Guard your dogs beffore they're gobbled!
Hot dog muncher sets world record From correspondents in New York July 5, 2004HE came, he ate, and he conquered ... again. Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi, of Japan, has downed a world-record 53-and-a-half hot dogs in 12 minutes at an annual contest in New York. Super-scoffer ... 'Tsunami' Kobayashi defends his title / AP He blew away his rivals for the fourth year in a row. The surprisingly diminutive 26-year-old "gurgitator" successfully retained the Mustard Yellow Belt – the World Cup of competitive eating – at the annual July 4 Nathan's Famous hot dog eating event in Coney Island. Using his trademark "Solomon technique" – breaking the wieners in half before wolfing them down – Mr Kobayashi easily surpassed his own 50-and-a-half-dog record, which he set in 2002. 
It was a one-two finish for Japan, with Mr Kobayashi's countryman, Noboyuki Shirota, taking the second spot after consuming a comparatively abstemious 38 hot dogs.
I am sooo glad that this type of "hot dog" is not on the menu! Otherwise, dunno about the world having a population shortage, there's be a puppy shortage! Full Story
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