I-Pod's Dangerous to Health Not only does owning an I-Pod create the urge to hug whales and boycott soap, according to this report from CNN, it is sometimes fatal.
As it is my patriotic duty to spend 12 hours in the golf shop on the Fourth of July, I've spent my time watching such American classics as Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island. Although it's Independence Day, I'm still guilty of treason by rooting for Takeru Kobayashi - the World Hot Dog Eating Champion four years running. The only problem with the Hot Dog eating contest is listening to the standard ESPN commentary. I don't care if it's televised on ESPN, competitive eating is NOT a sport and its competiters are NOT athletes. Quotes regarding competitive eating, such as this one about Kobayashi's dominance- "It's like if Lance Armstrong finished the tour de france hours before his competitors, or if Tiger Woods got a hole in one on every swing of the PGA tour"- are ridiculous. Regardless of what the IFOCE says, people don't watch gluttony because they appreciate the technique- they watch it for the same reason they slow down next to car accidents. Hot Dog eating shouldn't be on ESPN, it should be on FOX- right after Man vs. Beast. (Amazingly, Kobayashi is in both.)
As it is my patriotic duty to spend 12 hours in the golf shop on the Fourth of July, I've spent my time watching such American classics as Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island. Although it's Independence Day, I'm still guilty of treason by rooting for Takeru Kobayashi - the World Hot Dog Eating Champion four years running. The only problem with the Hot Dog eating contest is listening to the standard ESPN commentary. I don't care if it's televised on ESPN, competitive eating is NOT a sport and its competiters are NOT athletes. Quotes regarding competitive eating, such as this one about Kobayashi's dominance- "It's like if Lance Armstrong finished the tour de france hours before his competitors, or if Tiger Woods got a hole in one on every swing of the PGA tour"- are ridiculous. Regardless of what the IFOCE says, people don't watch gluttony because they appreciate the technique- they watch it for the same reason they slow down next to car accidents. Hot Dog eating shouldn't be on ESPN, it should be on FOX- right after Man vs. Beast. (Amazingly, Kobayashi is in both.)
posted by Justin at 11:24 AM 
2 Comments:
Ill make you hug a whale
Those comments especially a hole in one on every swing are ridcolous, they are not even close to the truth. Your right, but gluttony sells in America so there is not much to do about it
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