The other day Eating champion Takeru Kobayashi failed to break a 2001 record for eating fruitcake set in 2001 at 4 pounds and 14 ounces in 10 minutes. Kobayashi is famous for eating record numbers of hot dogs at record setting speeds.I have one thing to say: this is NOT NEWS.
Food-eating contests are not news. They’re disgusting.
There’s the normal fare (a top ten list): Hot dogs, hamburgers, buffalo wings, ribs, jalapenos, chili cheese fries, pizza, pig’s feet, pie... or the really disgusting stuff (compiled by Esquire Magazine): Madagascar Cockroaches, Yorkshire Pudding, deep-fried asparagus, Marshmallow Peeps, Vidalia Onions, mice, corn dogs (supposedly erotic corn dogs), PB&J sandwiches, crocodile eggs, and garlic.
Does anyone care how many chili cheese fries someone can eat and in how short of a time period?
Not only do these obnoxious and so-called “contests” make TV news, internet buzz, and
print, 
but there’s professional organizations for these ridiculous pursuits, such as Major League Eating and the International Federation of Competitive Eating.Seriously?
I am all for the strange and unusual. And if people want to have an eating contest, go ahead. Stuff yourselves silly. But IT IS NOT NEWS.
A tsunami is news. The recession is news. Heck, even the rise in the psychic business trade because of poor economic times and unemployment seems news worthy. But eating contests are not.
The only thing news worthy here is that Americans still don’t understand how unattractive gluttony is in a country (and a planet) that has so many hungry people.
Actually, that’s not news either.
There’s lots of things Americans don’t understand.
Help the hungry: THE HUNGER SITE.
Basic facts on hunger: here.
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