Originally Posted By jonvn See, they even have injuries and everything, just like in any other sport: <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2169739?GT1=10238" target="_blank">http://www.slate.com/id/216973 9?GT1=10238</a>
Originally Posted By Dabob2 You also know it's a real sport because they now have trash talk. Joey Chestnut, Kobayahsi's nearest competitor, is saying that Kobayashi isn't really hurt, he's just "scared to face me." And that was on ESPN, too. Then again, so is poker.
Originally Posted By ClintFlint2 Eating contests, this one in particular, has to be the grossest and most discusting and stupidest event ever in the the history of mankind. ///// YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH,,,,, WATCHING YOU STUFF YOUR FACE WITH THOSE HOTDOGS,,,,NOBODY, I MEAN NOBODY PUTS CATSUP ON A HOTDOG///// Where is Clint when you need him?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I just watched the "Super Bowl of eating contests," Brooklyn's own 4th of July Nathan's famous eating contest. Chestnut and Kobayashi were essentially tied going into the last 30 seconds, but Kobayashi had what they delicately call a "reversal of fortune" (yes, that means exactly what you think it means) at the end, and it cost him (I think they deducted 3 dogs for it). All together now. YOU - ESS - AY!!! YOU - ESS - AY!!! YOU - ESS - AY!!!
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Thanks, Dabob. I was really curious to know who won. One of the guys at dinner last night said he'd run across the live broadcast while channel surfing. I eagerly asked him who won. He didn't know. He'd turned the station two minutes into it because it was making him sick. Loved the premise of the article: It MUST be a sport, because now we even have injuries. Oh, buh-ruther. And I'm sorry, but... I just gotta say it. It's a shame if these guys are not gay.
