U.S. roach-eating contest winner collapses, dies

Darwin?

What a surprise. The person is from south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

Sometimes, when someone this stupid dies, all one can really is say is "good". Not good that he died, what with the family tragedy aspect and all for his relatives, but good that he's no longer around to drive the collective IQ of the area any lower than it probably already is.

RIP, roach-guy. Hopefully you'll be reincarnated as a roach, which alone should mean that you'll be much smarter than you were as a human.

He died of a stroke though. Last time I checked roaches are not toxic. Bad timing perhaps?

Yep. Silly comments here. Many people live happy lives eating bugs - high protein source. Don't know about the eating them live part tho.

Roaches are non-toxic. And high in protein. They also crawl around in all manner of filth and pick up some nasty microorganisms and viruses.

In this case causality is implied though not proven.

The cockraoches were alive when eaten. Speaking from experience, I can tell you that eating live cockraoches is not easy. Even when you have bitten one in half, they still cling to life, and they have very sticky legs, so, even upon repeated swallowing they still manage to hang on to the back of your tongue and pull themselves back into your mouth, dragging their ruined entrails behind them.

Oh no, you didn't?

Well I can't say I cry at the loss of someone crazy enough to eat so damn many roaches. I can get eating one if the stakes are high enough but yuck.

Why on earth do you know about eating roaches zip?

In-between the paddlings, forced enemas, and daily readings from the works of Ayn Rand, roaches were all the Taliban gave him to eat while he was being held hostage in that cave.

Just one roach. That was cralwing out of my corn flakes one time, mil beading off its black, oily back. Thought I'd gross out my cousin (a 14 y.o. girl at the time; I was 17). Downt the hatch, I thought. I ddin't take into account the sticky legs and finally had to chew the thing to a chitinous meal before I could get it down my gullet.

OMFG, this thread is beyond gross

Ok, I'm leaving now. . .

I can't believe I am 100% in agreement with Brenda.