Free hot dogs at Spike's tomorrow afternoon

[ron_newman]

Spike's Junkyard Dogs has a sign outside advertising free hot dogs on Saturday, October 14, from noon to 5 pm.

Comments

[dirty-devlin.livejournal.com]

Tomorrow might just be the day I finally get my photo up on the Wall of Fame... ;)

[philbot.livejournal.com]

I can't believe they're up to 12 dogs! I thought I had a chance when it was only 9 or 10, but 12??

[ron_newman]

I didn't go inside today. Can you explain?

[philbot.livejournal.com]

Eat 6 dogs or more, you get your picture on the wall and a free T-shirt. Eat more than the current champion, and all your hot dogs are free, plus you get a T-shirt, visor, etc. The current champion ate 12 dogs...!

[ron_newman]

I'm going to guess that tomorrow's free hot dogs are limited to one per customer. I could be wrong, though...

Somewhere I read that tomorrow is the official ceremonial grand opening, even though they've actually been open for weeks already.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I wonder if they let you do veggie dogs.

I think eating 12 buns is harder than 12 dogs!

Yup.

[rosiewoodboat.livejournal.com]

Veggie dogs count, as far as getting up on the wall.

[philbot.livejournal.com]

They do.

[dirty-devlin.livejournal.com]

Yup, you can definitely do the veggie dogs if you like.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I can barely finish one, and I have to tear off a good deal of the bun in order to do it.

I don't think you could eat 12 veggie dogs. But It would be fun to watch you try! :-D

[rxrfrx.livejournal.com]

The veggie dog is cheating. It counts the same as one regular dog, but it's smaller. The day I did 6 dogs, this other guy did like 9 veggie dogs, and he was no champion eater.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's not our fault!

It also pretty much lacks any spicing and believe me, I'd love for them to improve it. They're free to make it larger while they're at it if they want. (Though I always figured they didn't make 'em themselves.)

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

No, I definitely couldn't. I could do six dogs without the buns, I think, but I don't think i could eat six of their buns. Though I guess it also depends on how much time you're allowed. I mean, if I did it slowly enough, across their entire business day... bring a book... :)

I might try if I could induce vomiting after, but I never did acquire that skill. And y'know, I'm plenty fat enough as it is. :P

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

The buns are out-of-control big. I think they would sell more hotdogs if they swiched to normal-sized buns. I can easily eat two on regular grocery store buns, and would pay more for two. But one Spike's bun fills me to exploding.

[ron_newman]

The time limit is 90 minutes. During that time you must not (a) leave the store, (b) use the restroom, or (c) vomit.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

i inquired as to the specifics when it was around 6 or so... i figure any realllllly hungry meat eater might manage. you must alert them, that you're doing it, you have a certain amount of time (1.5 hours?), and must eat everything as presented... including bun, and the best rule : if you hurl, you go home... no win for you!

apparently world champions soak the buns in water first (dip; think of it as weak au jus :>) and three quick bites... for the rest of us... i'd probably dip the bun, and CHEW a LOT. sip water a bunch... yah, that's the plan ;)

16 is the big record? oiy. i wonder how much pain that is the next day.

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[dani-namaste.livejournal.com]

The champion at the original Spike's in Providence ate 16 dogs - and I think there were two of them. I never quite understood that - one of the beef dogs is enough to make me sick for the rest of the day. I can only handle the veggie dogs.

[ron_newman]

I just came back from there. I figured that whoever ate 12 dogs must be obese -- but she's not. She looks thin as a rail!

[dirty-devlin.livejournal.com]

Damn. I didn't realize it was that much now. That's outta my league!

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Dude. I can only eat half of one of those things at a time. :-}

[philbot.livejournal.com]

I ate two last Monday. With cheese fries.

I think if I was really going to attempt to get on the wall, I'd have to prepare - drink a lot of water, stretch out the stomach, not eat too much the day before, and go into Spike's starving.

[kevin-church.livejournal.com]

Note to self:
Procure hat, fake moustache, several pairs of glasses, a couple of wigs, and a series of dresses.

I ain't gonna pay for lunch next week, I tellyouwhat.

[lena-a-mermaid.livejournal.com]

I got my Free Hot Dog Saturday.