I Will Not Participate

How many hot dogs should one ingest in order to be considered the best? The champion must eat many a tube steak. What a gastronomic risk he or she must take! With each frank must also be a bun. They keep eating until the contest is won. Inspired by another member's poem

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012



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Date: 10/4/2012 6:30:00 PM
I won't indulge either.
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Date: 10/4/2012 2:44:00 PM
nice rhyme here. i find those contests totally gross. i wrote a poem on july 4th about one which takes place in coney island every year. it seems that most people get a real kick out of them.
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Date: 10/4/2012 12:31:00 PM
I have seen some of those contest on TV and it is a wonder that some of those people are still alive..Enjoyed reading your very creative topic and work..Sara
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Date: 10/4/2012 11:47:00 AM
Oh gosh I think they are gross and I don't know why they are allowed, nice one Robert xx
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Date: 10/4/2012 11:44:00 AM
Ther is something fascinating about watching these eating contests. You have captured the essence of the contest.
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Date: 10/4/2012 11:41:00 AM
good one, my limit is 2
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