Amazing stuff at this years Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Championship. Local hero (and SupersizedMeals star) Joey "The Jaws" Chestnut won the competition by eating 66 HDB's (Hot Dogs w/ buns), beating Takeru Kobayashi's 63. Joey is now the World Record Holder for the most HDB's consumed in a 12 minute timeframe. Congratulations Joey!!!

From: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22021000-2,00.html

AN American competitive eater has devoured a record 66 hotdogs in 12 minutes to win the July 4 annual Coney Island hotdog eating competition in New York City, defeating a six-time champion from Japan in a photo finish.

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How good would it be to have your very own McBillboard? Oh, about 10 goods. Here's one we made, shame it's not real, but it's the thought that counts! RonaldMcHummer.com has a political message about over-consumption, gas guzzling hummers, and their inclusion in happy meals, but hey, it's fun to make your own billboard!

From: http://ronaldmchummer.com/

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Back in 2004 at Defcon 12 (computer security conference) Nick Farr was challenged to eat a 20 patty burger from In 'n' Out. Would he do it? There was a pretty fat cash bounty up for grabs if he could! Would his 1337 hax0ring skillz0rz be enough for him to crack the 20 patty challenge? (Thanks to Dark Tangent at defcon.org for the pics!)

From: https://pics.defcon.org/showphoto.php?photo=180&cat=recent&limit=recent

In and Out receipt for a 20 patty burger. Serious money is riding on Nick finishing that burger

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Joey "The Jaws" Chestnut has done the unthinkable in a lead-up to the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Championship. He's beaten Takeru Kobayashi's 53 3/4 Hot Dog Record, downing 59 1/2 HDB's (Hot Dogs and Buns) in 12 minutes, becoming the World's Fastest Hot Dog Eating Champion. I'm looking forward to the 4 July Finals!

From: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,277414,00.html

PHOENIX — A California man smashed the world record for hot dog eating at a contest Saturday, gobbling up more than 59 franks in 12 minutes. Joe Chestnut, 22, of San Jose, shattered the record held by Takeru Kobayashi of Japan by downing 59 1/2 "HBDs" — hot dogs and buns — during the Southwest Regional Hot Dog Eating Championship at the Arizona Mills Mall in suburban Tempe.

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Well, not quite samc311's challenge, but his cousin. The Challenge: To down four Quad Stackers from Burger King. The first few go down pretty easy, the last ones, not so easy.... Is he up for the challenge?

From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfoyMUpssXg

My cousin taking on 4 Quad stackers from the BK Lounge. Gross yet impressive...

Australian schools have been trying to combat the obesity "epedemic" by changing tuck shop/canteen menus to offer more healthy alternatives. Unfortunately, kids will be kids, and if you take away burgers from schools, they'll just go down the road and get them instead. So much so that these kids downed 60 burgers in one sitting at their local McDonalds. Apparently local shops near schools are selling record amounts of junk food, and kids are selling soft drinks from their back packs! hahah

From: http://www.news.com.au/sundaymail/story/0,,21715148-952,00.html

Robyn Ironside
MONTHS after state schools were ordered to dump junk food from their menus, most are still serving pizza, hot dogs, ice-cream and other processed foods. The Government introduced the "traffic light system" in its Smart Choices program to tackle childhood obesity on January 1, but half of schools have failed to get the balance right. Pizzas and hot dogs were labelled under the system as "amber" foods – to be served only occasionally – but Queensland Association of School Tuckshops spokeswoman Chris Ogden said schools were lagging.

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Usually have 2 eggs with your bacon on a Sunday? You might only need one if you had a few of these laying about. Found in China, this 235g egg is apparently the World's Largest. Now if I only had a spatula big enough...

From: http://news.tom.com/2007-04-10/0027/35572805.html

[GoogleTranslated] Recently, a Sichuan found at the same time, a full 235 grams of giant eggs. While this egg than in 2004 "Guinness Book of World Records" of "the world's largest egg" -- in Kiev, Ukraine a chicken farm found 148 grams of weight eggs, 87 grams heavier. China news agency issued column Health perturbation

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A Supersized tragedy... Australia's largest lollipop has been destroyed in a fire in the northern Victorian town of Echuca. Even though the store sustained damages of around $500,000, I'm surprised just how well the lollipop looked at the end of the blaze! I suppose it makes sense, it's melted sugar...

From: http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/still-not-licked/2007/04/20/1176697051739.html

Australia lost its largest lollipop in a store fire in the northern Victorian town of Echuca. The fire started in the heritage-listed Echuca Heritage Sweet Company at 4am. It damaged two adjacent shops and led to the evacuation of 14 guests from a local bed and breakfast in the heritage-listed area of the town.

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There once was a man who forgot he'd put a burger in his jacket pocket for 12 months. When he put on that jacket again and found the burger, he was amazed that the burger hadn't changed, and that it looked and smelt the same as it did a year before. Thus was the story of the Bionic Burger, and for 18 years, he's been time-capsuling these burgers for future reference...

From: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mYyDXH1amic

True story about a man who's been saving hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and Big Macs from McDonalds for over 18 years... and they look EXACTLY the same!

A Japanese TV show recently did a report on the Heart Attack Grill. Strange to see the owner speaking in Japanese though. But wtf is up with the interviewer that looks like Ziggy Stardust wearing a crown? Crazy!

From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-RTh1t5_dg

A Japanese news crew spent an entire day shooting at the Grill. Check out their final newscast. You don't need a translator to enjoy it...