The (Hungry) Odd Couple of the Nathan's Hot-Dog-Eating Contest

"You know what my dream is?" asked Janus as he surveyed the revolving belt. "To go out deep-sea fishing, catch a big tuna, and just go at it with a spoon."

There was one problem with our plan to stay all day: The conveyer belt carrying the sushi was very, very slow. It was taking about three minutes for each piece of sushi to get from the sushi chef to us—which, I realized later, was obviously by design. Eating great heaps of food is much easier when you do it quickly, as they do in competition, before you realize how full you are.

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Tim a/k/a Eater X (left) and Crazy Legs prepare for the Fourth of July. More photos of Crazy Legs and Eater X at home here.

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At Home With Crazy Legs and Eater X
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"To be honest," said Janus, "I don't know if I want to eat 140 pieces of sushi today." Both eaters assessed their vertiginous stack of plates. Each one had eaten upwards of 50 pieces of sushi, and so they decided to pack it in.

At our first movement to leave, the waitress swooped down and removed our chopsticks with an unmistakable look of relief.