# Man dies after winning Roach Eating Contest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167 "2012-10-09T02:57:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/41 "2012-10-09T23:30:55Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Mmm, roach vomit. We just discussed how to make vomit taste better in the MMP. He should have chewed some Tums first. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/42 "2012-10-09T23:36:30Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Unlike roaches, he checked out. Nice. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/43 "2012-10-10T00:25:07Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Yeah, I know what you mean, I live in Boca Raton and work in Pompano. I likely drive by that place all the time. Where are you located? Live in Plantation, work in Sunrise..walking distance to the Ikea on I-595.. \*makes note to hit up \*\*Revtim \*\*next time Iā€™m holding an event in Pompano..no excuses! -D/a ---
**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:** [October 10, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/44 "2012-10-10T00:47:23Z")
The regurgitation must have been something to see, what with all the roaches scurrying madly out of the puddle. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/45 "2012-10-10T02:02:18Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > Remember the Montana man who was struck and killed while dressed up like Bigfoot? Consider the possibility of an afterlife where these folks meet and discuss their final earthly adventures. šŸ˜ƒ > > I tend to think of the family members who have to plan a funeral for these fools. I imagine other mourners offering their condolences, and think Iā€™d have a hard time keeping a straight face. > [@kayaker](#): > > Not to mention if thereā€™s a wake & someone sees a roach on the table of food.:eek: I love this board. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/46 "2012-10-10T02:29:27Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Geez, if ever there was an appropriate time to be a sympathy puker. Ha ha! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/47 "2012-10-10T02:54:21Z")
Hey, he died a champion, happy and with a full belly. I think we should all be so lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/48 "2012-10-10T02:55:44Z")
His belly was hardly full if he puked his guts out. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/49 "2012-10-10T02:57:16Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > We just discussed how to make vomit taste better in the MMP. He should have chewed some Tums first. :rolleyes: Why yā€™all eating vomit? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/50 "2012-10-10T03:01:22Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Why yā€™all eating vomit? I happen to like eating vomit. [sub](as long as itā€™s bee vomit)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/51 "2012-10-10T03:05:27Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > His belly was hardly full if he puked his guts out. Oh, that poor man. He died hungry. ---
**Author:** ![MarriedMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@MarriedMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarriedMama)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/52 "2012-10-10T04:53:37Z")
Sounds like he lost to me. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/53 "2012-10-10T14:04:45Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Oh, that poor man. He died hungry. For the medical examinerā€™s sake, I hope he did. Unfortunately I fear only some of the roaches were puked up, leaving the poor doctor to inventory stomach contents of dismembered roaches and worms. This story is gross on so many levels. Every time I think about it, I think of new ways in which itā€™s gross. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/54 "2012-10-10T14:15:10Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Live in Plantation, work in Sunrise..walking distance to the Ikea on I-595.. > \*makes note to hit up \*\*Revtim \*\*next time Iā€™m holding an event in Pompano..no excuses! > > -D/a I looked the reptile store up on Google Maps, and it turns out I go to that plaza all the time. A few stores to the east is an Asian market I frequently shop at. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/55 "2012-10-10T14:20:46Z")
Looks like our victim won the contest and then promptly bugged out. YYYEEEAAAHHHH ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/56 "2012-10-10T15:18:02Z")
The twisted part of me hopes that the organist at his funeral plays ā€œLa Cucarachaā€ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/57 "2012-10-10T15:32:43Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > The twisted part of me hopes that the organist at his funeral plays ā€œLa Cucarachaā€ ā€œMarijuana que fumarā€ wonā€™t go over very well in church. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/58 "2012-10-10T16:41:24Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > ā€œMarijuana que fumarā€ wonā€™t go over very well in church. Why not? Itā€™s generally the government thatā€™s against smoking plant matter, not the church. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/59 "2012-10-10T17:04:07Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Why not? Itā€™s generally the government thatā€™s against smoking plant matter, not the church. Preachers are usually agin anything that is enjoyable. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/60 "2012-10-10T18:21:51Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Yeah, I know what you mean, I live in Boca Raton and work in Pompano. I likely drive by that place all the time. Where are you located? > [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Live in Plantation, work in Sunrise..walking distance to the Ikea on I-595.. > \*makes note to hit up \*\*Revtim \*\*next time Iā€™m holding an event in Pompano..no excuses! > > -D/a [hijack] Gonna hit you both up for our next fundraiser. [/hijack] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167.md?page=4)