What is happening to the world of sports when even the Hot Dog Eaters are cheating?!?! http://msn.espn.go.com/gen/news/2002/0704/1402169.html Regurgitated title? Controversy mars record day NEW YORK -- Takeru Kobayashi has defended his title in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July world hot-dog eating contest, but not without some controversy. The slightly built Kobayashi, who set a world record with 50 hot dogs eaten in 12 minutes a year ago, did himself a half-dog better this year with 50½ to win easily. However, after the clock ran out, Kobayashi seemed to have difficulty keeping his lunch down, and at one moment put his shirt to his face as his body heaved noticeably. A fellow competitor -- Hungry Charles Hardy -- cried foul. "He should be disqualified, period," said Hardy, a 5-foot-11, 360-pound New York City corrections officer who had 20 hot dogs. "Eric (Booker, who had 26 hot dogs) should have that belt." Said Booker, who acknowledged he didn't actually see Kobayashi do anything against the rules: "It's my understanding that if you puke, you're disqualified." George Shea, the chairman of the International Federation of Competitive Eating, said he would review the tapes, but two judges had confirmed Kobayashi's victory. Kobayashi took the hot dogs out of their bun, then dunked the bun in water before eating both. He reportedly trains by eating cabbage and drinking water. The contest, a Fourth of July tradition since 1916, took place at New York's Coney Island. The 20 top hot dog eaters in the world were entered.
Did someone say hotdogs? In honor of this thread, one of my favorite Will Ferrell skits. Harry Carry- Hey, if I was a scientist you know what I'd clone? Hot Dogs! Think of all the possibilities Norm. Imagine a world of.....Hey whats going on? Hold on.. Imagine a world with an endless suply of hot dogs. You could have a hot dog any time you wanted. Quinn- Well Harry you could pretty much do that now. Harry Carry- They'd be so abundent they'd become our currency. Twenty hot dogs would equal roughly a nickel. Depending on the strength of the Yen, I'm not quite sure. You know what, I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's just keep praying we can clone one of these hot dogs. Quinn- Alright Harry, what else happened in 97? Harry Carry-Hey Norm, did you gain weight? Quinn- Actually Harry, I'm Colin. Harry Carry- Hey...IF you were a hotdog and you were starving, would you eat yourself? Quinn- What?!? Harry Carry- I know I would. First I'd smother myself with browm mustard and relish. I'd be so delicious. So would you? Quinn- I don't know. Harry Carry- Don't jerk me around Norm, it's a simple question. A baby could answer it. If you were a hot dog and you were starving, would you eat yourself? Quinn- I guess so Harry Carry- Ohhh you made a wise choice my friend. If you had said no, I would have bitten your ear off. I would have come at you like a tornado made of arms and teeth and fingernails.
What kind of sport is Hotdog eating?!?!?! My friend says his dad says his mom eats the dad's hotdogs for about a minute then she's done for the night and falls asleep, I guess that's fast, maybe she could enter.
what's scary is that this guy is only 131lbs! Imagine how he must feel about 8 hours later! ugh! he estimated earning $150,000 last year off of eating contests alone! he even has a name for his technique, dubbed the "Solomon" technique, where he dunks the buns in water and cuts the dogs in 1/2 before consumption. my stomach hurts just thinking about this!
