Sorry, had to. From the CBC.
Have you heard of the popular new pastime for folks whose day-to-day lives just don’t contain enough challenge and excitement for their supercharged adrenal glands? No, not reality television. Chubby bunny contests. This highly competitive sporting event requires participants to stuff their faces with as many large marshmallows as they possibly can and still say the words “chubby bunny.”
Well today those bunnies came home to roost.
A woman is dead after choking during a marshmallow-eating contest at the Western Fair in London, Ont.
The 32-year-old woman died in hospital Wednesday, a day after collapsing offstage during a Chubby Bunny competition.
The contest features people stuffing one marshmallow at a time into their mouth then saying “chubby bunny” until they can’t say it anymore. The person who gags, chokes or spits out the marshmallows loses.
Emergency crews who arrived on the scene tried to help the unconscious woman but couldn’t remove the blockage in her throat. She was revived at the hospital, but later died.
The fair has since cancelled the eating contest.
Some stuff you couldn’t make up if you wanted to.
Seriously. Countdown for the lawsuit begins in three…two…one…
So there’s a countdown to the countdown?
I told you so.
Indeed. What makes me think this will have an impact on oyster eating competitions worldwide? And a generation of women go “awwwwwwwwwwwwwww.”
Jack: good catch. I should obviously not post before I’ve had my coffee.
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This is not funny. Who knew a woman would die from what we think is a harmless game. And stop talking about lawsuits. This woman had family and friends who loved her dearly. Please show some respect!
Jennifer, maybe she did and maybe she didn’t. This is nothing if not impersonal; we don’t even know her name (although we do know now that she’s not the only one to die in such a competition). If we can’t laugh at death and the bizarre, we might as well not laugh at all. I invite you to check my blog in a week or so after I’ve posted about my father’s interment. That should be a doozy.
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