Mark Lyle 'The Human Vacuum" is 5th in Nation of Competative Eaters

He is my step-son.......

http://www.competitiveeaters.com/rankings.htm

Association of Independent Competitive Eaters

1. Takeru "The Prince" Kobayashi
2. "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti
3. David "Coondog" O'Karma
4. Bob "Killer" Kuhns
5. Mark Lyle 'The Human Vacuum
6. “Wonderful” Johnny Wuh
7. Ted "Captain Butthead" Wilson
8. Pete “Broken Wing” Maurizio
9. Arnie "Chowhound" Chapman
10. Tony "Hustle" Harrison

Summer 2005 Update: Mark has uped his game and is currently ranked 5th by AICE. Some of his resent accomplishments include: The Great American Chicken Wing Eating Title, and several other near misses for national titles in pastrami, corn on the cob, italian sausage and italian sub. Also hot on the media trail, Mark has recently been interviewed by several major Ohio newspapers. Congratulations to The Vacuum on his recent conquest of 3 two-pound beanie burgers (only the 2nd person to accomplish this feat).

Here is a picture of him.

http://www.competitiveeaters.com/rankings.htm

I feel ill. How can he possibly hold that much food, the sheer volume must be pretty large?

After a win.

and that will be the end of the disgusting spectacle of competitive gluttony, probably to be replaced with something equally obnoxious.

like that then god bless em LOL They aren't hurting anybody, I just hope they don't choke to death.

See what he is doing with that MBA.......

I was expecting to see a real fattie, but he looks (gasp!) normal.

He eats normal, works out regularly as he is aware of the high risk of getting fat. He stretches his tummy by drinking water.....I'm amazed in all honesty.

The human body is not just amazing, it can adapt to more circumstances than we can understand. I'm surprised that people can survive years of physical torture and deprivation; I'm amazed that little kids can be beaten every day of their short lives and not die.

In Philadelphia, we have a big competitive eating event, the Wing Bowl. The local cham-peen is a guy who calls himself El Wingador. He's a hefty man. But he's been bested by a 95-pound Chinese woman. I kid you not.

Strething one's stomach by drinking water isn't exactly a good idea. I mean, getting rid of lots of sodium by washing it out might be a Good Thing, but losing all that potassium and magnesium couldn't be good.

--p!