Hasn't there been enough publicity on the stupidity of this?

[Contrarian]

Of course I feel sorry for the deceased and family but the tragic aftermaths have always been publicized....

MAN DIES IN ORIGIN PIE EATING COMPETITION
Eammon Atkinson, Yahoo!7
Updated July 18, 2013, 6:00 pm
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Man dies in Origin pie eating competition


A rugby league fan has died during a State of Origin pie eating competition at a Townsville pub.

Friends of Bruce Holland believe if he didn't eat the chilli pie, he would've seen his beloved Maroons win their eighth straight series.

Mr Holland spent his last moments soaking up the origin spirit at the Bushland Beach Tavern.

"When volunteers were called up for the pie eating competition, of course, he was virtually first up there," Arthur McMahon from the Lillywhite Hotel Group said.

"Bruce had a couple of mouthfuls and then went into a choking spasm."

Staff and off-duty nurses performed CPR on Mr Holland but it wasn’t enough to save him.

A doctor pronounced the 64-year-old dead at hospital.

Bruce's friends said he had pre-existing medical conditions, and they want to know if it was those or the pie that brought on his death.

"He was very blue, then a little bit of pie came out. No, no. That's not good," Friend Michelle Bradley said of the incident.

"We'll never know. Was he choking on the pie? Did he lose breath and have a heart attack?"

The exact cause of Mr Holland's death is yet to be dtermined.

"The cause of death is forthcoming from his treating doctor," police said.

The hotel will review future pie eating competitions.

"Until we know the full scale of actually the aftermath, we're not to know," Mr McMahon said.

 

[Langtrees VIP 6]

I cant believe this guy was 64 years old and in a pie eating competition.. what's wrong with that picture..​

 

[Rochelle]

WOW.....what was in that pie? (Lucky me I am not into pies).....or maybe he got too excited being part of a competition??????? who knows......guess when your number is up, your number is up even when you are just about to indulge in a chilli pie.



R.xxxxx

 

[Contrarian]

Student Dies in Eating Competition
OCTOBER 27, 2008

Last week, a student in Taiwan died during a steamed-bun-eating contest. The 23-year-old was participating in his university's annual eating contest, an event that featured 60 students split into 30 teams of two. The student couldn't stop vomiting and fell unconscious during the competition. Although he was rushed to the hospital, it was too late. The cause of the death remains unclear, but some believe he choked to death.

At a time when American major league eating competitions are gaining popularity, I hope the news of this death will force people to wake up. Is a competition involving overeating — in a world where people starve to death — really necessary? What do you think of the news? Are you sick of hearing about eating contests?

 

[Contrarian]

Florida man dies after winning cockroach-eating contest


He won. And then, tragically, he died.
Now police from Deerfield Beach, Fla., about 40 miles north of Miami, are investigating the death of the 32-year-old, who on Facebook went by Edward William Barry.
According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Archbold, of West Palm Beach, and several other contestants signed up to eat a variety of insects at Ben Siegel Reptiles in Deerfield Beach. After eating dozens of giant cockroaches, Archbold was declared the winner of an ivory-ball python. (The prizes, Archbold indicated on his Facebook page that night, were less significant than the glory. His plan was to give the python to a friend.)

He had also entered a superworm-eating contest earlier in the night.
But after winning, Archbold felt sick and started vomiting. He then collapsed in the store and was later pronounced dead. The medical examiner’s office is conducting tests to determine a cause of death, according to the sheriff’s office statement.


On Facebook, Ben Siegel Reptiles wrote that staff met Archbold the night of the Midnight Madness sale: “We all liked him right away. All of us here at Ben Siegel Reptiles are sad that we will not get to know Eddie better, for in the short time we knew him, he was very well liked by all.”
In the comments beneath the statement, the reptile store wrote that the prize “now belongs to his estate.”

 

[Contrarian]

Death by steamed rice bun: Competitive eater dies
By Jordan Lite | Oct 24, 2008 03:35 PM | 17

A Taiwanese student vying to become the "Big Stomach King" died after scarfing down two rice- and cheese-filled steamed buns, along with some of his teammates' food—a rare but not unheard-of competitive-eating death.

Twenty-three-year-old Chen (he's not fully identified in this Reuters report) fainted and died yesterday after "relentless" vomiting during the contest at Dayeh University in Changhua, Taiwan, according to the newswire.

Chen may have died from eating too fast, not too much, Huang Te-hsiang, the university's dean of student affairs, told Reuters. (Another report in Taiwan News quotes her as saying he may have choked to death.) "I can't say why he died," Huang told Reuters. "He had been in the contest before. He was a strong guy."

Surprisingly, the handful of known competitive eating deaths don't seem to be from athletes' stomachs bursting, says Jason Fagone, author of the 2006 book Horsemen of the Esophagus: Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American Dream. Whereas medical case reports have documented deadly stomach ruptures, most are among bulimics, author Mary Roach notes in this 1999 piece in Salon. "The stomach is amazingly resistant to trauma," Fagone says. "You can really, really abuse it repeatedly and it will hold up."

At least five people, including Chen, are known to have died after competitive eating, Fagone says. Most choked to death; a California woman died of water intoxication last year while trying not to urinate to win a Wii game console.

Strokes, however, may be a hazard. Mort Hurst suffered from one after eating 38 soft-boiled eggs in 29 seconds, only to return to the table after he recovered, Fagone wrote in Slate. "It's the rare injury that can prevent a dedicated eater from continuing to show up," Fagone says. "There's not such a thing as retirement in competitive eating."

 

[Contrarian]

Mother, 54, choked to death in pub eating competition after swallowing boiled egg

Tributes paid to 'full-of-life' mother who died after choking on egg
Ms Dixon had taken part in an eating competition
By CONOR SHEILS

A popular mother died after choking on a boiled egg during a pub eating contest.
Sharon Dixon, 54 was taking part in the egg eating competition at the Wellington Arms, Grimsby, when she began to choke.
Frantic friends and bar staff dialled 999 around 2pm on Easter Monday after Sharon began to turn blue during the competition.
Wellington Arms, Freeman Street, Grimsby
Ms Dixon took part in the egg eating competition at The Wellington Arms (pictured) on Easter Monday
Ms Dixon was rushed to hospital but died two days later.
Her daughter Toni today thanked those who attempted to save her mother's life.
She said: 'I have seen CCTV footage of what happened and it’s clear her friends and everyone there did all they could to help mum. She was surrounded by her friends.

 

[svengali]

"Choking" is a polite way of saying someone vomited and inhaled the vomit into their lungs. Because vomit (stomach contents) is highly acidic it would sting the mucus membranes of the bronchi like hell causing a spasm which closed off the airway. Immediate intubation can save the day but that is rarely available and most people would hesitate to perform mouth to mouth under those circumstances although that, too may be effective.

 

[Happy2]

Mother, 54, choked to death in pub eating competition after swallowing boiled egg

Why was she trying to eat a Pub ?? Especially after eating a boiled eggs We all know boiled eggs make the eating of pubs more hazardous

 

[Naio]

Anyone see man vs food? its on foxtel........stupid stupid show........makes me feel ill watching it......