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JonInMiddleGA · 06-12-2024, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by stevew

This Joey Chestnut is banned thing is just a Work, right?

I'd think not.

I mean, why would you want some guy winning who literally works for a would-be competitor?

I thought they went over the top quite a ways in their press release honestly, since you know they pretty much have to be hoping he chokes to death asap.

GrantDawg · 06-12-2024, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by sovereignstar v2

good morning GrantDawg

How did you find my picture?

Ksyrup · 06-12-2024, 07:03 AM

The Joey Chestnut news is probably the least important "breaking news" item I've ever received as a push notification. And that includes anything royalty-related. I can't think of a piece of news that matters much less. I actually laughed when I saw it pop up on my phone yesterday.

GrantDawg · 06-12-2024, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

The Joey Chestnut news is probably the least important "breaking news" item I've ever received as a push notification. And that includes anything royalty-related. I can't think of a piece of news that matters much less. I actually laughed when I saw it pop up on my phone yesterday.

I thouht, "Why was Kenny Chesney banned from an eating contest? Oh, Joey Chestnut. Who is Joey Chesnut again?"

Qwikshot · 06-12-2024, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

The Joey Chestnut news is probably the least important "breaking news" item I've ever received as a push notification. And that includes anything royalty-related. I can't think of a piece of news that matters much less. I actually laughed when I saw it pop up on my phone yesterday.

What I like is that there are boring days under the Biden adminstration, I miss boring days, I cherish them now.

Ksyrup · 06-12-2024, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwikshot

What I like is that there are boring days under the Biden adminstration, I miss boring days, I cherish them now.

Very true.

Honolulu_Blue · 06-12-2024, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

The Joey Chestnut news is probably the least important "breaking news" item I've ever received as a push notification. And that includes anything royalty-related. I can't think of a piece of news that matters much less. I actually laughed when I saw it pop up on my phone yesterday.

What?!? This is like Michael Jordan being banned from the NBA Finals. Wayne Gretzky being banned from the Stanley Cup finals. Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady being banned right before the Super Bowl. But more so!

On the one hand, the rule - that he can't participate in the marquee Major League Eating event because he's repping a different brand - is ridiculous. On the other hand, he knew the rule and quite brazenly broke it!

If Joey Chestnut bigger than Major League Eating? Or can the League survive without their biggest star?

This. Is. Huge.

NobodyHere · 06-12-2024, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

What?!? This is like Michael Jordan being banned from the NBA Finals. Wayne Gretzky being banned from the Stanley Cup finals. Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady being banned right before the Super Bowl. But more so!

On the one hand, the rule - that he can't participate in the marquee Major League Eating event because he's repping a different brand - is ridiculous. On the other hand, he knew the rule and quite brazenly broke it!

If Joey Chestnut bigger than Major League Eating? Or can the League survive without their biggest star?

This. Is. Huge.

You got it. This has basically turned Nathan's 4th of July hot dog eating contest into a non-event.

#BoycottMajorLeagueEating

Ksyrup · 06-12-2024, 12:56 PM

To paraphrase one of the immortal FOFC quotes, this is going to revolutionize the way I don't watch The July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest and MLE in general.

albionmoonlight · 06-12-2024, 01:01 PM

I was at an oyster fest once, and they happened to have a MLE (or whatever it was called back then--it was a while ago) oyster eating event there. They were all professionals, but you could put your name in the hat and try and get one of the two amateur spots. And I really really wanted that. Not because I wanted to try and keep up. But because it would have been awesome to have all I could eat oysters for 8 minutes. I'd smuggle up my own bottle of Tabasco--and they'd say I was disqualified, and I wouldn't care and keep eating.

miami_fan · 06-12-2024, 01:16 PM

Plant based hot dogs? Are the disgusting parts of plants that we can speculate are in plant based hot dogs in the way we could with a regular hot dog? Is there such a thing as a dirty water plant based hot dog?

Nothing against plant based foods but one of the joys of eating a hot dog was always the fleeting idea that it might just have something in it that you did not want to know about.

Ksyrup · 06-12-2024, 01:34 PM

Yeah, come to think of it, what are the plant-based equivalents to chicken lips and assholes?

cartman · 06-12-2024, 01:53 PM

the floor sweepings from after making Impossible Burgers

stevew · 06-12-2024, 01:58 PM

Stems and seeds.

RainMaker · 06-12-2024, 02:17 PM

I guess I'm wondering why Nathan's wasn't paying him. Since I'm not in New York, I only know of Nathan's through the hot dog eating contest.

JonInMiddleGA · 06-12-2024, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

Since I'm not in New York, I only know of Nathan's through the hot dog eating contest.

Huh? I buy Nathan's in Georgia in pretty much any grocery store.

Ksyrup · 06-12-2024, 02:45 PM

Yeah Nathan's are in all the grocery stores here in KY.

RainMaker · 06-12-2024, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Huh? I buy Nathan's in Georgia in pretty much any grocery store.

I just mean I've never heard the brand uttered outside the event. It's probably available here but Oscar-Meyer and a few others have the market cornered at the store it seems.

