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Saturday, 04 July, 2009
Hot Dog!
(with comments)
Today is the 4th of July, and that means hot dogs. Two major hot-dog stories are in the news today:
Arch rivals square off at Nathan's hot dog-eating weigh-in
This year's frank fight is a grudge match between Chestnut and six-time Coney champ Takeru Kobayashi of Japan. "It's going to be a good battle this year," said Kobayashi, 31, through an interpreter. "I'm going to bring the belt back."
The two men, dubbed "eating legends" by organizers, have split the past four stomach-stuffin' contests on the Boardwalk. Now it's time to pass the mustard and settle the score.
Elephants easily outeat humans in contest
In the fight of pachyderms vs. people - the pachyderms now have the upper trunk. Three circus elephants scored a decisive victory over three human competitive eaters at a cross-species eating contest Friday, chomping down on 505 hot dog buns in six minutes. The humans forced down only 143 buns in the bout at Brooklyn's Coney Island.
- By Bisbonian. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @08:38am:Maybe we should rethink the phrase, "eats like a pig."
- By Haffy. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @08:51am:John, I think you owe it to the J-Walk Blog community to keep us up-dated with the results of this fascinating contest.
- By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @11:47am:Two years ago I was stuck in a waiting room while the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest was broadcast. What impressed me the most was the announcer saying that the champion had won because of his "superior hot dog management".
- By dave. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @04:00pm:Burp!
- By . Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @04:01pm:Chestnut wins NY hot dog eating match, 3d in row
Joey Chestnut chomped down a record 68 hot dogs, capturing his third straight July Fourth hot-dog eating contest at Coney Island...
- By wally the duck. Comment posted 04-Jul-2009 @04:52pm:The winner of the original contest, in 1916, ate 13 dogs.
- By . Comment posted 05-Jul-2009 @04:47pm:Mr. Chesnut was on "Are You Smarter Than A 5t Grader" just the other night. He scarfed down a bowl of pulled pork.