Comments on: End of a dynasty

By: Randall Byrd

Randall Byrd — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:49:07 +0000

Heywood J. said,
July 5, 2007 at 18:46

I’m thinking there might be a place somewhere in the world for self-loathing americans.
Maybe Latvia?

Nah. Why should I move? They’re the ones who suck. Let the stupid freak-show move to Latvia, or back up their own asses, and they can competitively eat our collective shorts.

Or hell, even get a useful job.

Oh fertheloveofgod will you stop whining?

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:07:48 +0000

that competitive shitting is the real sport here.

Who does Number 2 work for?

By: SamFromUtah

SamFromUtah — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:47:34 +0000

I can't believe no one's suggested a different kind of eating contest.

By: Heywood J.

Heywood J. — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:46:19 +0000

I’m thinking there might be a place somewhere in the world for self-loathing americans.
Maybe Latvia?

Nah. Why should I move? They’re the ones who suck. Let the stupid freak-show move to Latvia, or back up their own asses, and they can competitively eat our collective shorts.

Or hell, even get a useful job.

By: Cheeto

Cheeto — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:39:15 +0000

FYI: competitive eating is supposed to have a large following in Japan.

By: ahem

ahem — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:55:20 +0000

Well, Randy, if you were to jump off the nearest tall building, it would probably give those people hope.

By: Randall Byrd

Randall Byrd — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:25:06 +0000

Some Guy said,
July 5, 2007 at 12:16

Good plan, Randall. Self-loathers to Latvia, Authoritarian religious fundies to Saudi Arabia.

And those militia-nut separatists can go to Columbia. They’d fit in nice, there.

Whatever. Just so long as I dont have to listen to them whine about how dreadful is their country.

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:16:43 +0000

Good plan, Randall. Self-loathers to Latvia, Authoritarian religious fundies to Saudi Arabia.

And those militia-nut separatists can go to Columbia. They’d fit in nice, there.

By: Randall Byrd

Randall Byrd — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:39:44 +0000

I’m thinking there might be a place somewhere in the world for self-loathing americans.
Maybe Latvia? They got great internet connectivity, and language skills, better than Americans. They have dreams, a future.
So I’m thinking you whiners might want to grab a street corner in Riga, rant about how much you and your country suck, throw down a hat, make a few lat.

By: Randall Byrd

Randall Byrd — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:17:13 +0000

But, you know, it’s not really funny. There’s something wrong with these people, something that only mob psychology and a weirdly-niched pseudo-celebrity culture can even start to explain. Only in America could someone actually make money and become famous for eating.

Only an american could think that only in america couild someone make money from competitive eating. Only americans are that small world.
Sad really. I blame the Baby Boomers.

By: Randall Byrd

Randall Byrd — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:48:45 +0000

Emperor U.S.A. (the naked truth) said,
July 4, 2007 at 23:26

Seriously. Fuck this bullshit.

Uncle Sam is an obese, giggling, flatulent, lobotomized eunuch, intoxicated by the pungent stench of his own effluivia.

That may be true, especially if you are a self-hater, but you might note that the guys who win these hotdogeating contests aren’t obese.
They have weird strechy stomachs.

By: Heywood J.

Heywood J. — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:55:44 +0000

I think it was a couple years ago when I said — and it still stands — that competitive shitting is the real sport here. You don’t think it would be hugely entertaining to watch one of these tools squeeze out a Volkswagen-sized dump after scarfing six dozen hot dogs? You’d sell out the stadium in ten minutes. U-S-A! U-S-A! Deee-fence! Ungh! Ungh! Deee-fence! Ungh! Ungh! And so forth.

Thanks Emperor for the link.

By: Legalize

Legalize — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:43:06 +0000

“Why does every winner of an eating contest announce at the end that they really aren’t that full and they could keep eating? Is that part of the official rules or something?”

I think it’s the same reason (hypothetically speaking of course) why Curt Schilling always says that he could have gone out there to close out the 9th, even if, well, he got tagged for 6 earned through 4 and 1/3.

By: mikey

mikey — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:06:45 +0000

I was thinking that shortly after I pushed the button. Dammit. I was left hoping no one would notice. That’s worked for me in the past…

mikey

By: fardels bear

fardels bear — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:59:49 +0000

Mikey:

I think most bears are omnivorious. Well some are. Polar bears aren’t but the black bear is. I could research it if I wanted but google is a long walk from my house.

I could keep on researching it even after I won the thread if I wanted.

By: owlbear1

owlbear1 — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:47:20 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkrMgm3dJVw

Happy 4th!

By: RubDMC

RubDMC — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:41:03 +0000

“rousing yet repulsive”

Not a very helpful description – I mean, they could be talking about anything.

It’s kinda snappy, though, just like “I could have kept on (doing whatever).”

Considering Mikey’s contribution – “Know what? I took a big crap this morning. But I could have kept on crapping. I could have crapped a house, or maybe even a decent sized moon. It was rousing, yet repulsive.”

By: ifthethunderdontgetya

ifthethunderdontgetya — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:39:21 +0000

Prepare for wingnut shrieking.

Gawd Dammed pot smokers11!!

Why can’t those hiippiies be more like Viagra popping, hillbilly heroin addicted, child rapist good old Rush *my ass hurts too much to go to Vietnam* Limbaugh?

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:51:35 +0000

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/04/gore.son.arrest.ap/index.html
whoops. Prepare for wingnut shrieking.
On the plus side, his Prius was boppin’ along at 100mph, so that’ll be good for sales. On the down side, hybrid cars are bad for the environment… hmmmm

By: g

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:42:00 +0000

Because excessive consumption of food is GREAT!

OK, politically correct comment posted, I have to say that something in me still admires Kobayashi.