CHESTNUT CHESTNUT CHESTNUT!!!!!!

The excitement here on the Drudge Retort is palpable. Less than 40 minutes until the contest begins.

This is Kobayashi's year to reclaim the coveted Mustard Belt.

Gluttons? PATRIOTS!

I was wrong to doubt Chestnut.

He violated the U.S. Flag Code at the end.

Hahahah the overstated font is completely appropriate

USA USA USA

Wow--68!

yuck--lol

We watched the event today as a family. This is the reason I got a high-def TV.

There wasn't any vomiting this year, but they added a "chew-cam" on one competitor that was a close up on his mouth.

disgusting! lol

Could you get the FONY any bigger Rcade?

FONT---geezzz

You've been cryin' about the Font Rcade uses for several days, Smurphy...

You chaffing from getting sand pounded into you or sumpin'?

Could you get the FONT any bigger Rcade?

If I could, I would.

"It's going to be a day of reckoning."

Well, for the toilet facitlites, anyways.

were they beef hotdogs like the ones served at Cub foods outside by the Kiwanis club in Al Franken's home town of St. Louis Park?

A hot dog and a boat ride saved my life. Well, sorta.

Years ago my wife and I went to New York City and ate out at a nice restaurant in Chelsea. Had the sauteed scallops. Next day I woke up feeling awful. Assumed it was food poisoning, but who knows. My wife was fine. We were there for four more days. And of course, she wanted to go to NY's gazillion restaurants.

For three days I couldn't eat a single bite of anything. I went along with my wife to restaurants and just sat there, staring like a zombie, sipping water or Coke and wishing my gastrointestinal tract would just go the hell away and leave me alone. But I was a trouper and refused to sit in the hotel and mope. Did all the touristy things too.

Then came the turning point. On the ferry ride out to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, I started feeling a little better. Saw the statue, saw the island. On the ride back, I suddenly felt completely cured -- and starving. Three days without a bite, and I was right at this moment DYING of hunger. Literally shaking from hunger. MUST FIND FOOD NOW! Get the hell out of my way, people! I probably knocked a few people down on the way to the snack bar on the ferry. They had hot dogs! MUST HAVE A HOT DOG! Best thing I ever ate. Sweet, divine hot dog, complete with mustard and bun! Who invented this? It was manna from heaven! When I got off the boat at Battery Park I was still famished. First thing I saw was a sidewalk hot dog stand. MUST HAVE ANOTHER HOT DOG! With everything! Right now! Just as good as the first, I tell ya. Magnificent dish, this hot dog. Thank you, Mr. Hot Dog Vendor Man!

So there's my hot dog story. Probably could've eaten a couple more, but I didn't want to take a chance on barfing. And 68 seems excessive, no matter how you slice it.

Next morning we left New York for home. I've never felt that sick since.

Not to take anything away from this proud American moment of some dude shoveling down 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes and acknowledged in 80 pt font in a Front Page headline, but do ya think maybe we could at least have put the "Happy 4th of July Everyone" thread on the Front Page?

Not one thing on DR recognizing today as the 4th of July except for TaoWarrior's userthread which was left on the Back Page and which has now finally worked it's way up to some side column on the Front Page. Just sayin'.

When I was a lot younger, I could eat four hot dogs with bun, yellow mustard, and chopped onion. Now I can do two. Now I am talking about actual wieners, not the pig-lips-and-Linoleum meat-like product that passes for a hot dog!

" Not one thing on DR recognizing today as the 4th of July except for TaoWarrior's userthread which was left on the Back Page and which has now finally worked it's way up to some side column on the Front Page. Just sayin'."

Chris has a point, rcade. If you're hurting for Amerkin stuff to put up, how about the news that Lady Liberty is open for business again after eight years of Bushanoia?

"Could you get the FONY any bigger Rcade?"

I guess size matters after all.

#19 lol ff

...oops. Thought this was another Palin thread...

Bristol?

I doubt even she could handle that much meat.

Go Chestnut!

That's nothing. You should see Vermin in action on any given night in Bangkok.

"...oops. Thought this was another Palin thread... "

#21 | Posted by USN at 2009-07-04 03:50 PM | Reply | Flag: ff!

Not one thing on DR recognizing today as the 4th of July except for TaoWarrior's userthread which was left on the Back Page and which has now finally worked it's way up to some side column on the Front Page. Just sayin'.

That's a good idea. I wasn't planning on keeping the hot dog story up for more than an hour. I got distracted by barbecued ribs.

That's nothing. You should see Vermin in action on any given night in Bangkok.

I thought he was more into hours-long bukkake sessions involving pre-pubescent Thai sex slaves.

#26: Hey, Tomahtoe, Tomaytoe....

"Jaws" Chestnut holds a lot of world records including those for jalapeno poppers, macaroni and cheese, and the record for steak. He is an awesome gurgitator and a great American.

Due to Hussein's economy, Mr. Chestnut will now be touring the U.S. teaching Americans everywhere how to take a weiner.

If only Linda Lovelace were alive....