heard of any fat people winning. I don’t know, maybe they can’t handle the fasting and water guzzling for the time required to shrink and swell the tummy in order to soar to a never before seen food frenzy, but they just never win.