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Would you do it? I would have to wait in line


 


Eat a Roach and Be the First in Line
By Associated Press


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GURNEE, Ill. - Why wait in line when you can just eat a ****roach? That's the question Six Flags Great America is asking its thrill seekers during its Halloween-themed FrightFest. The amusement park is daring customers to eat a live Madagascar hissing ****roach in exchange for unlimited line-jumping privileges.


The promotion, which has Lake County Health Department officials shaking their heads, starts Oct. 7.


Anyone who chows down the entire 2- to 3-inch horned ****roach gets a pass for four people to cut to the front of ride lines through Oct. 29.


Park officials insist it's safe to eat the crunchy critters, but health officials are cautioning participants.


Consuming live roaches might increase risks of gastrointestinal illness and allergies, according to Bill Mays, Lake County Health Department's community health director.


****roach eaters will have to sign waivers and still pay admission fees, said Six Flags spokesman James Taylor.


The bug buffet continues with a cooked roach eating contest Oct. 13 _ Friday, Oct. 13.


Taylor says he's hoping someone can beat the 2001 Guinness Book of World Records feat in which a British man downed 36 ****roaches.


"I've heard people say, 'Wow,' 'Ew,' a lot of one-worders," Taylor said. "A lot have said that they wouldn't eat a ****roach, but they sure would like to see someone else do it."



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that's just stupid.



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Unforunately there are stupid people that will do it

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Pretty soon everything is going to come down to a fear factor type contest.

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think of the liability if someone gets ill!

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back in the day when i worked the swing shift at the convenience store which was the local hang out for the town's teenagers, there was a kid who would eat bugs on dares.  one night he made $48 when he ate a ****roach.  another time he ate a fly, but i wasn't working that night.  so sad too, because although he was good looking, none of the girls would date him because he was gross

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They are making them sign waivers! Dang lawyers

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disco strangler wrote:

back in the day when i worked the swing shift at the convenience store which was the local hang out for the town's teenagers, there was a kid who would eat bugs on dares.  one night he made $48 when he ate a ****roach.  another time he ate a fly, but i wasn't working that night.  so sad too, because although he was good looking, none of the girls would date him because he was gross

hahaha!!

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Um I see no eating ****roaches in my future!


Bad enough the amount of bugs you do eat when you don't know it!



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Ah, I shoulda known the PETA people would be on this.

GURNEE, Ill. - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants Six Flags Great America to scrap its Halloween-themed ****roach-eating promotion.

A spokeswoman for the animal rights organization says the contest at the amusement park's FrightFest is "gratuitously cruel."

The park in Gurnee, Ill., is joining other Six Flags parks in offering unlimited line-jumping privileges to anyone who eats a live Madagascar hissing ****roach. The bugs are up to three inches long.

The contest begins next month.

Amusement park officials are defending their menu choice. Great America spokesman Jim Taylor says the bugs are nutritious, high in protein and fat free.

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I have a fear of bugs so I wouldn't even watch. I had a nightmare about one the other night. No way in HELL would this Cheeselover consume a bug for such trivial crap.


 


For a million dollars, sure I would.



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