Eat This Book--#14 finished

This is a book about the year the author took to work as emcee on the Competitive Eating Circuit. Some funny stuff and also some rather just bizarre stuff as well. The whole way through the book I could not tell if the author was taking it all series or if it was like he was in on the joke. It was probably a little of both, I would guess. In getting to the know the eaters or gurgitators or whatever that word they call themselves, he sees how series they take it and how they do have a talent that most others simply do not. I see it as great, it is a talent but I don't really care. I guess there are people out there that do care because their are still events and media coverage of them.

A few different times in the book, it is mentioned how the Eating thing wants to be taken seriously as a sport or competition. What this is really saying, they hope to make a lot of money off of this. They also say how they are trying to get accepted as an Olympic sport--wow, that is just crazy. There are other crazy things mentioned in the book, like how they train and legends(stupid made up stories) that really is just stuff about how out of touch from reality everyone in the book is. Oh well, a fun enough book. It is a little dated, some of the eaters have retired and there are new eaters in place but still gives the reader a good bit of insight into this whole bizarre out of the mainstream culture.

I have posted it on PBS, there are no copies on the system but who knows how long it will be around--could be weeks or months and maybe years even. I will just have to wait it out.