MrBern
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Gluttony within bounds...and a vegetarian option.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061123/hl_afp/afplifestylebritain_061123132924
snip:
The changes, which will be brought in at this year's event next month, have sparked a row with pie-eating traditionalists who want to keep to the time-honoured rules of munching as many meat and potato pies in three minutes.
Instead, the sport will become a sprint rather than a marathon, with competitors having to eat just one regulation pie in as short a time as possible
Last year's winner, weight-trainer Anthony "The Anaconda" Danson, scoffed a gut-busting seven pies to set a new record.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061123/hl_afp/afplifestylebritain_061123132924
snip:
The changes, which will be brought in at this year's event next month, have sparked a row with pie-eating traditionalists who want to keep to the time-honoured rules of munching as many meat and potato pies in three minutes.
Instead, the sport will become a sprint rather than a marathon, with competitors having to eat just one regulation pie in as short a time as possible
Last year's winner, weight-trainer Anthony "The Anaconda" Danson, scoffed a gut-busting seven pies to set a new record.
