# Come see Bottomless Bob, Nature's cruelest trick **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2001, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535 "2001-08-22T13:49:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/1 "2001-08-22T13:49:38Z")
Yes, this [guy](http://www.sptimes.com/News/082201/TampaBay/Buffet_buster_ready_t.shtml) actually was asked to leave a buffett for eating too much. Now he is going to compete in Japan to represent the USA in a food eating contest. I am so proud. What is even more frightening is the Japanese boy/Nathan’s famous hot dog eating reference. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/2 "2001-08-22T13:56:17Z")
Is that one of those back/belly braces he’s wearing? Ick. Just plain ick. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/3 "2001-08-22T14:01:38Z")
And here I thought it was a rebuttal to Monty Python’s “A Man With Three Buttocks”. [sub]“rebuttal” - hehehe! Good one! I kill me![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![demanton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@demanton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/demanton)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/4 "2001-08-22T14:09:53Z")
“Yarrrr, come for the freak, stay for the feast” ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/5 "2001-08-22T14:13:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by demanton \* > \*\*“Yarrrr, come for the freak, stay for the feast” \*\* Thank you, **demanton** , I am glad someone got the reference so quickly. One of my faves. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/6 "2001-08-22T14:28:57Z")
Now, now, everyone. We all have our talents. We can’t all play classical concerti or do “Walk the Dog” with a yo-yo. This guy’s groove is that he can eat a lot. Leave him alone. Furthermore, he’s not even fat, really, just a little big around the middle. He must exercise to keep even with all that eating. So, he’s talented, he’s taking care of himself, and he’s going to represent the U.S. in an international competition. This guy’s just like Michelle Kwan or Jesse Owens, and y’all are making fun of him! For shame! ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/7 "2001-08-22T18:00:50Z")
I was just wondering if he will be able to take the “Wafer thin mint”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/8 "2001-08-22T18:13:40Z")
> [@](#): > > The kid is Takeru **Kobayashi** , a 131-pound kid from Nagano, Japan, who ate a stunning 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes on July 4. He was the fourth Japanese national in five years to win the Nathan’s Famous hot dog-eating contest in New York. It’s the Kobayashi Maru, the unwinnable scenario! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/9 "2001-08-22T18:17:44Z")
Wasn’t this a “Simpsons” episode? Homer sues a restaurant for kicking him out of their All You Can Eat buffet? I even remember Lionel Hutz taking the case . . . ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/10 "2001-08-22T18:21:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Middleton still hopes to cash in on his fame. He > has been calling any diet company he can think of > to talk about becoming a poster boy. 😕 Whudd I miss? ---
**Author:** ![Sasquatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@Sasquatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sasquatch)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/11 "2001-08-22T18:23:56Z")
Times like these make me so proud to be an American. ---
**Author:** ![Ferggie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@Ferggie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferggie)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/12 "2001-08-22T18:28:45Z")
OK, I guess this guy’s the expert, but whenever I go without in anticipation of a big meal, my stomach just shrinks and I wind up with eyes bigger than my stomach. Which is usually a good thing for me, but it seems like a backfire for him. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/13 "2001-08-22T19:19:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ogre \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > The kid is Takeru **Kobayashi** , a 131-pound kid from Nagano, Japan, who ate a stunning 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes on July 4. He was the fourth Japanese national in five years to win the Nathan’s Famous hot dog-eating contest in New York. > > It’s the Kobayashi Maru, the unwinnable scenario! \*\* There is only one man who could win this! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/14 "2001-08-22T19:41:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Wasn’t this a “Simpsons” episode? Homer sues a restaurant for kicking him out of their All You Can Eat buffet? I even remember Lionel Hutz taking the case . . . \*\* Yes, **Eve** , Homer went into Pegleg Pete’s seafood buffett and was finally tossed. Lionel Hutz (who else?) represented Homer, Marge was embarrassed to testify, and in the end they compromised. The final scnee is Homer eating in the front window display, and Pegleg Pete standing in front like a carnival barker, “Come see Bottomless Homer, Nature’s cruelest trick! Come for the freak, stay for the feast” or somesuch. [Pegleg Pete] Yarrghh, its hairnets for the lot of ye! [/Pegleg Pete} ---
**Author:** ![demanton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@demanton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/demanton)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/15 "2001-08-22T20:10:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \*Thank you, **demanton** , I am glad someone got the reference so quickly. One of my faves. \*\* Not too many Simpsons references get past me. I have been noticing that alot of stories from [fark](http://www.fark.com/) have been showing up on the SDMB. Guess that means that some of us have lives outside of Cecilville. [Lionel Hutz]Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, your case could be just the thing to help me rebuild my shattered legal career. Care to join me in a belt of scotch?[Hutz] [Marge Simpson]But it’s 9 o’clock in the morning![Marge] [Hutz]I know, but I haven’t slept in days. _glug glug glug_ Ohhhhh, that’s the stuff.[Hutz] ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/16 "2001-08-22T20:23:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by demanton \* > > I have been noticing that alot of stories from [fark](http://www.fark.com/) have been showing up on the SDMB. **demanton** , actually, I pulled that from the [St. Petersburg Times](http://www.sptimes.com/), \*Local Boy Does Good \* kind of story, you know. Probably no small coincidence that [The News of the Wierd](http://www.newsoftheweird.com/) is based in St. Pete. PS Love your sig! **Ferggie** , I am with you on that one, but he’s the expert. ---
**Author:** ![coffeecam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc8723/32.png) [@coffeecam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecam)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/17 "2001-08-22T20:31:51Z")
[Lynal Hutz] “Do these sound like the actions of a man who’s had all he can eat?” [/Lynal Hutz] The jury at that trial was wonderful. Cameron ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/18 "2001-08-22T23:25:45Z")
Aye, 'tis not a man. 'Tis a remorseless eating machine! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/19 "2001-08-22T23:40:15Z")
This is the most blatent case of false advertising since my suit against the film _The Never-Ending Story_. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535/20 "2001-08-23T00:00:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zebra \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Ogre \* > > It’s the Kobayashi Maru, the unwinnable scenario! > > There is only one man who could win this! \*\* True, but only one girl could last 15 minutes, 35 seconds… jayjay (running from all MSTies worldwide) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-see-bottomless-bob-natures-cruelest-trick/77535.md?page=2)