Competitive Eating: November 2006 Archives
On Friday afternoon, while most people were recovering from turkey and stuffing overload (some more than others), a quiet bidder won the complete set of eater magnets we posted on Ebay. The set ended up going for a whopping $51, and we are thrilled. The money will be put towards the travel expenses for our Atlantic City adventure on Saturday (not slot machines, we promise).
We'd love to tell you who the winner is (it's actually pretty interesting!) but the magnets are going to be a gift, so we can't ruin the surprise here. We'll tell you this much: the new custom magnet will be a female...
Thanks for everyone who lent their support for this venture! We'd love to be able to offer personalized magnets to everyone, but we might have to clear a few hurdles first. We'll keep you posted.
Happy Meatballs, everyone.
On Saturday, November 18th 2006, it was announced on EatFeats.com and the official IFOCE website that one Ms. Helen Haggerty, a recent Bryn Mawr graduate and field hockey enthusiast, had come in second place in the Posole eating contest in Acoma New Mexico - defeating Rich LeFevre and Eric Denmark, amongst others.
At first glance this seemed like an extraordinary occurrence. Not only had a newcomer to the sport beaten a very talented field of competitors, but she was a woman. No mean feat.
However, after True Fan had time to review the video, offered by Mr. Andrew "Skinnyboy" Lane we have come to the sad conclusion that Ms. Haggerty does not exist and in fact this is just another one of Mr. Tim Janus' alter-egos.
We have made multiple attempts to reach several of the competitors and the IFOCE for comment, but at the time of this post, none have responded.
There seems to be a conspiracy afoot - one that has multiple layers of duplicity and co-conspirators. We are not sure what alumni or current students of Bryn Mawr and their field hockey team (currently ranked 21st in their division) would think about this deception. A deception that looks like it had legs. It was announced this morning that Ms. Haggerty had started a blog. How far were they willing to take this?
We will be reporting more on this as more details arise.