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Student Dies During Eating Contest

themoonisdown09

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MSNBC said:
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A student died just as he was about to win a university binge-eating contest, officials said Friday.

The 23-year-old man vomited, passed out and died on Thursday during the "Big Stomach King" contest at Dayeh University in central Taiwan. He had pulled ahead of 30 other teams.

Officials said the student — who was described as tall and strong — had scoffed two buns filled with rice and cheese as well as some of his teammate's food.

"I can't say why he died," said Huang Te-hsiang, the university's dean of student affairs. "He had been in the contest before. He was a strong guy."

The graduate student, surnamed Chen, may have eaten too fast rather than too much, a campus publicist said. Chen was on course to win the annual competition, she said. He would have won $60.

Taiwan's education ministry has halted campus-based eating contests while an investigation is launched.
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That sucks to die trying to win an eating contest that would only get you $60!
 
I guess the world didn't learn from that woman who died holding in her urine to try to win a wii for her kid.
 
madoka said:
I guess the world didn't learn from that woman who died holding in her urine to try to win a wii for her kid.
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oh yea! the thing is though, people really have to set limits.. you would think the woman would pee herself before death? i have a feeling the food isnt what caused this guy to die.. never heard of that, but you never know!:eek:
 
60 bucks?! wow thats soo lil if it was like 1000000 then i could understand but sheesh..
besides rices is not a good food to race against others. bread is a lil better to take
 
^^No way. Bread is difficult. It slows you down. You have to dunk bread into water to compressing it before you swallow. Too much trouble.


I hope they don't ban these eating contests, although I bet lots of people will try.
 
Abstract said:
^^No way. Bread is difficult. It slows you down. You have to dunk bread into water to compressing it before you swallow. Too much trouble.
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well its from personal expirience. at a small party, me and my friends cooked too much rice and didnt have anything to keep it warm for the night (we were camping or sumtin away from the city and suburbs) anways we had a contest to see who could eat the most bowls of rice. i found it harder to eat then doing the bread contest with them.. oh well
 
thomahawk said:
well its from personal expirience. at a small party, me and my friends cooked too much rice and didnt have anything to keep it warm for the night (we were camping or sumtin away from the city and suburbs) anways we had a contest to see who could eat the most bowls of rice. i found it harder to eat then doing the bread contest with them.. oh well
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Depends on what type of rice. You were eating old dried rice, so of course it's difficult. Dry, hardened bread is also difficult to eat, and even when you manage to eat it, it expands in the stomach. ;)

This is why participants in food eating contests will dunk bread in water before eating it. An example would be in a hot dog eating contest. They dunk the bun and hotdog into water, and swallow.



I've participated in a chili eating contest, and believe me when I say it was VERY difficult, both during the contest, and afterwards. :(
 
So imagine you are in this contest, and the guy next to you vomits and dies.:eek:

Holy poop! I would have started freaking out, like "was it something he ate?" OMG, I would have done anything not to throw up becasue if I did, I would know death would immediately follow!
 
iMac-Knight said:
People starving the world over, and there are eating contests. How about a fasting one, to see who is the first to break the fast. :rolleyes:
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I do remember from a tv show years ago a no pee contest in Japan. Whomever was the last to pee won. They were out in subfreezing temperatures with only underwear on. Every half hour or so they had to drink a pitcher of water. They had an outhouse for each contestant. I remember them running around holding their underwear, caving one by one. It was sooooo funny to watch even though I didn't know what they were saying.
 
One time I was in the mood for some Chocolate pie. I saw a contest at a Fair to see who would eat it the fastest. You couldn't use your hands.

I wanted to enter the contest, and just look at the pie. After the contest was over, I would take the pie and eat it slowly with a real fork.
 
BornAgainMac said:
One time I was in the mood for some Chocolate pie. I saw a contest at a Fair to see who would eat it the fastest. You couldn't use your hands.

I wanted to enter the contest, and just look at the pie. After the contest was over, I would take the pie and eat it slowly with a real fork.
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I also enjoy looking at pie, but eating it with a fork is just plain kinky.
 
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