More on U of Iowa corn cancellation
The cancellation of the corn eating contest at the University of Iowa has received more publicity than most eating contests which actually take place:
ESPN.com
Des Moines Register
Reason Online
KCRG
A comment from the Des Moines Register by Calvin Jones follows:
Keep in mind this is the same University that sells triple cheese burgers and french fries in the student union cafeteria not to mention the mass quantities of alcohol they allow the well healed boosters to consume on campus, in open containers, seven hours before a Hawkeye football game. Trust me nothing is scarier than watching a drunk graduate from the class of 32 try to back out their 18 foot long land yacht onto Melrose Ave. The obesity epidemic has nothing to do with binge vegetable eating and everything to do with empty calories and sugar peddled by all of those vending machines on campus. If anything binging on vegetables would both help solve this nation’s weight problem and cripple the laxative industry.
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Carey said
September 14, 2007 @ 10:02 am
I have been getting more alerts on this topic than I saw about Joey beating Kobay on the fourth. There is at least a dozen student blogs already, along with all the national and regional news sites. I think if someone wants publicity for their event, they should just cancel it. 🙂
Steakbellie said (Registered August 11, 2006)
September 14, 2007 @ 11:20 am
The best comment was on the “Reason” article:
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daniel k | September 13, 2007, 12:46pm | #
“They can have my sweet corn when they pry it out of my cold, dead, buttery fingers.”