Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/07/16/scientists-say-human-hotdog-ea.html
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Sounds like a challenge.
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Ugh… This just made me think of having 70+ standard “pink slime” hot dogs in my stomach at the same time.
Bright side is, I’ll lose weight today, I guess >.<’ …
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What’s the LD50 for hotdogs?
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But what’s the physical limit for beef hotdogs?
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This would seem to belie the definition of an “outlier”:
The 84 theoretical maximum comes from fitting a curve to the data and also factoring in the possibility of outliers whose performance lies within a certain error margin of the curve.
…unless those outliers utilized the turbo mcmeaty esophageal tube
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It’s been done 
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The bear physical limit is presumably a lot higher. So far the bear record in official competition is only 50 (but in just 2.5 minutes)
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Hey, they used to say the four-minute mile was impossible.
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What’s the limit for schnitzengruben?
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Oh the myriad ways we measure human progress.
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remember when scientists said a 4 minute mile was impossible? I’m sure someone can beat their limit… they may need to be wearing a diaper or some such but I’m sure it can be beaten.
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Yuck…
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What manner of topping horror is happening in the lede photo? Ketchup? Ketchup and mayonnaise?!
That’s some foul abomination business right there.
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he ate a meal intended for 15 people in a single sitting, ate live cats, snakes, lizards and puppies,
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