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I thought this thread was finally going to tell us whether or not that sandwich of yours is good.
roach-eating contest bugs animal group
Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:47 PM ET
TORONTO (Reuters) - An animal rights group called Tuesday for a North American theme park operator to cancel a compe ion in which people will try to break the world roach-eating record.
Theme park operator Six Flags Inc, based in New York, is staging the contest as part of a promotion leading up to Halloween in which it is also offering customers free entry or line-jumping advantages if they eat a live Madagascar hissing roach.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said it had been flooded with calls from children, adults and even anonymous employees of Six Flags opposing the record-breaking contest and the overall promotion.
"Insects do not deserve to be eaten alive especially for a gratuitous marketing gimmick," PETA spokeswoman Jackie Vergerio told Reuters.
The compe ion to beat the world roach eating record is being held Friday at a Six Flags park in Gurnee, Illinois. Anyone who beats the record will win a season pass for four people for 2007 with VIP queue-jumping status.
Compe ors will try to break the current world record, which is held by Ken Edwards of Derbyshire, England, who devoured 36 Madagascar hissing roaches in one minute in 2001.
However Six Flags spokesman James Taylor said the only complaints the company had received were from people who did not have the opportunity to sign up and eat a roach because
only 12 of its 30 parks in the United States, Canada, and Mexico were participating in the promotion.
Taylor dismissed any health concerns, saying the roaches were raised in a sterile environment and were as safe to eat as shrimp or lobster with high nutritional value.
Madagascar hissing roaches are large, wingless roaches that can grow to between 1.5 to 3 inches.
Taylor said no one who had indulged in this rare delicacy had complained.
"It's something that's supposed to be scary, it's icky, it's gross, it's Halloween fun and it's just one small part of the haunted houses and thrilling rides going on."
I thought this thread was finally going to tell us whether or not that sandwich of yours is good.
I have always thought that the sandwich Roger is eating is a pimento cheese sandwich.
I always assumed it was like the 12 foot long sub that Homer wouldn't stop eating even after it turned rancid and made him sick.
At least, that's what I hoped.
Honestly I feel that "sandwich" is a metaphor for Roger's real desire in life.
That's very uplifting.
"Two more feet and I can fit it in the 'fridge!"
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