heck of a way to try and pay your mortgage ...a crab cake eating contest ...
Must have been a lot of bread crumbs in that crab cake to get lodged in his throat. Or, I guess huge amounts. A crab cake done correctly (via the Eastern Shore) is more flaky than tough.
I once paid my property taxes ($1,000 - and no money for it) with a pumpkin.
to shorten the story - where I worked had a pumpkin carving contest - 300 employees, name in hat every night for month that you met a certain goal - 5 names pulled - carved in secret in separate rooms - judged by head honchos, no one knowing who carved which...
I won and was handed $1,000 cash - paid taxes next day.
The Lord works in mysterious way, indeed.
No better way for a Merrylander to go than to choke on crab.
Better than drowning in Natty Bo, Hon!