Hide Your Hot Dogs: 2 W.Pa. Men Vie for Speed Eating Title

Pittsburgh Tribune Review ^ | 7/4/06 | Richard Gazarik

[beyond the sea]

Two Western Pennsylvania men will belly up to the World Series of eating today.

They will try to become the best of the wurst in the dog-eat-dog world of competitive eating, wolfing down wieners at Coney Island in Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Brian Subich, of Johnstown, Cambria County, and Chip Simpson, 24, of Harrisville, Butler County, are two of 16 contestants who qualified to compete in the contest that's been won the past five years by a 5-foot-7, 150-pound Japanese man, Takeru Kobayashi. He once put down 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

The contest, which has been a Fourth of July tradition since 1916 at Coney Island in New York, will be televised on ESPN, proving that competitive eating has come a long way from your grandfather's pie-eating contest at the county fair.

It's become a sport with competing organizations trying to outdo each other in their hunger for glory -- and cash prizes.

[beyond the sea]

If Takeru shows up these guys do not have a prayer.

[RichInOC]

Hide Your Hot Dogs...

Oh, dear. Bad copy editor. Bad! Bad!

:-D )))

[Tijeras_Slim]

They ought to make them wash 'em down with IC light.

[beyond the sea]

"Eating contests represent everything the British and French hate about America. Eating contests reflect the worst of us and are what's redeeming about us," he said.

Good ............ keep it up!

;-)

[digger48]

[freedumb2003]

If Takeru shows up these guys do not have a prayer.

Is that the little skinny asian dude or chick?

[beyond the sea]

Subich ................ scarfed up 4.4 pounds of baked beans in 12 minutes.

....... and farted for 48 hours.

[beyond the sea]

Bubbah did it.

[beyond the sea]

ROFL

[stephenjohnbanker]

Yep, with a hollow leg : )

[Xenalyte]

I would LOVE to get the Dread Boston Salty a hot-dog suit. Those pugs evidently are quite aware how foolish they look. ;)

[nuconvert]

I'm going to pretend I didn't see that headline

[beyond the sea]

Hide them from that crazy leader in North Korea.

[beyond the sea]

Yes! He is amazing.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Noon EST on ESPN.

;-)

[Dog Gone]

Always bet on the scrawny Japanese guy. He's the black hole of hot dogs.

[BunnySlippers]

We have a contender of our own now ... called Chestnut. When is the contest?

[beyond the sea]

I'm going to pretend I didn't see that headline

LOL ..... see post # 2.

;-)

[elcid1970]

Dave Barry in a piece on the anti-gas product "Beano" noted that the gas potential in refried beans is so high that it explains why nearly all of Mexico is located outdoors.

[beyond the sea]

I will watch for sure.

I can't believe (unless I missed it) that it really wasn't mentioned in the article weather five-time winner, 5-foot-7, 150-pound Japanese fellow Takeru Kobayashi is going to be there. I certainly hope so. Nobody can beat him.

[freedumb2003]

He's like 100 lbs soaking wet.

Ya never know... When I was very young I was like that -- 110 lbs and I could take out an entire buffet.

But metabolism and age caught up with me. Now I have to work out for an hour 4 days a week just to keep at 20 lbs over "optimum."

Why I can't lose weight is anyone's guess (even my MD doesn't know).

[beyond the sea]

He's the black hole of hot dogs. -----------

****

ROFL ....... he IS!

[jsh3180]

I'm rooting for Joey Chestnut!!!

[beyond the sea]

Dave Barry in a piece on the anti-gas product "Beano" noted that the gas potential in refried beans is so high that it explains why nearly all of Mexico is located outdoors. ---

That's beautiful.

[stephenjohnbanker]

"But metabolism and age caught up with me. Now I have to work out for an hour 4 days a week just to keep at 20 lbs over "optimum.""

Thou art NOT alone!!

[beyond the sea]

I hear you. I'm nearly 60. If I wanted to lose weight now I'd have to cut off an arm or a leg.

;-)

[beyond the sea]

Can't beat the Japanese guy. He's hallow.

[freedumb2003]

I hear you. I'm nearly 60. If I wanted to lose weight now I'd have to cut off an arm or a leg.

I lost 120 lbs of ugly fat one time, but I had to pay her alimony for 1-1/2 years (*badaboom*)

[beyond the sea]

ROFL

[freedumb2003]

Thou art NOT alone!!

Thanks -- I thought it was just me.

[refermech]

It's the beer!!

[freedumb2003]

It's the beer!!

Hey, light beer doesn't count!

[nuconvert]

LOL

[refermech]

I'm rooting for the women around him! How can the guy concentrate on the hotdogs?

[Dahoser]

The better question is why did he choose wings?

[refermech]

Ya, I didn't catch that. I would have gone for the breasts.

[sgtbono2002]

Maybe its just me, but with all the people in the world that are hungry , a contest to decide who is the biggest glutton isnt really that appropriate.

It certainly isnt a pretty contest watching these people stuff their face.

[KavMan]

We have an American now that ate 50 hot dogs in another competition. Is it that Chestnut guy? This is going to be good match today. It's going to be on ESPN at Noon ET. Takeru Kobayashi is freaken ripped!!!

[Sender]

The very large guy was utterly destroyed by Kobayashi. How does he do it???

[elcid1970]

Old schoolyard taunt:

"Wanna lose ten pounds of ugly fat? THEN CUT OFF YOUR HEAD!"

(Stolen thread alert)

[beyond the sea]

I'm rooting for the women around him! How can the guy concentrate on the hotdogs?

Just a joke .... but he's thinking about munchin' at the junction.

[beyond the sea]

Maybe its just me, but with all the people in the world that are hungry , a contest to decide who is the biggest glutton isnt really that appropriate. It certainly isnt a pretty contest watching these people stuff their face.

Boo.

Should we take away all these multi-million dollar estates from the very rich because so many people in the world have no shelter at all for themselves?

Hmmmm........... maybe!

;-)

[beyond the sea]

This guy can't be beat unless he drinks a case of beer before the competition.

[beyond the sea]

He's hallow.

[martin_fierro]

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[Tijeras_Slim]

Happy 4th!

[xsmommy]

where's your weener?

and what about the ORIGINAL hot dog shop in Oakland???

[xsmommy]

happy 4th to yunz two jagoffs : )

[beyond the sea]

I used to eat about four of those a day back in the 60's (chilli, cheese, and onions).

;-)

[xsmommy]

the Dirty O

i wasn't eating there til the late 70s. But i have tremendous nostalgia for Oakland and my alma mater.