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Man wins dumpling eating contest, then dies
Reuters via MSNBC ^ | 9-21-11

Posted on 09/22/2011 11:01:10 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

KIEV — A 77-year-old Ukrainian man won a jar full of sour cream for coming first in a dumpling eating contest and then promptly died, local media reported on Wednesday.

Ivan Mendel ate 10 dumplings in half a minute to win first place and a one-liter jar of sour cream in the contest held in the town of Tokmak in the southeastern Zaporizhya region on September 18, Fakty I Kommentarii newspaper said.

Shortly afterwards, Mendel became unwell and died, according to local news websites.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


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1 posted on 09/22/2011 11:01:12 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Ivan Mendel ate 10 dumplings in half a minute to win first place and a one-liter jar of sour cream....

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Ooops. Shoulda checked the expiration date on that sour cream.


2 posted on 09/22/2011 11:03:48 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS! This means liberals AND libertarians (same thing) NO LIBS!)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Unnngh!


3 posted on 09/22/2011 11:05:48 AM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

If all it took was 10 dumplings to kill him, he was practically on deaths door anyway.


4 posted on 09/22/2011 11:08:36 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Shoulda had gravy to wash 'em down!


5 posted on 09/22/2011 11:11:06 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Make your choice ! There are NO civilians.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Ooops. Shoulda checked the expiration date on that sour cream.”

Unfortunately for Ivan Mendel he was the one with the expiration date.


6 posted on 09/22/2011 11:13:02 AM PDT by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Ummm, who competes to win sour cream? Isn’t that really the strangest part of this story?


7 posted on 09/22/2011 11:14:25 AM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made out of liberals...)
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yeah, ‘tis wierd...


8 posted on 09/22/2011 11:15:56 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

I wonder if when people like this eat too much their body goes into overdrive to generate digestive juices and this in turn causes a dangerous electrolyte imbalance that stops the heart?

Could it be possible if they were somewhat deficient in calcium, potasium or sodium?


9 posted on 09/22/2011 11:22:17 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: teenyelliott

So who was the cook?


10 posted on 09/22/2011 11:23:23 AM PDT by Average Al (Forbidden fruit leads to many jams.)
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To: Average Al

My bet is on Ivan’s ex-wife. ;)


11 posted on 09/22/2011 11:34:17 AM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made out of liberals...)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
"What's the matter, Champ? Champ, wake up! Wake up! Wake - wake up!"


12 posted on 09/22/2011 11:37:32 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Well, he died doing what he wanted to do. RIP.


13 posted on 09/22/2011 11:37:39 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Rick Perry has more red flags than a May Day Parade)
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To: teenyelliott
Ummm, who competes to win sour cream? Isn’t that really the strangest part of this story?

Exactly....no pickled duck eggs? No all expense paid trip to the Mermansk water department? What crapsky!

14 posted on 09/22/2011 11:37:54 AM PDT by DainBramage
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To: Retired Greyhound

maybe they were really big dumplings? Maybe he was allergic to something in them?

Sour cream?? really?


15 posted on 09/22/2011 11:39:01 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Slings and Arrows

“I WON!! I WON!! I...gakkkslsslka”


16 posted on 09/22/2011 11:42:12 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: teenyelliott
Ummm, who competes to win sour cream? Isn’t that really the strangest part of this story?

The strangest or the saddest....or probably both.

17 posted on 09/22/2011 11:45:28 AM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: teenyelliott
My bet is on Ivan’s ex-wife.

Does she get the sour cream now??

18 posted on 09/22/2011 11:52:32 AM PDT by MARTIAL MONK (I'm waiting for the POP!)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

MMMMMMMMMM..... Homemade dumplings and sour cream. What a way to go.


19 posted on 09/22/2011 11:54:34 AM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: TheOldLady

If you’ve gotta go, go out on top.


20 posted on 09/22/2011 11:54:46 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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