July 05, 2010

Sorry, America, None Of These Things Are Sports* With the World Cup, Wimbledon, The Tour de France and some pretty good Major League Baseball pennant races all going on right now, why should anyone care about the World Hot Dog Eating Championship?* * Warning: Gawker links

And, no, the bidding war for basketballer LeBron James is NOT a sport either. Semi-Interesting Sidelight: Due to its only counting repeated phrases of 3 words or less, one of today's Twitter Trending Topics is "Dog Eating Contest".

posted by oneswellfoop 14 years ago

Why did this list not involve golf, pool/billiards, gymnastics, and figure skating?
posted 14 years ago by bernockle
Don't forget ice dancing - which apparently is NOT the same as figure skating.
posted 14 years ago by tracicle
Am I the only one who finds the concept of competitive eating offensive?
posted 14 years ago by Bondurant
Only competitive water boarding would be more offensive.
posted 14 years ago by Dan Folkus

Monkeyfilter

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July 05, 2010