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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Fri May 25, 2012, 10:43 AM May 2012

"As god is my witness, I thought Hot Dogs Could Fly"

Helicopter Dumps Hot Dogs Over Detroit



Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…a hot dog? Yes, 955 of them of them to be exact. In honor of the landmark American Coney Island restaurant’s 95th anniversary, the restaurant teamed up with Detroit station 95.5 to host a hot-dog hoarding contest at Detroit’s Hype Athletics Facility Wednesday morning.

According to American Coney Island Restaurant owner Grace Keros, 955 hot dogs weigh about 140 lbs. That’s 140 lbs of processed meat. Or as Seros affectionately corrects, “hundreds of specialty seasoned Coney Dogs.”

Who couldn’t pass that up?

About 100 Coney-aficionados flocked to the open field that the restaurant had rented to participate in a stuffing contest. Twenty-five of them then rushed around the field trying to stuff as many of the hot dogs on their person as they could in 95 seconds, stuffing them in their pockets, shirts, and who knows what other orifices.

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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/05/helicopter-dumps-hot-dogs-over-detroit/

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"As god is my witness, I thought Hot Dogs Could Fly" (Original Post) n2doc May 2012 OP
Is America the only country in the world that wastes food on purpose? FSogol May 2012 #1
They weren't wasted, fortunately. MADem May 2012 #2
Here... Javaman May 2012 #4
What a disgusting idea for a contest. surrealAmerican May 2012 #3

MADem

(135,425 posts)
2. They weren't wasted, fortunately.
Mon May 28, 2012, 02:45 PM
May 2012
And as for all those dropped Coneys, never fear. All the hot dogs will go to the Detroit Dog Rescue Organization.

surrealAmerican

(11,357 posts)
3. What a disgusting idea for a contest.
Mon May 28, 2012, 08:23 PM
May 2012

I guess the tradition hot-dog-eating contest just wasn't interesting enough for them.

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