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Family of man who died in Fresno taco eating contest files lawsuit
KTLA ^ | Apr 5, 2021 / 06:30 PM PDT

Posted on 04/05/2021 7:37:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Eighteen-year-old Marshall Hutchings’ lawsuit filed Monday alleges his father, Dana Hutchings, was not made aware of the risks and danger involved in an eating competition...

The 41-year-old died after choking on tacos while competing in the contest during a Fresno Grizzlies game on Aug. 13, 2019. Participants competed to devour as many tacos as possible during a certain amount of time.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: eatingcontest; fresno; gluttony; tacoeatingcontest
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To: BenLurkin

Very sad. Amateurs need to learn from professional eating contestants, since amateurs are not familiar with the laws of nature. Pro cyclists sometimes use blood doping as a way to go faster which is an amateur way to go fast. Doubling one’s blood volume but not doubling volume of veins is harmful, dangerous and not so bright.


21 posted on 04/05/2021 8:43:19 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: Getready

> hold my bier

If that spelling was intentional then you have a dark sense of humor. I know I’m going to use it.


22 posted on 04/05/2021 8:43:26 PM PDT by Do_Tar (Do I really need a /joke?)
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To: rlmorel

with shrimp I hear that:
“You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté it. There’s uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich.”


23 posted on 04/05/2021 8:48:33 PM PDT by Do_Tar (Do I really need a /joke?)
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To: Do_Tar

I know...I know...when I saw that movie...


24 posted on 04/05/2021 8:52:53 PM PDT by rlmorel ("I’d rather enjoy a risky freedom than a safe servitude." Robby Dinero, USMC Veteran, Gym Owner)
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To: BenLurkin
He died on August 13, 2019.

I looked it up. He died on Taco Tuesday.

25 posted on 04/05/2021 8:53:12 PM PDT by SIDENET (ISAIAH 5:20)
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To: Do_Tar

Intentional...but it is tragic..guy probably thought he would get some free tacos and a fun memory..I have eaten corn tortilla chips fast and nearly choked...so I would never get in a contest like that..


26 posted on 04/05/2021 9:03:00 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: BenLurkin

Wait just one second! Are yu telling me you have to eat as many tacos as humanly possible in a time limit? Were there crayons and sock puppets to further explain this complicated rule? I think there should be IQ tests before any competition. “Sorry, but you are too damn stupid to know how to chew and swallow a taco!”


27 posted on 04/05/2021 9:06:00 PM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less!)
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To: robowombat

Not really. He died.


28 posted on 04/05/2021 9:40:15 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

The Old Man croaked. Sonny Boy stands to cash in.


29 posted on 04/05/2021 10:27:51 PM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox )
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To: rlmorel
However, I was able to eventually regain my appetite for it...thank goodness.

They's lemon shrimp, fried shrimp, shrimp cocktail....

30 posted on 04/05/2021 10:50:42 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Reno89519

The Supreme Court will eventually likely find there is ‘standing’ for such a case to move forward. Perhaps they may consider it “comfort food“ opposed to more complex cases


31 posted on 04/05/2021 11:02:55 PM PDT by Sgt_Rutter
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To: BenLurkin

As we said in the old country, “Tough Tacos”.

Another Darwin Award winner/loser.

Another old world saying, “Stupid is, as stupid does”.

Sorry for the son’s loss of a father but a little common sense (”Dad, don’t do it”) would have prevented this tragedy.


32 posted on 04/06/2021 12:35:52 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Getready
[...] it is tragic [...]

Donating one of your kidneys to save someone else, and then contracting some debilitating disease that make you lose your one remaining kidney, and being unable (for some reason) to accept a donation, is tragic. Not this.

Regards,

33 posted on 04/06/2021 1:09:30 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: BenLurkin

Taco eating contest? That’s pretty damn stupid.


34 posted on 04/06/2021 1:14:30 AM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: BenLurkin

The guy made a poor choice, but so did the team. On what planet does an amateur taco eating contest sound like a smart idea? And was it approved by legal? They should have just held the professional taco eating contest they were going to have the following day.


35 posted on 04/06/2021 3:56:03 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: bagster

It did take me a while to get that passage of dialogue out of my head...:)


36 posted on 04/06/2021 4:02:47 AM PDT by rlmorel ("I’d rather enjoy a risky freedom than a safe servitude." Robby Dinero, USMC Veteran, Gym Owner)
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To: plain talk

He died doing what he loved...


37 posted on 04/06/2021 4:08:25 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Fauci is a despicable little creep)
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To: BenLurkin

Gene pool improved by his death.

ANYONE who competes in an eating or drinking contest is an imbecile and deserves whatever “prize” they win.

Here’s your prize
https://makeameme.org/meme/well-played-heres


38 posted on 04/06/2021 7:07:33 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: alexander_busek

The example described by you is mega-horrendously sad and tragic. The taco mans example is sad and tragic cause it underscores the common(not all) human tendency to think that nothing can go wrong in all we do. Bathtub falls and death is a very common example.
Freegards also.


39 posted on 04/06/2021 9:02:45 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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