Voice Of Reason

July 01, 2009

Competitive Eating

Thankfully, A Tradition Like No Other

Listening to Mike & Mike this morning, I heard them interviewing some MLE members.  MLE, or Major League Eating, has members competing in the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on the Fourth.  These guys are hilarious, and the eating competitions are pretty much unwatchable.  It  hurts my stomach to see these people push down dozens of hot dogs in ten minutes.  There’s a rule about being disqualified if you vomit, which I think they refer to as “refunding.”

Joey Chestnut, the reigning hot dog champion, said that around Thursday he switches to a liquid diet so that he will be completely empty on Saturday.  He’s looking to down 66 hot dogs in ten minutes, which is less than a hot dog every ten seconds. 

Another eater, I missed his name, referred to Joey Chestnut’s class of eaters (think recruiting class) was so strong; they were named the four horsemen of the esophagus.  Simply awesome.  Anyway, he went on to say that his specialty wasn’t hot dogs, but rather any debris food.  When questioned on this, he replied that this is any food that leaves a bone or a shell, something like that.  Love the terminology.

And, looking at their website, I learned another great term – bunnettes.  See definition below.  Again, from the website, “When little girls dream, they dream of one day becoming a Bunnette.”

Bunnette (bunet) n.

1. (Trad.) A person, usu. female, who counts the amount of food eaten by competitors in Major League Eating events.

2. A woman, usu. seductive by disposition, who is passionate about the sport of competitive eating and its practitioners.

 

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