I always knew I had talent, but to my chagrin, after 36 years that talent had not surfaced. That was until the 4th of July Watermelon Eating Contest in Meeker Colorado. I entered the competition with my father (seated immediately to my right) and my brother (next to my father with the hat turned backwards) and about 30 other melon eaters. My kids and wife can tell you that I have a watermelon addiction of sorts and actually ate a 35 melon in one day (which led to a long night). The challenge was to see who could eat the most melon quarters in two minutes. I am proud to report that I won the competition with 6 quarters. I out ate second place by two quarters. My Dad and Brother hung it up after a quarter and resorted to what family members do best...laughing at each other. The funny thing was that after sacrificing my stomach, shirt and self respect for the title I was informed that the event organizers had accidentely given the winners t-shirt and dinner for two to the kid who won the 13 and under competition.
As a very important side note - don't mess with Josh and Shirlene when it comes to melon. You may have heard on the radio interview she did (really!) that Shirlene was our County Fair watermelon seed spitting champion. That puts two watermelon champs under one roof! There must be some redneck joke hiding in all this...
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