# Man dies after eating 28 raw eggs for bet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739>\
**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:** 10\
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**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, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/21 "2013-01-01T15:29:19Z")

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_beats **bienville** with a whisk_

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**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/22 "2013-01-01T15:35:25Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> I can eat 50 eggs.

Even without the toast points?

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/23 "2013-01-01T16:23:51Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> What we’ve got here is a failure to rescusitate.

You win. 🙂

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**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, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/24 "2013-01-01T16:50:25Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> I can eat 50 eggs.

> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> What we’ve got here is a failure to rescusitate.

I think it’s tie!

Wisenheimers.😉

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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/25 "2013-01-01T17:00:38Z")

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Maybe they were horta eggs?

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/26 "2013-01-01T17:04:48Z")

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I was going to ask if it could be a record-setting case of salmonella, but he wouldn’t have died _that_ fast.

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**Author:** ![romadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@romadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romadea)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/27 "2013-01-02T01:30:38Z")

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> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> 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.

Me too!!

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/28 "2013-01-02T04:10:32Z")

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> [@ducati](#):
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> a 72oz - [or larger](http://www.steak-enthusiast.com/2010/02/6-belt-busting-steak-challenges/) - steak.

Thanks for including that link! Had to laugh - the guy in that bottom picture is an old shipmate…

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/29 "2013-01-02T10:23:18Z")

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Maybe they were ostrich eggs.

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**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-eating-28-raw-eggs-for-bet/645739/30 "2013-01-02T10:32:33Z")

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> [@Pitchmeister](#):
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> I believe you have both been [whooshed…](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_(unit))

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