Reporter's Notebook: Camp Lemonier crowns new hot dog eating king

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Reporter's Notebook: Camp Lemonier crowns new hot dog eating king
Zeke Minaya, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Saturday, January 12, 2008

CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti — Pierre Simmons’ march toward glory last December in the Camp Lemonier dining facilities began with an act of hubris: He put chili on his hot dogs.

He was that confident.

The previous camp record holder for most hot dogs eaten in one sitting had downed seven.

Simmons, a 28-year-old cameraman from a news station in Norfolk, Va., stood at 6 feet 4 inches and tipped the scales at around 300 lbs.

“I got this,” he said as the challenge to the record began.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=51566



uhc comment: Parts of Africa are starving and there's hot dog eating contest Djibouti? :wtf: