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08-01-2011, 10:41 AM
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Just reading the following in a local news story: Russ Ayres Hot Dog Eating Contest attracts more than 150 spectators in Bordentown | NJ.com
No big news story or anything just a quick blurb on a local hot dog eating contest, but it just got me thinking as to how much I hate that crap.
Folks sit there and cheer while some slob stuffs food into their face...all the while there are folks in this country and around the world who barely get enough to eat.
I know, "cripes, lighten up Relic, it's just for fun.." blah blah.. I just can't stand it. I cant even watch because it's so friggen' gross..
Am I the only one here who feels that way??
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08-01-2011, 10:57 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | Its a little sickening, for sure. Some of those contestants are huge, and constantly garbling up food. I once saw and episode of Wifeswap where the lady's new family was full of eating contest participants, they were always eating a crapload of food. The new wife was a fitness instructor, and tried her best to turn the family around.
I find it funny, though, the one of the hotdog eating contest champs was a skinny little guy.
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08-01-2011, 11:02 AM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | As a big man who likes to eat, I say it is disgusting. Yeah great, you can eat 10 pounds of nachos in 30 minutes. Is that really something to be proud of?
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08-01-2011, 11:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New-brunswick | | I don't care about them, I don't like them, don't watch them so it's like they don't exist in my reality!
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08-01-2011, 11:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida, US | | | Meh. I don't really have an opinion on it either way. It doesn't hurt anyone, so if you don't want to watch it, don't watch it.
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08-01-2011, 11:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kolkata (Calcutta), India | | I say cut on the gluttony and donate the money  Quote:
Originally Posted by MatticusMania I once saw and episode of Wifeswap | And I thought watching an episode of Wifeswap implied a man license revoke 
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08-01-2011, 11:08 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | | It *is* gross to me. It makes me physically uneasy.
I believe it does more to comfort people in their wrong habits than it does entertaining some as a "competitive sport".
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08-01-2011, 11:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tustin, CA | | | I'm not as grossed out as Relic, but it does gross me out
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08-01-2011, 11:16 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Nay, I don't think gluttony should be applauded.
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08-01-2011, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by sloasdaylight Meh. I don't really have an opinion on it either way. It doesn't hurt anyone, so if you don't want to watch it, don't watch it. | Yeah, pretty much. But I will say the few hot dog eating contests I've seen on tv, where they are dipping the buns in glasses of water? THAT makes me wanna wretch.
I don't enjoy that man vs food show either, I don't care how charming a host you are, you're still just stuffing your face for "entertainment"
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08-01-2011, 11:17 AM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | Meh, eat fatboy eat. Your clogged arteries will catch up to you later. |
08-01-2011, 11:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New-brunswick | | | For the record I think Epic Meal Time is more disgusting then hotdogs contests. |
08-01-2011, 12:39 PM
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08-01-2011, 01:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tulsa, Ok | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ziltoid For the record I think Epic Meal Time is more disgusting then hotdogs contests. | Disgusting? Yes. Brilliant? I think so! A bacon plate? Delicious! |
08-01-2011, 01:23 PM
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08-01-2011, 01:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | | I think I'll settle for "Harmless and disgusting", actually.
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08-01-2011, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Fat.Mike Disgusting? Yes. Brilliant? I think so! A bacon plate? Delicious! | Bacon Chalice. Next level drink delivery maneuver.
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08-01-2011, 01:44 PM
| | | | Repels me totally.
Most of us are already so divided between head and body as it is. Eating contests just make a big joke out of that. Treat the body like an expendable object so the head/ego can get some attention. |
08-01-2011, 02:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL | | I watched a jalapeno eating contest at a lowrider/car show a few years ago. After eating just one, I was amazed to see how many they ate. I couldn't IMAGINE the next day  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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