« Rage Against the Machine by Reuniting | Main | Works in Progress - "No Cars Go" »
February 02, 2007
The Wind Beneath My Chicken Wing
FACT: Philadelphians love their Wings.
"Band on the Run!.... Band on the Run!"
Even Better, Philadelphians love their Chicken Wings
Even better than that, Philadelphians love to gather 20,000 strong at 5:00 AM in order to watch a celebration of gluttony as 25 contestants place as many wings as possible into their mouths and arteries in half an hour's time.
This morning Joey Chestnut, in a 45 wing come from behind victory, defended his Wing Bowl crown by eating 182 wings. Chestnut beat out other International Federation of Competitive Eating contestansts Patrick Bertoletti and one-hundred pound Sonja "Black Widow" Thomas. Little known is that the 15th anniversary of the Wing Bowl is actually a scientific study trying to determine what sports fans do for entertainment when their city has been deprived of a championship for 24 years. Rumor out of championship deficient Cleveland is that 50,000 fans are gathering to watch Willie Mays Hayes, Pedro Cerrano, and hot shot pitcher Rick 'Wild Thing' Vaughn in a chili cook-off.
"your chili is worst then your fastball"
Posted by Yonah Korngold at February 2, 2007 03:25 PM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.merryswankster.com/movabletype/mt-tb.cgi/657
Comments
Landmark day. Our first non-music related post is not only about chicken, but also Philadelphia, and the bitter championship-less generation that hates itself.
Posted by: Sebastian at February 2, 2007 05:32 PM
The Roots started a 40 show tour today in Vancouver. They are also from the championship-less city of Philadelphia. Now it all comes together. Never doubt the chicken wing.
Posted by: Yonah at February 2, 2007 05:50 PM
My Haiku:
Boobs, wings and fat guys,
Is this what it has come to?
Give us a parade!
Posted by: Dave at February 3, 2007 04:42 PM