Guess what I'm saying is that hot dog eating contest might be how a lot of people know about the brand.

GrantDawg · 06-12-2024, 03:10 PM

Nathan's are good hotdogs. Too pricey, but good.

JonInMiddleGA · 06-12-2024, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Nathan's are good hotdogs. Too pricey, but good.

Definitely. But the occasional BOGO at Publix helps a few times a year.

RainMaker · 06-12-2024, 04:24 PM

Good timing from Netflix.

A rivalry simmering for 15 years. CHESTNUT VS. KOBAYASHI: UNFINISHED BEEF — the ultimate hot dog eating competition — will air LIVE on Netflix, Monday, September 2. pic.twitter.com/MeVQP1lQuS — Netflix (@netflix) June 12, 2024

Edward64 · 06-12-2024, 04:29 PM

I’ve seen them in Asia also

Passacaglia · Yesterday, 07:28 AM

You can definitely find them in pretty much any regular grocery store in Chicago too.

Lathum · Yesterday, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

I just mean I've never heard the brand uttered outside the event. It's probably available here but Oscar-Meyer and a few others have the market cornered at the store it seems.

Guess what I'm saying is that hot dog eating contest might be how a lot of people know about the brand.

It's a big east coast brand. Lots of stands on boardwalks and in mall food courts.

Lathum · Yesterday, 07:33 AM

Took my kids and their friends to the boardwalk/arcade yesterday. Like most lots they have a pay station where you put in your spot number then pay to park. Come back and their is a ticket on my car! They wrote the ticket at literally the same exact time I paid for the parking, which was 2 minutes after I parked. The kicker is the machine was out of paper so i don't have a receipt and my bank statement only shows the date of the transaction, not the time.

CrimsonFox · Yesterday, 08:00 AM

It's...just a hot dog. I mean maybe it has better quality chicken lips and shoes than cheaper hot dogs....

cartman · Yesterday, 08:53 AM

Impossible Foods Hot Dogs Can't Quite Measure Up To The Real Thing

Lathum · Yesterday, 10:08 AM

Lightlife Smart Dogs are good.

Ghost Econ · Yesterday, 12:59 PM

So pages back we talked about the McDonalds app and I have to reiterate it's probably the best of the fast food apps as far as getting deals. Chickfila is decent in achieving rewards, but using the McDonalds app last night I got a 10 piece nugget, large fry and large drink for $4.24 after tax.

I just wish I didn't have to keep using apps to get deals. Either I just leave them on my phone or just shuffle them on and off.

cartman · Yesterday, 01:03 PM

If you have the Arby's app, the deal for this week is 5 roast beefs for $5

RainMaker · Yesterday, 01:13 PM

Is blue cheese salad dressing the same stuff they give you with wings? Going to be making some wings in an air fryer for the first time and that's all I can find at the store.

Lathum · Yesterday, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

Is blue cheese salad dressing the same stuff they give you with wings? Going to be making some wings in an air fryer for the first time and that's all I can find at the store.

Typically yes. That or ranch

GrantDawg · Yesterday, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

If you have the Arby's app, the deal for this week is 5 roast beefs for $5

I keep thinking I'm going to go and buy a bag for three of us, but then I think about something else.

JonInMiddleGA · Yesterday, 05:39 PM

I'm a fairly big believer in "trust your instincts", and rarely have I ever had things turn out good when I don't folllow 'em ... yet here I am at the moment still trying to move something down a particular path while my head & gut both keep saying "you already got your sign on this, what more do you need, a ton of bricks on your head too?"

I don't even know WTF I'm thinking ... okay, that's not true. I'm continuing because I'm not sure any better option actually exists either.

I fucking hate this kinda shit.

RainMaker · Yesterday, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

If you have the Arby's app, the deal for this week is 5 roast beefs for $5

This was the deal when I was in high school. We'd go there after football practice and eat them out of roast beef.

RainMaker · Yesterday, 05:56 PM

Speaking of fast food, does anyone feel like the Wendy's spicy chicken has fallen off a little bit? Had one the other day and it just didn't hit like it used to. Maybe it's always been like that and we just have so many places making good chicken sandwiches that they don't seem as good.

CrimsonFox · Yesterday, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

Speaking of fast food, does anyone feel like the Wendy's spicy chicken has fallen off a little bit? Had one the other day and it just didn't hit like it used to. Maybe it's always been like that and we just have so many places making good chicken sandwiches that they don't seem as good.

there are indeed "bad wendy's".

