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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.
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KEYWORDS: dead; dumpling; napl
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To: teenyelliott; DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Ummm, who competes to win sour cream? Isn’t that really the strangest part of this story? NO!
It's the only appropriate way to eat dumplings.
There are worse ways to die.
Hmm, when I decide that I'm done with this mast cell disorder, maybe that's what I'll eat to check out. It's my favorite.
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posted on
09/22/2011 11:57:15 AM PDT
by
metmom
(For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
They have very good prizes! His wife should be able to retire on that.
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posted on
09/22/2011 11:57:18 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(Look your representatives in the eye and ask if they intend to pay off the debt. They will look away)
To: Retired Greyhound
“If all it took was 10 dumplings to kill him, he was practically on deaths door anyway.”
those ukrainian dumplings are like eating cannonballs made of wheat
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posted on
09/22/2011 12:01:38 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(Thank you, Bob!)
To: metmom
I think I would prefer to die eating bacon, lettuce and mayo sandwiches.
Sorry to hear that you are suffering metmom.
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posted on
09/22/2011 12:03:07 PM PDT
by
listenhillary
(Look your representatives in the eye and ask if they intend to pay off the debt. They will look away)
To: metmom
"It's the only appropriate way to eat dumplings."
I can think of better ways
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posted on
09/22/2011 12:03:40 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(Thank you, Bob!)
To: teenyelliott; DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
"Isn’t that really the strangest part of this story?"
Methinks sour cream to be highly prized in that part of the world.
I once had a Ukrainian friend (coincidentally also deceased) whose idea of a "salad" was nothing but fresh chopped garlic and sour cream.
(We're talking two or three bulbs - not cloves - bulbs - of garlic in a half pint of sour cream, scooped up on bread.)
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posted on
09/22/2011 12:20:02 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Goi! Rode, Goi!)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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posted on
09/22/2011 12:22:13 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: TheOldLady
“Gakkkslsslka” is actually Ukrainian for “Pass the sour cream.”
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posted on
09/22/2011 12:25:01 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Goi! Rode, Goi!)
To: teenyelliott
Ummm, who competes to win sour cream? Isn’t that really the strangest part of this story?Could have been worse.
He could have been driving a truck on ice.
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posted on
09/22/2011 12:27:03 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: shibumi
“Gakkkslsslka” is actually Ukrainian for “Pass the sour cream."And you don't want to know what "pass the sour cream" REALLY means in Ukrainian!
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posted on
09/22/2011 12:28:26 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: shibumi
Oh thank goodness! I was afraid I had misspelled it.
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
In Russia, dumpling contest wins YOU.
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posted on
09/22/2011 12:37:42 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
So who got the liter jar of sour cream?
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posted on
09/22/2011 12:37:51 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: Slings and Arrows
As high on top as you can get, baby!
If that’s winning the sour cream, so be it.
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Man wins dumpling eating contest, then dies I don't thing that whole death thing should take away from the fact that the guy did indeed, win the contest.
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posted on
09/22/2011 12:40:24 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
I’M #1! I’M#1, I’M#1!!.. OOmph...
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posted on
09/22/2011 12:41:29 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
(I'd rather die under a free American sky than live under a Socialist regime.)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
And here I thought the disgusting spectacle of “eating contests” was strictly an American pasttime.
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posted on
09/22/2011 12:42:06 PM PDT
by
workerbee
(We're not scared, Maobama -- we're pissed off!)
To: teenyelliott
in the Ukraine, you compete to win a small tub of sour cream.
To: metmom
Sorry to hear about the disorder. Prayers up for you FRiend.
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posted on
09/22/2011 1:19:53 PM PDT
by
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: listenhillary
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posted on
09/22/2011 1:20:04 PM PDT
by
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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