4th of July Tradition: Hot Dog Eating Contest ~ Beat By The Nudge- No, You're Dumb!

7/4/09

4th of July Tradition: Hot Dog Eating Contest

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It's that time of the year again. Bar-b-ques, fireworks, friends, drinks, and grown men sticking penis shaped food down their throats in record times and amounts. Yes, I'm talking about the annual Nathan's Hotdog eating contest in Coney Island, NY. This year celebrates that 94th time the event has taken place. It's big enough for it to be hosted on ESPN (not even ESPN2), and it draws in over a million viewers (The Rosie O'Donnell Variety show couldn't even do that). It features a multitude of entrants, but our two heavyweights are Takeru “Tsunami” Kobayashi , hailing from Japan (Boooooo), Vs. the local, Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, reigning from California (Yeeaaa).

Last time these two big dogs met, they topped out at 59 weiners apiece. Anyone else wonder if these fellows have any type of gag reflex? The prize, $10k smackaros for first, $5k big ones for second (or as I refer to as the first loser). But they aren't competing for the money. Oh no. They both want the champ title... and the famous Mustard Belt (not a joke). This years contest was the best to date. 59 hotdogs...please. Little Tsunami ate a record 64 hotdog in 10 minutes. Yes, you read that correctly. 64. So he must have won...right? Oh no, The Champ, aka Jaws, Joey Chestnut, ate a NEW WORLD RECORD 68 hotdogs. His insperation. College. He put himself through such disguisting feats to pay for college (I damn sure home its not a CUNY).

I'm sure if ya'll are interested, it'll be replayed on ESPN through-out the day. But for now, enjoy your dogs, don't blow off and fingers, best wishes to our troops, and have a HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!

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