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99-pound woman eats 35 brats for championship
Houston Chronicle ^ | Associated Press

Posted on 08/07/2005 4:06:50 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Sonya Thomas, at 99 pounds, gobbled her way to another speed-eating title over the weekend by attacking a Wisconsin staple — the bratwurst.

The woman known as The Black Widow on the competitive-eating circuit downed 35 brats in 10 minutes to win the first Johnsonville Brat-Eating World Championship. She edged out her nearest competitor by half a brat to win.

"I don't know where she puts it," spectator Sue Van De Kreeke said. "I got sick watching her."

The previous bratwurst-eating record was 19 1/2 brats in 10 minutes.

Thomas, a Burger King manager from Alexandria, Va., is ranked second by the International Federation of Competitive Eating, which sanctioned Saturday's contest during Brat Days. Her various eating records include ones for hard-boiled eggs (65 in 6 minutes 40 seconds) and chicken wings (167 in 32 minutes).

The day before the bratwurst-eating contest, she won a grilled-cheese-sandwich eating contest in San Diego, eating 22.


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bratwurst; competitiveeating

1 posted on 08/07/2005 4:06:51 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry
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To: Leapfrog

Not a cheap date.


2 posted on 08/07/2005 4:10:14 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Lord, I apologize......)
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To: Leapfrog

I might be able to eat 35 in a month if I really tried.


3 posted on 08/07/2005 4:10:29 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Leapfrog

I know a couple more brats she can eat, as long as their mother says it's ok.


4 posted on 08/07/2005 4:11:37 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 ("The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they'll be when you kill them."-Wm. Clayton)
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To: Leapfrog

I'm in love!


5 posted on 08/07/2005 4:12:20 PM PDT by TypeZoNegative (Future Minnesota Refugee)
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To: Leapfrog
Gross.

How can a person so tiny eat so much.

6 posted on 08/07/2005 4:17:27 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: Leapfrog

What's for dessert?


7 posted on 08/07/2005 4:18:24 PM PDT by connectthedots
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To: Leapfrog

I'm not going to say it. I'm just not going to say it. Even I have my limits of taste.


8 posted on 08/07/2005 4:19:19 PM PDT by AmishDude (Join the AmishDude fan club: "ROFLOL!" -- tuliptree76)
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To: MotleyGirl70
How can a person so tiny eat so much.

Bulimia.

9 posted on 08/07/2005 4:20:00 PM PDT by holymoly (Ah, nuts.)
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To: Leapfrog
Her various eating records include ones for hard-boiled eggs (65 in 6 minutes 40 seconds)

Her idol:


10 posted on 08/07/2005 4:20:52 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: MotleyGirl70
"How can a person so tiny eat so much."

I suspect that she doesn't, ummm... "keep" it.

11 posted on 08/07/2005 4:21:35 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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To: MotleyGirl70

The human stomach can distend 5 times its normal size to accomadate.


12 posted on 08/07/2005 4:24:45 PM PDT by diverteach
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To: Leapfrog
99-pound woman eats 35 brats for championship

OMGoodness, can I feed my neighbor's shrieking monster to her?

Better yet, let's take her to the mall...

13 posted on 08/07/2005 4:26:53 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Xenalyte; Chad Fairbanks; Constitution Day
99-pound woman eats 35 brats

Doing a great service for a more civil society ping

14 posted on 08/07/2005 4:30:42 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: connectthedots
What's for dessert?

After that many brats I'm sure she'll wash it down with an ice cold Leinenkugels.

15 posted on 08/07/2005 4:33:20 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: Leapfrog

Sheesh...and it's not even football tailgating season yet. She is not a cheap date.


16 posted on 08/07/2005 5:27:16 PM PDT by Pharmboy (There is no positive correlation between the ability to write, act, sing or dance and being right)
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To: Leapfrog

I wonder what she uses to wash it down and the quantity of that washing comforts her!


17 posted on 08/07/2005 5:30:22 PM PDT by EGPWS
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To: Pharmboy
She is not a cheap date.

Cheap dates hold a stigma of not being appealing. ; )

18 posted on 08/07/2005 5:32:16 PM PDT by EGPWS
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