Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Congratulations!

Competitive hot dog eater Joey Chestnut not only won the 2022 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest yesterday, but did so while taking down a protestor.

Btw, how is it that so many of these competitive eaters aren't at all fat?

7 comments:

RebeccaH said...

I watched that clip and laughed. Btw, what is Smithfield's Deathstar? Is that the cause du jour? I can't keep up.

JeffS said...

...how is it that so many of these competitive eaters aren't at all fat?

Not being a COMPETITIVE eater, my guess is they actually train for these events.

How? I dunno. I just wish I could emulate them ......

And like, Rebecca, I laughed as well.

Paco said...

I researched it a little, and the "Smithfield Deathstar" is a reference to Smithfield Foods, the country's largest producer of pork products, based in Smithfield, Va (long known for its famous ham).

Stephen A Skubinna said...

I have a bad hunch that after the competition they go purge. I rather hope not because doing that regularly eventually causes all sorts of damage to the GI tract. But otherwise, I'm with you - how do so many of these people stay skinny?

Unless they have the metabolism of a shrew.

Paco said...

Stephen: I was wondering if that might be the way it works. I decided not to google it.

George said...

I don't eat many, or any, cheeseburgers anymore because they cost 100,000 dollars each now. Put me in a contest where they're free, I'll do my best to eat 65. I've lost 20 pounds the last year and I'm not happy about it.

Deborah said...

Is there a special award for doing what Joey did? There should be. Maybe it could be a new contest, Xtreme Hot Dog Eating.