Down In The Dumplings
By Wyatt Earp | September 22, 2011
Look at the bright side; this guy went out on top.
A 77-year-old Ukrainian man won a jar full of sour cream for coming first in a dumpling eating contest and then promptly died, local media reported on Wednesday.
Ivan Mendel ate 10 dumplings in half a minute to win first place and a one-liter jar of sour cream in the contest held in the town of Tokmak in the southeastern Zaporizhya region on September 18, Fakty I Kommentarii newspaper said. Shortly afterwards, Mendel became unwell and died, according to local news websites.
Ironically, in the Ukraine, a full jar of sour cream could pay for the entire funeral.
Topics: Snarkasm | 10 Comments »
September 22nd, 2011 at 9:55 am
This is why the world hates us.
Our homeless people give out better prizes in their contests.
Oh yeah, RIP buddy.
September 22nd, 2011 at 10:13 am
I know some will just consider it semantics but they look like PIEROGI which are stuffedd with good eats.
What a way to go……
September 22nd, 2011 at 10:44 am
What the hell were those pierogi stuffed with? Sounds like whatever they used couldn’t be good for you.
September 22nd, 2011 at 12:08 pm
The town of Tokmak????? Are you sure they’re not Klingons????????
September 22nd, 2011 at 12:47 pm
JT – Wouldn’t the sour cream go better DURING the contest?
LDIV – You’re talking to a Slovak. That’s the first thing I thought.
BobG – Probably asparagus and broccoli. SEE KIDS! VEGETABLES WILL KILL YOU! Heh.
Uncle Ray – Depends on the quality of their toilet paper, I suppose.
September 22nd, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Aren’t you supposed to get a choice for your last meal?
September 22nd, 2011 at 1:58 pm
What the hell were those pierogi stuffed with? Sounds like whatever they used couldn’t be good for you.
Cheese, kraut, meat, apples, plums and other assorted goodies.
September 22nd, 2011 at 9:11 pm
Jon – Not anymore. At least not in Texas. they just changed that rule.
LDIV – Mmm . . . kraut!
September 22nd, 2011 at 9:48 pm
I vunder Vhat wass in dat last dumpling???
September 23rd, 2011 at 11:38 am
Doc – Sauerkraut . . . and rat poison.