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394venom from Japan!

This poor girl documents the heinous act of eating this burger in its entirety. Showing up to the BK with stomach medicine by her side, she goes to work on the towering sandwich. Like a slow burning 70's Snuff film, watch in agonizing detail as she struggles to finish off this montrosity. From her first bite to the last, it seems like hours pass, but this girl will not give up. After having her fill at BK, she takes it home to polish it off with seaweed and a side of soy. Cold, lifeless, and drained of all color, she reluctantly finishes the meal with a smile, and what i think was a passing of gas.

For her tenaciousness, and her will to never give up, and also for being very Japanese in the way you finished this thing, 394venom is our Whopper Eat Off Champion!

Part I

Part II

this friggin' guy, Joey! This bearded wonder, who lives somewhere awesome in America, was so crazed about the contest that he went to his local BK and had them create the sandwich for him! Now that's ingenuity, and yes, a little bit insane...

On first bite, he goes in deep, but barely puts a dent in the thing. This gargantuan gorilla burg was more then he expected! After swallowing the first few bites, he compares it to "eating an elephant." Not sure what goes down in his household, but he may want to keep that to himself.

By minute 3, he's picked up the pace, getting through nearly half the sandwich. What an eater! He "man's up," choosing not to finish with a fork, but instead washing the sloppy meat down with a mixture of cola and what are surely now cold french fries. Like a hero staring down the face of a fierce dragon, a crowd of peasant folk assembles. Do they want to see him defeat his opponent, or do they want to see him choke on his own vomit?!?! I can't tell!

Minute 7:20, and astonishingly its down to the final bite. This culinary warrior levels up to another plane of existence, meditating to become one with the burger. Turning grey, his beard having grown longer through the ordeal, he finishes the bountiful beef bouquet, and with that, is crowned King Of Burgerdom in a touching ceremony of applause, tears, and chocolate chip cookies. Congrats Joey! You get a one of a kind T-shirt, a prize pack, and an engorged colon!

PeAcHbAbY1031!!! (man that was tough to type...) Rocking out to the musical genius of Dope's "Die Motherfucker, Die Motherfucker, Die," she sets off to work on an especially messy Windows 7 Whopper. Watch as her first bite causes a flood of meat juice and special sauce to fly out the other side of the burger! This girl has a HUGE mouth, as she stuffs the entire patty mountain in her face, you can imagine how this girl eats at Thanksgiving! Best of all, she lives in the spirit of her chosen rallying cry. This girl "don't need no religion," nor does she "need no prayers," but she may want to ask her mother for forgiveness for what she has done to her body.

Congrats PeAcHbAbY1031! I think you win a prize pack!

Sad to say, the 7 Burger Whopper eat off is now over. The promotion has ended, that is unless you can find someone selling them in a back alley...I saw some of your faces, and although you dreaded that first bite, the ensuing taste euphoria one can only experience by injesting seven partial beef, partial beak patties soon won over. Congrats to all, and I'll pick a winner shortly!!!

P.S. You guys rule!!!!!

Children of the '80s, rejoice!!! Police Academy rules!!!

Hey guys, since you were all asking, it was Greg Watermann who took the in-studio pictures. He's a great photographer who also shot us at The Roxy shows! Check his site out!

www.gregwatermann.com

Ray

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Hey all! Hope everyone is good. Quick update on the happenings here in MCR land.

We're almost done tracking the record, and then moving on to mixing. This process has been really different and enlightening. When we went to Tokyo for the Summersonic shows, we came back recharged and remotivated, wanting to better what we had done before we left. What resulted was us writing some of our best songs on the record. Lesson learned? Sometimes you have to step back to get to the real heart of things...

Photo-shoot today, and damn't none of my old clothes fit! Either time to go shopping, or time to hit a gym. Neither are choices I like...

So after two amazing shows in Japan, and a few weeks off, we're back at the practice space tightening up a few songs before we head back in the studio to finish up the record.

Getting a little bit of time off was good. Spent a week on Big Island. What a beautiful place. Paradise on Earth! Miss it already. Mauna Kea, thanks for letting me and my wife look at the stars...

Ray

Another great show!  We thank you Osaka, and all of Japan for treating us so good here!  My Chemi loves you!