CrimsonFox · Yesterday, 06:31 PM

thesloppy · Yesterday, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

If you have the Arby's app, the deal for this week is 5 roast beefs for $5

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Edward64 · Today, 12:54 AM

Love the 5 for $5. But don’t think they were the reg roast beef sandwich but a scaled down version. But with horsey sauce & curly fries, good stuff

06-12-2024, 07:03 AM	#27003
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	The Joey Chestnut news is probably the least important "breaking news" item I've ever received as a push notification. And that includes anything royalty-related. I can't think of a piece of news that matters much less. I actually laughed when I saw it pop up on my phone yesterday. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

06-12-2024, 12:56 PM	#27009
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	To paraphrase one of the immortal FOFC quotes, this is going to revolutionize the way I don't watch The July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest and MLE in general. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

06-12-2024, 01:16 PM	#27011
miami_fan Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Land O Lakes FL	Plant based hot dogs? Are the disgusting parts of plants that we can speculate are in plant based hot dogs in the way we could with a regular hot dog? Is there such a thing as a dirty water plant based hot dog? Nothing against plant based foods but one of the joys of eating a hot dog was always the fleeting idea that it might just have something in it that you did not want to know about. __________________ "The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946

06-12-2024, 01:34 PM	#27012
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Yeah, come to think of it, what are the plant-based equivalents to chicken lips and assholes? __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

06-12-2024, 01:53 PM	#27013
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	the floor sweepings from after making Impossible Burgers __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

06-12-2024, 01:01 PM	#27010
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	I was at an oyster fest once, and they happened to have a MLE (or whatever it was called back then--it was a while ago) oyster eating event there. They were all professionals, but you could put your name in the hat and try and get one of the two amateur spots. And I really really wanted that. Not because I wanted to try and keep up. But because it would have been awesome to have all I could eat oysters for 8 minutes. I'd smuggle up my own bottle of Tabasco--and they'd say I was disqualified, and I wouldn't care and keep eating.

06-12-2024, 01:58 PM	#27014
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Stems and seeds.

06-12-2024, 02:17 PM	#27015
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	I guess I'm wondering why Nathan's wasn't paying him. Since I'm not in New York, I only know of Nathan's through the hot dog eating contest.

06-12-2024, 02:45 PM	#27017
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Yeah Nathan's are in all the grocery stores here in KY. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

06-12-2024, 03:10 PM	#27019
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Nathan's are good hotdogs. Too pricey, but good.

06-12-2024, 04:24 PM	#27021
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Good timing from Netflix. `A rivalry simmering for 15 years. CHESTNUT VS. KOBAYASHI: UNFINISHED BEEF — the ultimate hot dog eating competition — will air LIVE on Netflix, Monday, September 2. pic.twitter.com/MeVQP1lQuS — Netflix (@netflix) June 12, 2024`

06-12-2024, 04:29 PM	#27022
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	I’ve seen them in Asia also

Yesterday, 07:28 AM	#27023
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	You can definitely find them in pretty much any regular grocery store in Chicago too.

Yesterday, 07:33 AM	#27025
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Took my kids and their friends to the boardwalk/arcade yesterday. Like most lots they have a pay station where you put in your spot number then pay to park. Come back and their is a ticket on my car! They wrote the ticket at literally the same exact time I paid for the parking, which was 2 minutes after I parked. The kicker is the machine was out of paper so i don't have a receipt and my bank statement only shows the date of the transaction, not the time.

Yesterday, 08:00 AM	#27026
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	It's...just a hot dog. I mean maybe it has better quality chicken lips and shoes than cheaper hot dogs.... Last edited by CrimsonFox : Yesterday at 08:01 AM.

Yesterday, 08:53 AM	#27027
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Impossible Foods Hot Dogs Can't Quite Measure Up To The Real Thing __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

Yesterday, 10:08 AM	#27028
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Lightlife Smart Dogs are good.

Yesterday, 12:59 PM	#27029
Ghost Econ College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2020	So pages back we talked about the McDonalds app and I have to reiterate it's probably the best of the fast food apps as far as getting deals. Chickfila is decent in achieving rewards, but using the McDonalds app last night I got a 10 piece nugget, large fry and large drink for $4.24 after tax. I just wish I didn't have to keep using apps to get deals. Either I just leave them on my phone or just shuffle them on and off.

Yesterday, 01:03 PM	#27030
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	If you have the Arby's app, the deal for this week is 5 roast beefs for $5 __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

Yesterday, 01:13 PM	#27031
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Is blue cheese salad dressing the same stuff they give you with wings? Going to be making some wings in an air fryer for the first time and that's all I can find at the store.

Yesterday, 05:39 PM	#27034
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	I'm a fairly big believer in "trust your instincts", and rarely have I ever had things turn out good when I don't folllow 'em ... yet here I am at the moment still trying to move something down a particular path while my head & gut both keep saying "you already got your sign on this, what more do you need, a ton of bricks on your head too?" I don't even know WTF I'm thinking ... okay, that's not true. I'm continuing because I'm not sure any better option actually exists either. I fucking hate this kinda shit. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis Last edited by JonInMiddleGA : Yesterday at 05:40 PM.

Yesterday, 05:56 PM	#27036
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Speaking of fast food, does anyone feel like the Wendy's spicy chicken has fallen off a little bit? Had one the other day and it just didn't hit like it used to. Maybe it's always been like that and we just have so many places making good chicken sandwiches that they don't seem as good.

Yesterday, 06:31 PM	#27038
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009

Today, 12:54 AM	#27040
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	Love the 5 for $5. But don’t think they were the reg roast beef sandwich but a scaled down version. But with horsey sauce & curly fries, good stuff Last edited by Edward64 : Today at 12:54 AM.

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