The McBournie Minute: Hot dog eating
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Yesterday I was spending my Sunday afternoon doing exactly what every guy enjoys doing: shopping at Macy's with the girlfriend.
One of the cleverest things about Macy's is they have TVs outside the changing rooms on ESPN. They know guys are going to be waiting out there and want to keep then entertained. The entertainment I had for the afternoon was a re-run of the 2006 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.
These guys eat hot dogs for 12 minutes. One guy was wearing Ultimate Warrior-esque face paint. It was sponsored by Alka-Seltzer. Awesome.
I watched as American Joey "Jaws" Chestnut took on eight-time champ Takeru Kobayashi, who is Japanese. The crowd roared as Chestnut and Kobayashi went back and forth, one pulling ahead, then the other. I secretly cheered for Chestnut.
I was amazed more than anything about the fans of this sport. Aside from the fact that it's a sport at all. There are leagues for this kind of thing. The contest was followed by another contest involving hamburgers, followed, of course, by figure skating.
Check out the hot dog eating contest.
Yesterday I was spending my Sunday afternoon doing exactly what every guy enjoys doing: shopping at Macy's with the girlfriend.
One of the cleverest things about Macy's is they have TVs outside the changing rooms on ESPN. They know guys are going to be waiting out there and want to keep then entertained. The entertainment I had for the afternoon was a re-run of the 2006 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.
These guys eat hot dogs for 12 minutes. One guy was wearing Ultimate Warrior-esque face paint. It was sponsored by Alka-Seltzer. Awesome.
I watched as American Joey "Jaws" Chestnut took on eight-time champ Takeru Kobayashi, who is Japanese. The crowd roared as Chestnut and Kobayashi went back and forth, one pulling ahead, then the other. I secretly cheered for Chestnut.
I was amazed more than anything about the fans of this sport. Aside from the fact that it's a sport at all. There are leagues for this kind of thing. The contest was followed by another contest involving hamburgers, followed, of course, by figure skating.
Check out the hot dog eating contest.
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posted by Bryan McBournie at
8:44 AM
1 Comments:
I guess there won't be any more complaining about going shopping with "the girlfriend." Well... at least not at Macy*s.
Oh, and the number of hot dogs they consumed is mildly disturbing.
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Anonymous, at 4:23 PM
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