A legend puts down the knife and fork

[Songbird]

National champion of fork and knife athletics.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

To be precise, he won the title by eating exactly one cow brain.

This is like a Norm MacDonald joke. "Finishing behind Kobayashi, in a tie for second place with no cow brains eaten, is EVERYONE ELSE ON EARTH."

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

And now it's wide open:

Joey Chestnut Banned from Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Over Deal With Competitor

 

[jr/shotglass]

This person isn't a legend nor is Joey Chestnut. They are freaks.
Eating a whole bunch of food is a sport?

I'm not saying it's a particularly healthy thing, but these guys don't just walk out there and down 75 hot dogs. They train, and they compete. And the grossness of the endeavor is part of the ... I don't want to say appeal, but it's part of the skill, overcoming that.

Yes, eating a whole bunch of food is a sport.

Adam Richman had a show in which he would try all those restaurant challenges. Just as disgusting as it sounds. One of the places is less than a mile from me. A huge triple burger with about a pound of fries.

Richman had to give up "Man Vs. Food" because of digestive issues (big surprise). Then they had a guy named Casey Webb replace him; you'd probably recognize him from a Mobil 1 commercial with Kevin Harvick.

 

[Liut]

To state eating a whole bunch of food is a sport is ridiculous.
Let me ask you ... ever written a column supporting your statement?

 

[jr/shotglass]

No, Liut. I've never written an article about competitive eating. I just know there's a reason they call it competitive eating.

This is a debate I don't think I want to examine further, though. It makes me full.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

To state eating a whole bunch of food is a sport is ridiculous.
Let me ask you ... ever written a column supporting your statement?

Have you ever written one supporting your statement that it is not?

Just about anything can be a sport.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sports

 

[Liut]

No, Liut. I've never written an article about competitive eating. I just know there's a reason they call it competitive eating.

This is a debate I don't think I want to examine further, though. It makes me full.

Who is exactly is they? Themselves?
What a joke.

 

[Liut]

Have you ever written one supporting your statement that it is not?

Just about anything can be a sport.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sports

No.
To have done so would have made me the laughingstock of every newsroom I've ever worked in.

 

[dixiehack]

Not everything that is a competition is a sport. Otherwise you could assign someone to the pissing contest beat.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

PISSING CONTESTS ARE A SPORT! AND GIF IS PRONOUNCED WITH A SOFT G! FIGHT ME!

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Not everything that is a competition is a sport. Otherwise you could assign someone to the pissing contest beat.

If people are urinating for distance, it could be a sport.