'Jaws' takes meatball title in Vegas, flautas next?

He couldn't tell what his winning percentage was. It's just pretty darn good, which explains why the Vallejo native continues his reign as the No.

[apples]

Great Job Joey! And you are NOT ugly you goofball.

[Sad]

People starving all over the world and we glamorize competitive eating contests. One more new low for this "newspaper." How many could have been fed with the 50 meatballs Chestnut ate, let alone the hundreds of others consumed in this mass act of gluttony?

[goodness sake]

Give it a break sad, go donate your balls or your friends balls and feed the world

[Sad]

There are countless contests around the globe for this heinous act. Never mind the food wasted, or the example it sets for our young people, how about all the wasted resources related to travel and such. My goodness, what has happened to our society? We are certainly doomed, with goodness sake leading the parade! Thankfully, my friends and I are still using our balls, but at some point will be willing to donate, and hope the Times-Herald and goodness sake will match any donations we make!

[goodness sake]

Sad: which is worse....eating fast for fun or getting beat up-smashed in the head and gut- in a ring for millions-if you are so lucky- while fans pay big bucks to watch and pay per view charges for home watching....Yah Manny!!! or chasing a pig skin around ramming into each other risking head and spinal cord injuries....Go 49 ers-Raiders! Competitive food eating is called "entertainment" and it also promotes the food vendors who supply the meat balls, hotdogs, pizza slices etc. My only concern in this type of competition is a person could choke or seriously injure their intestines or something. Chewing food slowly is important kids-do nopt try this at home. In the scheme of things-it is not that bad in comparison to other behaviors we applaude. I am glad you plan to donate your balls to the cause. Are balls any part of organ donation? I do understand what you are saying though and it is a good point but we are a society full of oddities and find fun in really starnge behavior. Joey is a great guy and I do wish him well. I do wish he could get the endorsements like other athletes and it is nice we have something cute coming out of Vallejo instead of like a serial killer etc. Thank you for my parade leading appointment-it would be quite fun!

[Sad]

Goodness sake obviously doesn't get a joke when he or she reads one.

[goodness sake]

So I do not get to lead the parade-you were joking?

[Sad]

Well, OK - ladies and gentlemen, the Grand Marshall of the Meatball Parade, Goodness Sake!

[goodness sake]

Thank you-Thank you so much. I will begin designing my wardrobe. I am thinking of dressing up as a meatball and twirling a spaghetti baton

[Charlie]

Reading this exchange made my day.

Both good points!

[goodness sake]

Thank you Charlie-you can be a part of my parade I will be leading...I agree Sad has a good point but Sad would be so much happier if Sad would lighten up and be proud that we here in Vallejo have a competitive food champion-not too many communities can say that.

[Whitey McKrackin]

Sam tried to eat my meatballs last month, I had to throw bacon strips to lure him away. I think he had a case of flautas, something smelled funny when he left the room.

[Sad]

Thank goodness not too communities can say they are "home" to a competitive eating champ! Yes, Vallejo needs something to hang its hat on, something positive, but this? I guess any title in a storm. All this talk is making me hungry - think I'll go eat 50 meatballs, a turkey, eight pounds of flautas, 66 chicken wings and 93 hot dogs... in ten minutes. That should do it!

[goodness sake]

Hello Sad, You may have the potential to be a competitive food eater then! That would be awesome! Vallejo would be home of two winners! I can lead the parade and you and Joey both can carry the banner behind me saying "Home of the Champions!!
SO this morning I look at the local news, man shot in jaw but he is expected to survive...terrible! You know when they say expected to survive-this does not mean their life will be normal-it may be full of disability and chronic pain...but when it says "survive", I think some think- Oh it is not that bad then. I do not believe the homeless woman will survive with 3 rd degree burns on most her body-maybe she already died-it is so very sad and when I read the comments on that posting I come back to meatballs for a smile. Some people write really mean things-I like how you write and find it fun responding. Do not tell anyone though...but I do think in this time of economic downturn it may be wastefull having food competitiions but even in the Great Depression people did weird things. Weird things make us smile if we do not think too hard about it. I did not read all the news I like reading about Joey Jaws chewing not about some poor guy at his home getting a bullet in his mouth. I have to add this-I never have met Joey but my daughter had his father as a band teacher and to me his class taught her more life skills than all her "academic" classes. She learned discipline and respect and being on a "team" so I am bias in the whole thing because Joey comes from good people. Vallejo really needs to have pride in all the good and quirky things that come out of Vallejo...but we must also remember the needy and the Christian Help Center-another wonderful organization, needs food and money donations for the holidays. So on this week of Thanksgiving-let us all be thankful for what we have and remember those who need help. And Joey-keep up the good work!