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Bob
07-04-2009, 12:25 PM
Joey Chestnut just set a new world record in the Nathans 4th of July hot dog eating contest with 68 in 10 minutes. Beating Takeru Kobayayshi who would have set a record himself with I believe 65 but to no avail. Go USA!
Happy 4th to all.

lorax
07-04-2009, 12:40 PM
Happy 4th to all you United-Statesians.

I though that Kobayashi was getting a little long in the tooth, what with Chestnut having beat him last year. 68 dogs and buns in 10 minutes is pretty impressive!

Bob
07-04-2009, 12:43 PM
Kobayashi(my personal eating idol) is 5'5" and 170 lbs. Chestnut 6'1" and 225. Last year he looked fat. This year all the contestants all looked like athletes. Maybe next year they'll have an old timers division. I go back in to training Monday.

lorax
07-04-2009, 12:49 PM
Did you compete this year, Bob?

Bob
07-04-2009, 01:03 PM
Yesterday was the first time I ever took an eating challenge. As foolish as it was , I hate to fail so..........

momoese
07-04-2009, 01:39 PM
Bob is going on a see food diet...;)

lorax
07-04-2009, 01:40 PM
http://images2.fanpop.com/images/polls/216000/216527_1239084072303_100.jpgSpeeew!

Bob
07-04-2009, 01:44 PM
Honestly at my age(about same as you Mitchell) I eat very well and work out 5 days a week. Just sometimes get a little....competitive.

Simply Bananas
07-04-2009, 03:09 PM
Nathans makes the best Hot Dogs. Whenever I want to impress someone with a boiled frank, it is a Nathan's dog with mustard.

Bob
07-04-2009, 03:14 PM
Nathans makes the best Hot Dogs. Whenever I want to impress someone with a boiled frank, it is a Nathan's dog with mustard.

Still really liked Porkpi :ha:

bepah
07-04-2009, 03:16 PM
Happy 4th to all you United-Statesians.

I though that Kobayashi was getting a little long in the tooth, what with Chestnut having beat him last year. 68 dogs and buns in 10 minutes is pretty impressive!

Long in the tooth........bad pun....:waving:

lorax
07-04-2009, 03:18 PM
My secret superpower is bad puns, actually.

Bob
07-04-2009, 03:28 PM
It's not really a secret:bunchonanas:

harveyc
07-05-2009, 01:45 AM
68 hot dogs is pretty incredible, but it's something I can at least understand. About 30 years ago there was a TV story of some guy on that drank huge quantities of beer which I really couldn't believe. I remember he'd slam a large pitcher of beer down in a couple of seconds. Then he drank a pitcher of beer standing on his head in what seemed like a few seconds (I doubt these were done back to back in real life so the broadcast probably made a bigger impression on me than it may have in real life). I just tried seeing if I could find something like this on YouTube with nothing comparable to what I saw back then. This was some ordinary-looking guy that didn't come across as a big beer drinker, etc. I drank 64 ounces of beer in 5 minutes once (over 30 years ago) and it immediately made a return visit!

bepah
07-05-2009, 10:04 AM
68 hot dogs is pretty incredible, but it's something I can at least understand. About 30 years ago there was a TV story of some guy on that drank huge quantities of beer which I really couldn't believe. I remember he'd slam a large pitcher of beer down in a couple of seconds. Then he drank a pitcher of beer standing on his head in what seemed like a few seconds (I doubt these were done back to back in real life so the broadcast probably made a bigger impression on me than it may have in real life). I just tried seeing if I could find something like this on YouTube with nothing comparable to what I saw back then. This was some ordinary-looking guy that didn't come across as a big beer drinker, etc. I drank 64 ounces of beer in 5 minutes once (over 30 years ago) and it immediately made a return visit!

Harvey,

I think you are talking about this gentleman. He has passed away, unforetunately....talent like this comes around oh so rarely.:bananas_b

Bill Foster (performer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%22The_Fox%22_Foster)

harveyc
07-05-2009, 10:23 AM
Thanks, John, that looks like the guy. I would have thought there would be a YT video of him but I didn't find any. I'm guessing I probably saw him on Taxi since that fits the time period I was thinking of.

Simply Bananas
07-05-2009, 10:28 AM
Harvey,

I think you are talking about this gentleman. He has passed away, unforetunately....talent like this comes around oh so rarely.:bananas_b



So did this guy:YouTube - mike the headless chicken (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqDjRCHyjTY&feature=related)

harveyc
07-05-2009, 01:25 PM
"one of those mysteries of life"

I've never seen a contraption like that guy at the end had to place the chickens into before cutting off their head. I guess it makes much less of a mess. I haven't cut off a chicken's head in a long time!

I wish Tog were here; I'm sure he'd have some interesting tale to tell!

momoese
07-05-2009, 01:47 PM
Ok, that's just too weird! Wow

Edit, it looks as though no one knows if the story is true or not, not even the fine people at Snopes.

harveyc
07-05-2009, 06:12 PM
Mitchel, I don't know if I agree with the term "fine people" for the husband and wife that operate Snopes. They do a pretty good job most of the time but show their biases in some matters and it shows.

Wikipedia isn't a foolproof source either, but it does appear to have adequate evidence for Mike's existence. Mike the Headless Chicken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_headless_chicken)

momoese
07-05-2009, 06:31 PM
Sorry Harvey, I actually meant the people who post on the message board there.

Edit, just to be clear I'm being sarcastic about the people that post there. I know sometimes my dry sense of sarcasism (if there is such a thing) doesn't come across in typed words. I don't know much about the people that run the site, but I do know it has become the standard for debunking urban legands, while Wiki has a rep for false info.

As for the chicken, there have been other cases documented but not for that lenght of time. It's a little disturbing to think about a headless chicken walking around for a year!

I'm currious to know what they did with him after his death. Headless Rooster under glass? :ha:

Bob
07-05-2009, 07:49 PM
momoese "I know sometimes my dry sense of sarcasism (if there is such a thing) doesn't come across in typed words."

Amen.

island cassie
07-05-2009, 08:15 PM
I prefer the headless chicken to hot dogs - yuk! even one dog makes me heave and the number that guy ate makes me feel ill! I think I'll go and lie down now!

momoese
07-05-2009, 10:30 PM
I prefer the headless chicken to hot dogs - yuk! even one dog makes me heave and the number that guy ate makes me feel ill! I think I'll go and lie down now!

It's all about the natural casing that has a snap when you bite into it! Yum!!

Scuba_Dave
07-07-2009, 09:08 PM
Harvey,

I think you are talking about this gentleman. He has passed away, unforetunately....talent like this comes around oh so rarely.:bananas_b
Bill Foster (performer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%22The_Fox%22_Foster)

Yup, he used to be on the Man Show