Monday, February 19, 2007

You call this work?

Tomorrow morning I shall take part in a competitive eating event. For my job.
Never thought I would do such a thing.

20 comments:

Joan said...

What in the heck is a "competitive eating event" and what in the heck do you eat? We never had such events where I worked so I'm absolutely clueless.

Lynn said...

Do you get to take home the leftovers?

Patti said...

Joan - Guess you just are not as sophisticated as us folks in the Northeast. I will be stuffing my face with donuts. It's Fat Tuesday, you know.

Lynn - I'm bringing Kid Two so there won't be any leftovers. ;-)

Lynn said...

Since you'll have the opportunity to stuff your face with donuts, bring plenty of antacids with you...just in case. Doubt Kid Two will need them.

Patti said...

Lynn - I survived the contest without any antacids. Stomach of steel, I guess.

Joan said...

Oops...Fat Tuesday...I should be ashamed for not remembering. Of course when I worked, every day seemed like Fat Tuesday since the workroom was always filled with all sorts of homemade and store-bought goodies. Yum!

Patti said...

Joan - I write for a daily paper. As the saying goes, "anything for a story."
Hopefully I still have some dignity.

Actually they are not donuts, but paczki - like triple-size donuts.

Joan said...

I'm anxiously awaiting the results. Will we see photos???

Patti said...

don't know if I want to blow my cover Joan

Sarah Caron said...

How many did you down?!? I must know!

Patti said...

Sarah-1 7/8-I couldn't stuff in the last piece of the second one

Joan said...

OK...having never seen a paczki, I searched on the Internet and found several images. OMG...they look scrumptuous and BIG so I'm impressed with your total! I have to know...what was the winning number???

Patti said...

Joan - the winning number was 12! A dozen of those fat-laden pastries.
(the time limit was 5 minutes)


Note to friends: I cannot post a new nlog entry. I'm locked out and the password, etc. help that I checked out is not helping.

Patti said...

P.S. I meant to write "blog" and not nlog.

Typo from being too tired...

Lynn said...

How can anyone eat 12 of those things??? I am impressed with 1 and 7/8...How many did Kid Two eat...please don't say 12!lol

Joan said...

Yikes...12!?!? Who could possibly eat a dozen of these...and in 5 minutes!?!?!?!

P.S. I hope you get your blog problem solved...I miss your postings and was getting worried.

Patti said...

Lynn - Kid Two had one, but he did not compete. He was there for moral support.
I lucked out that it is school vacation week.

Joan - The guy who ate 12 of them has won the competition for four consecutive years. Urp!

Thanks for your concern, Joan. I miss my blogging time. :(

Patti said...

To all: A big thanks for not chiding me about the huge amount of CALORIES, SUGAR and GRAMS OF FAT that I consumed.

Blecchhhh.

Joan said...

Patti: We miss your blogs. Have you tried sending Blogger a message about your problems? Also...have you tried the Google Blogger Help Group? You can start a thread about your problem and readers may have some answers for you. Also, there are 1 or 2 Blogger employees who participate in the group and sometimes they will intervene on your behalf.

Patti said...

Joan - Thanks very much for your helpful hints. My problem is solved. And I plan to be very careful with my passwords from now on.