Holy Crap! That's a lot of lobster!

In case you missed it, a 98lb. woman in Kennebunkport, Maine took the new record for lobster consumption by eating 110 lbs. of lobster in one sitting. Now, obviously this is a typo... but I'll point out that as of this morning it still hasn't been corrected. I'm praying that this is a typo.

I have to say that competitive eating in no way impresses me. In fact, if I was to rate competitive eating on MOVIEGUIDE, we'd probably be looking at an "abhorrent" here. Now, I don't want to get all holier than thou on everyone, I've tried to keep my blog light and funny since I poured the foundation a month ago, but let's be real here folks. The picture above this text stands to represent what is wrong with the whole damn world. We sponsor a contest in which men and women (some grossly overweight) attempt to cram as much food as they possibly can into their mouths, without throwing up, in an allotted time period. Seriously, if one of the rules is, "without throwing up," then there's something seriously wrong with the game.

If you've ever seen this "sport" in action then you'll know what I mean when I say that it's just plain disgusting. From time to time ESPN2 or some other ESPN offshoot will run some eaters at around 3 AM or so, unfortunately I'm often up at 3 AM. If you enjoy tiny Asian men and morbidly obese Americans racing to see who can get to the end of a six foot roll of sushi, all the while drooling, choking, occasionally vomiting, and constantly gagging, then this is your sport!

Now, I'm not saying that the rest of the world hates America because of our love for competitive eating. Hell, Japan cranks out some of the world's top eaters every year. I'm just pointing out that any society that finds as much pleasure in eating competitions as we do may want to reevaluate it's priorities.

Who am I kidding... I can't imagine why the rest of the world rolls their eyes.