I know this isn’t the point, but 7.5 hot dogs sounds SOOOOOO small. And what kind of respectable hot dog contest will give you credit for half a hot dog???
I once went to a place called “The Hot Dog Dinner”. And they had a plaque on the wall that showed the last hot dog eating champion.
He ate 18 hot dogs, and I thought “I bet I could beat that”. So I asked the owner what I’d get if I could eat 19 hot dogs.
And he said “A bill for 19 hot dogs”.
So I didn’t do it. But if I felt I could go 19 hot dogs, SURELY 7.5 would be childs play!
But is that part of your point? To make it obviously false, and obviously AI? Like a 3 year old trying to lie.
Hot dogs are an insidious foodstuff. You think to yourself “Surely, I have eaten several of these in one sitting casually. If I apply myself, I could eat double or triple the amount!”, but in thinking that you have already fallen for their trap.
And so you eat your usual amount with relative ease, but the restaurant dogs are not like the ones you make at home, so they are more filling, but you press on and you eat another, and then another.
Suddenly, you can feel the weight of all of your mistakes in life culminating in that very moment, and you realize that you are nearly full and nowhere close to the measly goal you set for yourself, let alone the minimum amount of hot dogs you are required to consume in order for them to be considered an achievement.
But your pride demands that you continue, despite the loud protests of your body.
Eventually, you tap out, burdened with the shame of knowing exactly how many hot dogs you can eat in one sitting, and also knowing that it was nowhere near what you or anyone else expected you to be able to eat. The infernal sausages have beaten you.
Looks like the records are about 60+ in ten minutes. 19 in five might get you through qualification, depending on the field, but you’d have little chance of winning.
The very thought of trying to eat that many would make me too queasy to get started. Have one and enjoy it.
That’s what makes it hilarious. It’s such a stupidly ridiculous number in that sport. It’s like saying you successfully accomplished a 36 as a pro bowler.
I know this isn’t the point, but 7.5 hot dogs sounds SOOOOOO small. And what kind of respectable hot dog contest will give you credit for half a hot dog???
I once went to a place called “The Hot Dog Dinner”. And they had a plaque on the wall that showed the last hot dog eating champion.
He ate 18 hot dogs, and I thought “I bet I could beat that”. So I asked the owner what I’d get if I could eat 19 hot dogs.
And he said “A bill for 19 hot dogs”.
So I didn’t do it. But if I felt I could go 19 hot dogs, SURELY 7.5 would be childs play!
But is that part of your point? To make it obviously false, and obviously AI? Like a 3 year old trying to lie.
Hot dogs are an insidious foodstuff. You think to yourself “Surely, I have eaten several of these in one sitting casually. If I apply myself, I could eat double or triple the amount!”, but in thinking that you have already fallen for their trap.
And so you eat your usual amount with relative ease, but the restaurant dogs are not like the ones you make at home, so they are more filling, but you press on and you eat another, and then another.
Suddenly, you can feel the weight of all of your mistakes in life culminating in that very moment, and you realize that you are nearly full and nowhere close to the measly goal you set for yourself, let alone the minimum amount of hot dogs you are required to consume in order for them to be considered an achievement.
But your pride demands that you continue, despite the loud protests of your body.
Eventually, you tap out, burdened with the shame of knowing exactly how many hot dogs you can eat in one sitting, and also knowing that it was nowhere near what you or anyone else expected you to be able to eat. The infernal sausages have beaten you.
I love that the enthusiastic tone of your comment was completely unaffected by the bland apathy of the diner owner’s quote.
Usually hotdog eating competitions are timed. You get like 5 minutes to eat as many as possible, and 19 wouldn’t even be close to qualifying.
Looks like the records are about 60+ in ten minutes. 19 in five might get you through qualification, depending on the field, but you’d have little chance of winning.
The very thought of trying to eat that many would make me too queasy to get started. Have one and enjoy it.
Yeah it’s probably just the journalist finding the silliest thing to lie about as part of this experiment
That’s what makes it hilarious. It’s such a stupidly ridiculous number in that sport. It’s like saying you successfully accomplished a 36 as a pro bowler.