Link Buffet: July 15, 2008

  • Final Denver hot dog qualifier report
  • Column criticizing Juris Shibayama for finishing “toward the back of the pack” that does not bother to find out his actual placing
  • Megamunch blog entry and gallery from the UEPa meeting at Gregory’s Steakhouse
  • Report on Tour de Donut in which cyclists can reduce their reported finishing times by eating donuts
  • The Serious Sports News Network reports that a congressional committee will investigate allegations that PEDs were used in the Nathans’ finals
  • Mini-essay contest for slots in the Bowie burrito eating contest, also lists expected ranked entrants

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  1. Rhonda Evans said

    July 15, 2008 @ 8:27 am

    I love the fact that Rep Waxman,Chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform and Oversight Committee is going to look into this. This has got to be good for competitive eating. The folks on the Hill are noticing, and he is treating CE as a sport.

    This is big news, as far as I’m concerned.

    As far as performance-enhancing drugs being used, I think not, but I don’t know enough about the relationship between pharmacology and digestion to render an informed opinion, and I doubt Koby, Joey, or anyone else knows much about it either.

  2. Dr. Bigtime said

    July 15, 2008 @ 8:29 am

    So funny. My mom told me about that article. Investigative journalism at its best. This guy writes for the free weekly newspaper in Murfreesboro, TN. I’m crying on the inside.

  3. Philly Guy said

    July 15, 2008 @ 8:43 am

    Yeah, about the steroid investigation… That site is like a really poor version of the onion, but for sports.

  4. Sean Gordon said (Registered June 5, 2008)

    July 15, 2008 @ 8:59 am

    The much anticipated debut of Hurl! is tonight at 9 on G4 (at least it is around here). I can hardly keep my excitement in!

  5. Rhonda Evans said

    July 15, 2008 @ 9:05 am

    Waxman’s investigation may well have the opposite effect that Waxman is looking for, in that if he somehow does reveal information on specific stimulants that might help a competitive eater eat faster or eat more, I suspect more than a token handful of competitive eaters will be listening with pricked ears for ideas—-not that it will help.

    Either you are/learn to be a good competitive eater are you aren’t/don’t.

  6. Rhonda Evans said

    July 15, 2008 @ 11:52 am

    Dr. Big Time, I’m sure that’s really tearing you up inside. Please try to not let yourself fall apart. 🙂

  7. Carey said

    July 15, 2008 @ 11:56 am

    Rhonda, you know that article is a joke, right?

  8. Steakbellie said (Registered August 11, 2006)

    July 15, 2008 @ 11:59 am

    BICYCLING & EATING!!!!!!!!!!
    I could be the Champion!

  9. Anonymous said

    July 15, 2008 @ 12:06 pm

    Further evidence that perhaps Juris is alone in loving Juris.

  10. Anonymous said

    July 15, 2008 @ 12:21 pm

    Joey said in an interview on an earlier eatfeats post that he would do anything or take anything to win, from the mouth of Joey himself

  11. Anonymous said

    July 15, 2008 @ 1:51 pm

    WLOCE rankings have been reset for the new season!

  12. Steakbellie said (Registered August 11, 2006)

    July 15, 2008 @ 3:27 pm

    you guys do realize thats a fake article about PED? right?

  13. Mega Munch said

    July 15, 2008 @ 3:54 pm

    Actually, I had a very real conversation with someone the other day about the potential use of another type of munchie-inducing performance enhancing drug on the circuit.

  14. Steakbellie said (Registered August 11, 2006)

    July 15, 2008 @ 4:58 pm

    yeah, but we’re the only ones who’d ever have that conversation in a serious way. This article is kind of lampooning Congress looking into Baseball. It’s pretty funny actually.

  15. Dr. Doolittle said

    July 15, 2008 @ 6:31 pm

    Is the story out about me injecting the great Philly Guy Pete Mierniki with enhancing drugs? That is what makes him so damn awesome in the eating world.

  16. Anonymous said

    July 15, 2008 @ 7:10 pm

    Theyll do to him what they did to Bubba if youre not carful.

  17. Doc Bottom said

    July 15, 2008 @ 7:13 pm

    Is this a real thread, or is my acid trip kicking in again? and why is everything up close then really far away when I only move a little bit? Why did I think that acid was a performance-enhancing drug? How come all my comments are questions? When will this s..t wear off?

