For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for February 01, 2004
Transcript:
April: Bleah! Boy: This is so disgusting! Girl: Gross! Boy: I can't stand it! April: Let's turn up the sound! Voice from television: Glut, grunch, munch, eat, gulp, chew, swallow, ugk, bite, urbp, chew, erk, glut, gulp, mfff, swallow. Melvin Dreeble is ahead by 16 links of sausage, folks - I don't think our champ can beat this guy! Wait! He's swallowing! He's chewing! He's forcing it down!!! Yess! Kurt "The Gullet" Bungthwart has just porked his way past his opponent!!! He's going for the pies, now - his face is buried in blueberry - but can he do the crust?!! Elly: What are you watching? Boy: The World Championiship X-Treme Eating Contest! Voice: Eat! Glut! Swallow, gulp, munch, chew, urbp, bite, glut, eat, swallow... Elly: And half the world goes hungry.
Killer Poonda over 3 years ago
People die from those contests.
FrostbiteFalls about 1 year ago
The same reason I’ve never had a high opinion of competitive eating, along with its being visually repugnant. Back in high school they had a pie-eating contest and it about made me sick to my stomach just from watching it.