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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 4, 2008 18:03:16 GMT -5
Only 29 hours?
NYC couch potato contest lasts 29 hours
NEW YORK - A Manhattan librarian emerged as a champion couch potato after three rivals gave in to sleep deprivation or nature's call. Stan Friedman won the ESPN Zone Ultimate Couch Potato Competition, which began Tuesday morning at the ESPN Zone restaurant in Times Square. The event ended Wednesday afternoon after more than 29 grueling hours of continuous sports viewing — mainly college football bowl games and endless highlights loops.
The four participants, sitting in recliners in front of a dozen 42-inch high-definition plasma televisions and a couple of 14-foot HD projection TVs, could order unlimited food and drinks, but they weren't allowed to go to sleep or leave their recliners except for restroom breaks once every eight hours.
Friedman, a research librarian whose favorite sport is baseball, was declared the victor when runner-up Nate Lopez ran to the bathroom before the allotted break time.
He won a $5,000 prize package including a huge TV, a cozy recliner and a trophy with a potato on it.
"I have a 350-square-foot apartment, so I don't know what I'll do with the TV," he said Thursday. "But I'll make room for the recliner."
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Post by MSBNYY on Jan 4, 2008 18:05:21 GMT -5
I heard about it as it was going on, and did see this on the news this morning, but I am also shocked that it only lasted 29 hours.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 5, 2008 10:58:50 GMT -5
More on this, here is a common take I pulled off of barstoolsports.com, which is a decent enough read at times despite its Boston based slant. Well it might be a new year (2008), but it’s another dark day for America. It appears even the laziest people in this country aren’t lazy enough. Only 29 hours watching TV? What are you fucking nuts? I could do 29 hours with hemorrhoids and a broken remote. I mean this is America, we’re the laziest pieces of shit on the planet. 29 hours is just unacceptable if we truly want to compete with the rest of the world. Now I did a little research – the world record is 69 hours straight, surprisingly not held by Mr. Perfect, so this “couch potato” was 40 hours short! And if you read between the lines like me, the guy only won because the other guy had to take a shit. Hey buddy, you’re in the NYC couch potato contest – fucking hold it in. Anyway, if this is the laziest we can get in this country then we're in deep, deep trouble. And as a side note, yes, this blog was the beginning of my political career.
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Post by MSBNYY on Jan 5, 2008 11:50:25 GMT -5
That about sums it up. The bathroom break every 8 hours is the rule that made it too tough. If they could somehow make the recliner into a toilet, or make the bathroom breaks more frequent, it would go much longer.
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Post by 9 on Jan 5, 2008 12:45:43 GMT -5
LOL! Balls, quick, get the Patent Office on the horn! A combination recliner/toilet? (In the voice of the Guinness commercials) BRILLIANT!
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Post by bernie51williams on Jan 9, 2008 3:43:30 GMT -5
wow only 29 hours? You can piss once an hour, you can eat whatever you want? And they only lasted 29 hours? haha
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Post by CBC Guy on Jan 9, 2008 6:49:27 GMT -5
you can only piss once every 8 hours. I just wouldn't drink anything until an hour before the break.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 9, 2008 9:38:46 GMT -5
Believe it or not, even I would not have been drinking. Free alcohol is wonderful, but not at that juncture.
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Post by baldvinny on Jan 9, 2008 9:42:29 GMT -5
for you free alcohol would be bad, cause one of the rules of the contest was NO SLEEPING!
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Post by 9 on Jan 9, 2008 9:45:43 GMT -5
D'OH!
I have no bladder. There's no way I could last eight hours if beer was involved.
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Post by Chrissy on Jan 14, 2008 22:29:18 GMT -5
All you can eat food and drink, there is no way I could stay awake for 29 hours.
And, what did they watch on tv all that time?
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Post by Ms. Jericho on Jan 15, 2008 11:09:01 GMT -5
Pay attention!
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