Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

bogframe

The part they may not have televised was when Nathan's donated 100,000 (That's one hundred thousand) Hot dogs to the NY food bank. That may not do much for victims of famine in other countries, but it sure helps some of the hungry here!

christinafrombklyn

Wow...

daver

Yah, the big 100,000 hot dog check was pretty cool, and typical of what they have done in years past. I thought I would see you in your hat for sure bogframe, but I didn't. Missed you too Christina. The announcer said there were 35,000 there, I'm not sure about that. But then I'm not the crown expert that the NYPD dude that stated the figure is.

As far as it being a sport, I agree that it isn't. As far as it being gluttonous, horrible, and obnoxious and an example of everything wrong with America, I can't disagree. And yet it is still amusing and I was still out there cheering. Dichotomy.

In other notes, my seven year old and my eight year old were finally tall enough to ride the Cyclone for the first time. Haha. Great fun. Vomit was kept to a minimum.

christinafrombklyn

Yeah, I hear what you are saying Daver-totally. I wish others would have such a decent and honest way of communicating.

carnivore

First 3 definitions of sport from the American Heritage Dictionary:

1
a. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
b. A particular form of this activity.

2 An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
3 An active pastime; recreation.

Please explain why competitive eating doesn't fit these definitions. I understand that the symbolism of food bothers you, but really, that's your issue. Any sport is equally wasteful- baseball, football, soccer, whatever. The resources devoted to those pursuits could feed millions. There's really nothing more particularly "worthy" about putting a ball through a hoop than eating hot dogs.

christinafrombklyn

Interesting way of looking at it, and it does make total sense. I guess it's just not as blatant, which doesn't make it any more justifiable.

As far as explaining why competitive food eating doesn't meet the above descriptions, all I will say is that IMO what is trying to be conveyed in the dictionary is that sport is the act of expending onself physically with competitive motivation, not consuming something outside themselves, ie. food.

But if you really wanna get into it, we can compare the dictionary to the bible huh?