  18. "Sweet" Jill Stoler said

    July 15, 2008 @ 7:59 pm

    Anonymous, July 15, 2008 @ 12:06 pm:

    Juris is not alone in loving Juris. ALL the females in the (live) audience at Coney Island on July 4th loved Juris. I think the guys are just jealous.

    The author of the article sounded racist as well.

  19. Anonymous said

    July 15, 2008 @ 8:09 pm

    I love Juris and Im a guy!

  20. Tonto said

    July 15, 2008 @ 8:40 pm

    Why doesn’t Furious Pete eat IFOCE? He could easily be top 10 material.

  21. U.S. MALE said

    July 15, 2008 @ 8:48 pm

    What is there not to love about Juris. He is the man.

    Rock on Dr. Bigtime

  22. Anonymous said

    July 15, 2008 @ 10:06 pm

    Pete is AICE.

  23. PA MAN said

    July 16, 2008 @ 12:58 am

    Pete is AICE for reasons, Aice is getting stronger because the IFOCE is selfish. It’s allways Joey or Pat.
    There are other eaters out there. In AICE you can do what you want. You can eat at any contest you like and do any challenge you want to. All you people get on Chapman, but if you really think about it he’s building up his org while the Shea’s are losing popularity. Chapman takes care of his people not just 2 or 3 he probably takes care of them all while the Shea’s just worry about there wallets. I guess Pete likes to be independant.

    Tonto, Pete would make the top 5 in the IFOCE. Don’t sell him short…….

  24. anonymous said

    July 16, 2008 @ 2:28 pm

    PA man in the first few sentences i thought you meant Pete Miernicki . Now i realize you were talking about furious pete. I think mierniki would be better off in the aice because he might be able to dominate in that league

  25. Dr. Bigtime said

    July 17, 2008 @ 4:46 am

    I am so devastated. Thank you Sweet Jill Stoler and anonymous. I don’t know how I could get up in the morning without you. It’s so degrading.

    He DID sound racist, didn’t he? That’s more damaging than whatever he said about me. I can’t believe people of this day and age would say things like that. Pretty much everyone in Murfreesboro these days is a transplant & I can’t believe he said what he did about pork. I guess that’s why he writes for the free newspapaper in Murfreesboro. I really could care less. My family & my patients love me. He can say whatever he wants. He has no bearing in my life.

    I do what I do and I strive to be the best. If you don’t like it, fine. I really could care less. This world is all about positivity, and making everyone feel & perform to the best of their abilities. If anyone wants to bring that down, shame on them. They have nothing to add to this world. Everyone deserves to be happy & free and anyone who disputes that can kiss my ass. Feel good and have fun doing it! Damn the naysayers! If it feels good, do it! Dr. Bigtime has spoken.

    Dr. Bigtime
    Juris Shibayama, MD

  26. so you're saying.... said

    July 17, 2008 @ 8:59 am

    you could care less?

    or do you mean you couldn’t care less?

  27. Anonymous said

    July 17, 2008 @ 9:15 am

    I don’t think Pete would want any part of the top three in the IFOCE, but he would kill all the rest thats fir sure.

  28. mike landrich said (Registered July 4, 2007)

    July 17, 2008 @ 9:46 am

    Dr Bigtime
    I like the change to third person in the last sentence. In this case, the effect is pretty funny. The author of the article is a jackass. These “I eat that much at a picnic” idiots need to get on stage and see the difference.

  29. Anonymous said

    July 17, 2008 @ 10:04 am

    Next year Peggy ONeills will be biggetr than nathans.

  30. Insincere Mel said

    July 17, 2008 @ 11:31 am

    What I like about Peggy O’Neill’s is that it doesn’t feel at all like an eating contest. It just feels like a bunch of regular Joes eating a couple of hamburgers.

  31. Anonymous said

    July 17, 2008 @ 12:08 pm

    Thats what it is exactly and thats the AICEs signature.

  32. Anonymous said

    July 17, 2008 @ 12:20 pm

    Yeh Mel well if for any reason the ifoce bus carrying the nathans eaters ever stops near that place thats exactly what the results will seem like.

  33. nic "TheIncredibleBulk" fry said

    July 17, 2008 @ 12:43 pm

    they just need to have a battle of the leagues one of these days

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