I am going to forgo all those warnings about the dangers of putting personal information out on the world wide web and let you in on a little secret about myself. I just love random news stories. Not the ones covering main events or sports scores, but the obscure, random articles that some just out of college journalist begrudgingly penned. It’s a little like panning for gold…every now and then you come across something that will truly change your life. And that, my friends, is not always a good thing.
Here’s my proof.
While poking my way through the internet tonight (please don’t judge me for how I spent my Friday night. My baby was asleep and I didn’t cook- I considered it a successful evening), I came across the following article and quite literally almost threw up a little in my mouth.
"Florida Man Dies After Winning Cockroach-Eating Contest"
I’m sorry, but WHAT?!?!?!
Oh yes, the article goes on to explain that the 32 year old man, in an attempt to win massive SNAKE (admittedly a $850 snake), ate “more than 60 grams of meal worms, 35 three inch long ‘super worms’ and a part of a bucket full of discoid roaches." Apparently **prepare yourself** he "ate so many live roaches he had to cover his mouth with his hand to keep them from crawling out."
a discoid roach
Is that not the most disgusting thing you have ever heard of?
That poor, crazy man choked to death on live cockroaches.
Also- and I do realize that this is not really the point of the story- but if I had to choke to death from eating too much of something I’d want it to be something good. Like chocolate or cheesecake or at least something cooked in butter. Though maybe my legacy would be tainted by me being a little too obsessed with food or not having enough self control. At least this guy wasn’t being a wanton glutton. But of all the last tastes to have linger in your mouth before you die, cockroach has GOT to be one of the worst. BLEH.
To add insult to injury, this man died trying to win a really, really big snake. I mean, COME ON. The only redeeming part of the story was that he wasn’t planning on keeping the thing-it was supposed to be a gift. I don’t know if that makes him super nice or a really terrible gift giver.
If you’re interested in reading about it, you can click here.
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…seriously, people, you can’t make this stuff up…
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/09/3042458/death-of-roach-eating-contest.html#storylink=cpy
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