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: New Mandate: Wide Open
On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 14:52:05 -0500, "bowser" wrote:
"tony cooper" wrote in message .. . That's Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti. He dips the buns in fruit punch to make them go down easier. That's why his hands are red. Among his accomplishments are eating 42 Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches in 10 minutes and 29 Waffle House waffles in 10 minutes. Amazing that I didn't recognize these celebrities. Is it me, or is "competitive eating" sub-human? I can't watch it. GD disgusting. It's a completely tasteless activity. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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Annika1980 wrote:
On Feb 8, 4:45 pm, tony cooper wrote: Is it me, or is "competitive eating" sub-human? I can't watch it. GD disgusting. It's a completely tasteless activity. At that speed, you're probably correct that taste has little to do with it. These guys are tremendous athletes. I'll probably never win the Masters, but I'll come closer to winning the Masters than I will to eating 100 hamburgers in 8 minutes. Enjoy it while you can. Some day, one of the competitors will die right on stage and all the pantywaists will be clamoring to ban the sport immediately. Sport??? A competition, yes. "Training," Yes. A sport? Athletes? No, no, no. I wonder if the ancient Romans competed inside the vomitorium, as long as we're on this mouth watering subject. -- John McWilliams |
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: New Mandate: Wide Open
"John McWilliams" wrote in message ... Annika1980 wrote: On Feb 8, 4:45 pm, tony cooper wrote: Is it me, or is "competitive eating" sub-human? I can't watch it. GD disgusting. It's a completely tasteless activity. At that speed, you're probably correct that taste has little to do with it. These guys are tremendous athletes. I'll probably never win the Masters, but I'll come closer to winning the Masters than I will to eating 100 hamburgers in 8 minutes. Enjoy it while you can. Some day, one of the competitors will die right on stage and all the pantywaists will be clamoring to ban the sport immediately. Sport??? A competition, yes. "Training," Yes. A sport? Athletes? No, no, no. I wonder if the ancient Romans competed inside the vomitorium, as long as we're on this mouth watering subject. That's what we used to call the cafeteria at work....."The Vomitorium". |
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: New Mandate: Wide Open
On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 07:20:24 -0500, "Larry Thong"
wrote: tony cooper wrote: You need to get out more and get a little culture, Tony. These competitive eaters are pretty cool. If I want to watch competitive eaters, I'll get two dogs and one bowl. You don't have a dog? How sad! You ought to see how Remy and Max fight over a piece of bacon. I have one dog, but would need a second to have a competition. Here's a photo of our dog on our back porch. It's slightly out-of-focus, has poor depth-of-field, and shows the dog from the angle that you seem to like for doggie pix, but I didn't want to submit an image better than one of yours. http://tonycooper.fileave.com/gertie.jpg -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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: New Mandate: Wide Open
On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 20:44:17 -0500, "Larry Thong"
wrote: tony cooper wrote: You don't have a dog? How sad! You ought to see how Remy and Max fight over a piece of bacon. I have one dog, but would need a second to have a competition. Here's a photo of our dog on our back porch. It's slightly out-of-focus, has poor depth-of-field, and shows the dog from the angle that you seem to like for doggie pix, but I didn't want to submit an image better than one of yours. http://tonycooper.fileave.com/gertie.jpg That's a dog? My cat, Max, is a lot bigger than that curtain ****er. You need a 200/2 Nikkor to optimize that shot. Nonsense. That's just a big milk box that makes the dog seem small. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 07:09:17 -0500, "Larry Thong"
wrote: tony cooper wrote: http://tonycooper.fileave.com/gertie.jpg That's a dog? My cat, Max, is a lot bigger than that curtain ****er. You need a 200/2 Nikkor to optimize that shot. Nonsense. That's just a big milk box that makes the dog seem small. Right! That looks like a deformed Yorkie. Tony, I know you love it, but next time get yourself a real dog, not one of those curtain ****ers. She's a standard (full-bred but not pedigreed) cocker spaniel of average size for the breed. A bit wide in the beam as aged females get. I think she's about 40 pounds now. She's 16 years-old. She needs a trim badly, but gets very snappish with the groomer because her old bones ache so much she doesn't like to be handled. We've never had her groomed with one of those fru-fru spaniel cuts. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:12:35 GMT, (GregS) wrote:
: In article , Annika1980 wrote: : The temptation to go to the archives is strong on this one. : : : : I don't know what this is about, but here is an old one...... : : http://zekfrivolous.com/led/princess.JPG : : greg With that expression, that cat is a dead ringer for Bucky Katt of the comic strip "Get Fuzzy". Bob |
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