# Man dies after eating 28 raw eggs for bet **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 1, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739 "2013-01-01T06:21:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/1 "2013-01-01T06:21:17Z")
Why? [http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-freaky/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/story-e6frflri-1226543889484](http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-freaky/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/story-e6frflri-1226543889484) Yeah, I know it’s hard to diagnose from afar - he’s in a different continent than most of us. However. People eat large amounts of food all the time. Contests, free buffet, July 4th, you name it. 28 eggs is a decent volume, but not [68 hot dogs and buns](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%27s_Hot_Dog_Eating_Contest#Prizes), or even a 72oz - [or larger](http://www.steak-enthusiast.com/2010/02/6-belt-busting-steak-challenges/) - steak. Is it the yolks? Cause [this guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME8-tU3APGs) can drink some fookin eggs right down. Then another 40 scrambled later in the day. And this lunkhead puts 50 away, and seems to have survived. Pre-existing condition of some kind? Food poisoning? This is Tunisia, after all. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/2 "2013-01-01T06:22:47Z")
Maybe he forgot to crack open the shells. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/3 "2013-01-01T06:27:39Z")
Sounds like the yolk’s on him. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/4 "2013-01-01T06:46:09Z")
It really doesn’t sound related, does it? 28 raw eggs is somewhat gross, but not a HUGE amount of intake by any stretch. It would be like eating a half gallon of ice cream. No big whoop. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/5 "2013-01-01T06:51:03Z")
Maybe they were ostrich eggs. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/6 "2013-01-01T08:07:00Z")
I saw this story on another wire last week I think it was. I had the same question then, did he eat the shells, too? I could see the shells causing a perforation. It’s not obvious from how the story is worded and it’s no clearer a week later (or however long ago that was). ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/7 "2013-01-01T08:17:21Z")
When I was a lad I ate 4 dozen eggs every morning to help me get large. Now that I’m grown I eat 5 dozen eggs so I’m roughly the size of a barge! Gaston ate 'em shells and all, whole, raw. This guy was a wimp if he died after just 2 dozen (and change)! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/8 "2013-01-01T08:19:49Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > When I was a lad I ate 4 dozen eggs every morning to help me get large. > Now that I’m grown I eat 5 dozen eggs so I’m roughly the size of a barge! > > Gaston ate 'em shells and all, whole, raw. This guy was a wimp if he died after just 2 dozen (and change)! I swear, any time I hear about someone eating raw eggs, I picture that scene. Gaston eating raw eggs, then someone ties a belt around his neck and he flexes his neck muscles and snaps it. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/9 "2013-01-01T10:34:57Z")
I’ve had 20 [cooked] eggs in one day… this guy is a lightweight ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/10 "2013-01-01T11:01:16Z")
Someone once dared me to eat 12 dozen eggs, but I refused. 12 dozen would just be gross. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/11 "2013-01-01T11:30:56Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Someone once dared me to eat 12 dozen eggs, but I refused. > 12 dozen would just be gross. I think 12 dozen would be terrible for you… shesh, even 10 dozen, 120 would be very unpleasant ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/12 "2013-01-01T11:55:44Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > I think 12 dozen would be terrible for you… shesh, even 10 dozen, 120 would be very unpleasant Twelve dozen is equal to 144 eggs… assuming approximately 74 calories per egg, that comes to 10,656 calories! Unpleasant indeed! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/13 "2013-01-01T12:16:01Z")
The guy who ate the cockroaches and later died (for another competition), died because he vomited the roaches and sadly aspirated it and died. The vomit went to the wrong pipe, it went to his lungs, and he died by asphyxia. I wonder if something similar happened here. Large amounts of food eaten quickly, the stomach revolted, and the person sadly asphyxiated in his own mixture of gastric juices and partially digested eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/14 "2013-01-01T13:11:17Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > I think 12 dozen would be terrible for you… shesh, even 10 dozen, 120 would be very unpleasant > [@drewtwo99](#): > > Twelve dozen is equal to 144 eggs… assuming approximately 74 calories per egg, that comes to 10,656 calories! > > Unpleasant indeed! I believe you have both been [whooshed…](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_(unit)) ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/15 "2013-01-01T13:22:14Z")
Thank you, **Pitchmeister**. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/16 "2013-01-01T13:34:00Z")
> [@Pitchmeister](#): > > I believe you have both been [whooshed…](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_(unit)) Haha I knew what a gross was… hence why I posted just how bad it would be to eat that many eggs! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/17 "2013-01-01T13:53:32Z")
I can eat 50 eggs. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/18 "2013-01-01T14:21:46Z")
What we’ve got here is a failure to rescusitate. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/19 "2013-01-01T15:22:31Z")
> [@KarlGrenze](#): > > The guy who ate the cockroaches and later died (for another competition), died because he vomited the roaches and sadly aspirated it and died. The vomit went to the wrong pipe, it went to his lungs, and he died by asphyxia. > > I wonder if something similar happened here. Large amounts of food eaten quickly, the stomach revolted, and the person sadly asphyxiated in his own mixture of gastric juices and partially digested eggs. Do you know how surprised I would be to find out that over consumption of alcohol was involved in this event? Not even a tiny bit. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/20 "2013-01-01T15:22:34Z")
This never would have happened in France. The French know one egg is un oeuf. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739.md?page=2)