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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: polychronopolous on July 05, 2009, 08:48:48 PM
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Chestnut relishes third straight hot dog title
Here's one American champion who still has the fire in his belly. Joey Chestnut crammed a stunning world-record 68 hot dogs down his throat on the Fourth of July to defeat archrival Takeru Kobayashi of Japan and win the 94th annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island.
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"The question was last year, is he going to be a two-title guy," ESPN analyst Rich Shea said. "Now he's a three-title guy, he's the Bill Belichick of the belly, this kid."
Chestnut's third straight victory in the contest came in the regulation 10 minutes, unlike last year, when he and the 132-pound Kobayashi set the previous record of 59 hot dogs, and Chestnut won in a dog-off. An ESPN graphic compared the 2008 match with other great overtime contests, such as the Red Wings' Game 7 wins in the 1950 and '54 Stanley Cup finals.
Saturday, the 218-pound Chestnut led wiener-to-wiener, even though Kobayashi also bettered last year's mark by downing 64 dogs. And did Chestnut save room for a victory dinner?
"Probably a Cobb salad," he said, obviously relishing the win, "something with ranch on it."
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USA!!!!!!!!!!! USA!!!!!!!!!!
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Much like the previously unthinkable 4 minute mile and the 800 pound bench press, mankind has truly made incredible leaps and bounds in the ability to consume massive amounts of processed pig guts. Going from 13 hot dogs in 1916 to 68 hot dogs 93 years later.
An excerpt from wikipedia on the history of the Nathan's Coney Island hot dog eating contest:
According to legend, on July 4, 1916 four immigrants had a hot dog eating contest at Nathan's Famous stand on Coney Island to settle an argument about who was the most patriotic. After ten minutes, Neer Sehgal had eaten thirteen hot dogs and was crowned the victor. The contest has been held nearly every year since, in conjunction with Independence Day at the site.[3] In 1993, a one-time, one-on-one contest under the Brooklyn Bridge was held between Mike DeVito and Orio Ito.
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Kobayashi could do well in bbing.
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Decadence
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He could very well reach triple digits one day. He's at 68, and showing zero signs of even reaching his full potential.... he ate 9 more this year than last.
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imagine showing this eating contest to a bunch of starving Ethiopians
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imagine showing this eating contest to a bunch of starving Ethiopians
The sad part is he'll get paid more in one day for eating all this food than they will in several years of menial, back breaking labor.
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imagine showing this eating contest to a bunch of starving Ethiopians
they'd probably be more shocked at the magic picture box, than what's playing on it.
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they'd probably be more shocked at the magic picture box, than what's playing on it.
;D
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they'd probably be more shocked at the magic picture box, than what's playing on it.
LOL!
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GOD BLESS AMERICA!
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GOD BLESS OBESE AMERICA!
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