Where's the Beef?
Badlands says: Where's the Beef?
Where's the beef? It's hiding in that gi-normous bun, that's where.
Apparently a 115-pound sandwich ate an 11-pound girl this week. No, wait, it was the other way around. An 11-pound sandwich ate a 115-pound girl this week. Wait . . . strike that. Reverse it. Grab the details on this story anywhere you want, but I most enjoyed this Foodmarket.com article.
Imagine working at a restaurant that has this 6-pound burger (11 pounds after all the fixin's) in order to bring tourists and other general business around. You've seen Badlands Booker come in three times to attempt to eat this monster in under three hours and fail miserably. You've seen dozens of tourists come in and take a shot at it, only to eat a quarter of the burger before giving up. And then, one morning you see a 115-pound girl named Kate Stelnick enter. Going for the monster burger, eh? Shrug your shoulders and deliver it up. Imagine the surprise, three hours later, when the plate is clean!
Competitive eater Badlands Booker attempted the feat three times, and only finished it once. This is what amazes me. When I heard that a lightweight ate a huge burger, I shrugged my shoulders. After all, many of the professional eaters are quite skinny. Badlands (who does not fit into either the "skinny" category or any compact cars) does this for a living and has won many eating contests, but he hasn't conquered this one yet, even after three attempts. This Kate girl is apparently an amateur. I think I can compare this with a random (non-all star) high school football team beating the Steelers. It's just mind-blowing.
In an era of "healthy" fast food (because when I head for McDonald's, I'm really thinking about a salad and bottled water) and in the wake of the "Super Size Me" documentary, we still take a moment to appreciate Kate's feat. See? We really haven't changed, and that's pretty darn comforting.
Update: katestelnick.com has linked to my blog!
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