Mrs. Edge
Bono's Belly Dancing Friend
Wow. Has anyone seen this documentary? It's about a guy called Crazy Legs Conti who has a number of odd jobs and has worshipped a variety of "competitive eaters" since childhood. He decides to get into the "sport". He becomes the oyster eating champion, and later downs three sticks of butter in a row (BLAH!!!!) and it finishes off showing him eating 20 hot dogs in 12 minutes at the Coney Island eating contest.
On one hand, I can't imagine anything more disgusting than stuffing yourself to oblivion when so many do without food. It's really shameful. How they could call this a sport is beyond me.
On the other hand, I LOVE eating and maybe I would make a great competitive eater. But maybe it wold turn me off eating. I don't want to have to eat to the point of being sick, or be timed and have to stuff everything in my face and make a huge mess. Also, who would want to eat 14 dozen oysters? They have such odd foods. Oysters, matzo balls, chicken wings (which are so fiddly I can't imagine how you could eat them quickly), hot dogs, why don't they have really great foods like ice cream, chocolate and buttered popcorn? Oh well....
On one hand, I can't imagine anything more disgusting than stuffing yourself to oblivion when so many do without food. It's really shameful. How they could call this a sport is beyond me.
On the other hand, I LOVE eating and maybe I would make a great competitive eater. But maybe it wold turn me off eating. I don't want to have to eat to the point of being sick, or be timed and have to stuff everything in my face and make a huge mess. Also, who would want to eat 14 dozen oysters? They have such odd foods. Oysters, matzo balls, chicken wings (which are so fiddly I can't imagine how you could eat them quickly), hot dogs, why don't they have really great foods like ice cream, chocolate and buttered popcorn? Oh well....