Four for Friday

September 01, 2006

Q1 - Food Eating Contests: Joey Chestnut, the top-ranked U.S. competitive eater, is looking to capture his second straight title this weekend at the Waffle House Waffle-Eating World Championships at Stone Mountain Park, Georgia. (Last year, Chestnut won the title by devouring 18.5 eight-ounce Waffle House waffles in 10 minutes.) If you were to quit your day job and take up competitive eating as a professional gustatory athlete, what food items would you specialize in, or, which food eating contest would you be the hands-down favorite to win the world championship?

There is no way, NO WAY, I'd do this. See here for why. Even before that, though, I thought this was stupid. People are starving and we're supplying provender for THIS sort of thing? Right.

Q2 - Laundry: When you do laundry, do you use the recommended amount of detergent or do you pour to your heart's content?

I'm cheap: I use less. Then again, Beast does most of the laundry nowadays....

Q3 - Handwriting: Do you like your signature?

I've worked hard to get my signature the way it is. Yes, I like it.

Q4 - Today: What are four things you know you will not be doing today?

Well, I'm not scheduled to work today, so you'd think I'd say "work." But I'm deliberating going in after the 'brary closes this evening.

OK, so four things I definitely won't be doing today:

1) oversleeping
2) baking bread (I'll just buy it instead...lazy!)
3) being my son's favorite person
4) filling the gas tank in the truck (Beast just did it for me)