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Wigan - World Pie Eating Contest

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"The inaugural winner of this event, in 1992, was Dave Smyth, a painter from Hindley who ate four pies in three minutes. The 2005 winner was Anthony "The Anaconda" Danson, a weight trainer from Lancashire, who managed to eat seven pies in three minutes, setting a new record."

 

Doesn''t mention whether they vote Tory or know how to jump way too early.

 

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Clearly there must be some sort of subliminal factor that draws devotees of pies to Wigan, as I remember, back in the 90''s when Fanzines were all the rage, the Wigan Athletic one was called "The Pie Muncher".On a pedantic note, for these contests is there any sort of regulation weight,size, filling or temperature for such confections.? For example, I can shift one of those small cold pork pies as served in such hostelries as the Fat Cat a hell of a lot quicker than a piping hot 3x5 " meat and potato jobby.

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The rules are as follows, Reggie:

 

"The competition rules dictate that the meat and potato pies have a diameter of 12cm and a depth of 3.5cm when cooked, with a pie angle from base to top of between zero and 15 degrees. The vegetarian option will be 10cm by 3cm."

 

It beggars belief that that Anaconda chap shifted 7 of them in 3 minutes.

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Thanks for that LBAY.As a matter of interest , do we know what happened to the Anaconda since his triumph in 2005 ? Has he been less successful in the intervening years, or been unable to enter the contest on account of being ...erm...dead ?

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