03 Nov 05
Originally posted by WildfireNot quite. On the way to a show one night with some friends and bandmates, the driver of the car he was in hit a bird. Charlie Parker asked for the driver to pull the car over. When he did, Parker got out, picked up the bird and put it in the trunk of the car. After the show, he went home, cooked it, and ate it for dinner. Thus earning himself the infamous nickname, "Bird".
He was walking along one beautiful spring day, when a bird decided to take a sh1t in his eyes?
03 Nov 05
Originally posted by zakkwylderLOL! If only all roadkill were treated with the same dignity and respect. The world would be a much better place.
Not quite. On the way to a show one night with some friends and bandmates, the driver of the car he was in hit a bird. Charlie Parker asked for the driver to pull the car over. When he did, Parker got out, picked up the bird and put it in the trunk of the car. After the show, he went home, cooked it, and ate it for dinner. Thus earning himself the infamous nickname, "Bird".
03 Nov 05
Originally posted by Wildfirebump
Ladies(do we even have any ladies participating?) and gentlemen, feast your eyes on this week's picks!
Philadelphia Birdies vs. Washington Pinkskins
Carolina Kittens vs. Tampa Bay Pirates
Tennessee Tight-ins vs. Cleveland Brown-nosers
Oakland Ransackers vs. Kansas City Chiffs
Detroit Lionesses vs. Minnesota Vitamins
(Moldy, you raised the bar with your names last week, curse you!) 🙁😵
03 Nov 05
Originally posted by WildfirePhilly
Ladies(do we even have any ladies participating?) and gentlemen, feast your eyes on this week's picks!
Philadelphia Birdies vs. Washington Pinkskins
Carolina Kittens vs. Tampa Bay Pirates
Tennessee Tight-ins vs. Cleveland Brown-nosers
Oakland Ransackers vs. Kansas City Chiffs
Detroit Lionesses vs. Minnesota Vitamins
(Moldy, you raised the bar with your names last week, curse you!) 🙁😵
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03 Nov 05
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Originally posted by zakkwylderDo you know how "Cannonball" Aderly got his nick-name ?
Not quite. On the way to a show one night with some friends and bandmates, the driver of the car he was in hit a bird. Charlie Parker asked for the driver to pull the car over. When he did, Parker got out, picked up the bird and put it in the trunk of the car. After the show, he went home, cooked it, and ate it for dinner. Thus earning himself the infamous nickname, "Bird".
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03 Nov 05
Originally posted by Moldy CrowYeah but could he eat more than that Japanese dude that always wins the hot dog eating contests?
He was a BIG man with huge appetites . Upon watching him eat , his band members at the time speculated that he could easily turn cannibalistic . The handle "cannibal" got slured into "canonball".
03 Nov 05
Originally posted by WildfireI don't know his name but I think that's him. He is a little skinny dude that can pound the dogs. Didn't he recently take on Refrigerator Perry and whipped up on him? It's really nasty how this dude eats the hot dogs. He separates the bun from the weiner and soaks the bun in water so it's all mushy then jams it into his mouth. I think he can eat like 40 of them or something.
Kobayashi?
03 Nov 05
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Originally posted by Joe FistTaken from wikipedia.com:
I don't know his name but I think that's him. He is a little skinny dude that can pound the dogs. Didn't he recently take on Refrigerator Perry and whipped up on him? It's really nasty how this dude eats the hot dogs. He separates the bun from the weiner and soaks the bun in water so it's all mushy then jams it into his mouth. I think he can eat like 40 of them or something.
Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi (b. 1978) is a Japanese competitive eater who holds the world record for hot dog eating. The record of 53 1/2 hot dogs was set by Kobayashi on July 4, 2004.
Records
Kobayashi has won Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest for 5 years in a row.
2001: 50 hot dogs*
2002: 50 1/2 hot dogs*
2003: 44 1/2 hot dogs
2004: 53 1/2 hot dogs*
2005: 49 hot dogs
(*) Record breaking
He set his first record on July 4, 2001, when he ate 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes at the Nathan's Coney Island hot dog eating contest, shattering the previous record of 25 1/8. In 2002, he broke his own record by eating 50 1/2. In 2003, he won again by eating 44 1/2. In 2004, he triumphed again by eating 53 1/2 hot dogs in 12 minutes, beating his old record. There was a small conflict over this result, as some fellow competitors accused him of expelling vomit during the 12-minute competition. Vomiting is not prohibited per se, but the vomit is not allowed to leave the mouth of a contestant. His latest feat was in 2005 when he managed to eat 49 hot dogs and win his fifth straight contest.
At a speed-eating contest in Hong Kong in August, 2005, Kobayashi consumed 83 vegetarian dumplings in 8 minutes; on the next day, he ate 100 steamed pork buns in 12 minutes.
Kobayashi also holds the record for eating Krystal Hamburgers (the 2.5" square burgers popular in the US Southeast). During the 2004 Krystal Square Off World Hamburger Eating Championship he consumed 69 burgers in 8 minutes.
Other world eating records held by Kobayashi include 17.7 pounds (8.0 kg) of cow brains in 15 minutes and 20 pounds (9 kg) of rice balls in 30 minutes.
Training and techniques
Kobayashi's technique relies on avoiding chewing (if possible) and series of stomach expanding seltzer, or soda water, binges. The volume of water and gas in the seltzer expands the stomach without needing to consume any food energy. This is how Kobayashi stays at 131 pounds (59 kg).
Kobayashi is also known for his trademark body wiggle, which he uses to force food down his esophagus.
Holy damn! This guy is amazing!