The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, October 04, 1984, Page Page 7, Image 7

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    Thursday, October 4, 1904
Dally Ncbrcskan
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Food, foot-longs...
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To my luck, close to campus
was the perfect place to broaden
my stomach. W. C. Franks, 1320Q
St., h&3 an al!-you-can-eat night
on Tuesdays from 5 p.m. to 0 p.m.
For a small price, you get a reg
ular sods, your choice of chips,
and all the foot-long hotdog3 and
toppings you can eat.
My first foot-long was covered
with cheese and onions. In three
short bites it was gone and I had
another In my basket. Alternat
ing toppings of chili and cheese
With onions, I managed to swal
low seven feet of the delectable
morsels without effort.
Then came the eighth. I took a
couple quick bites and started
feeling a thought coming on. "I
think IH slow down," I said to my
cheering section. The eighth hot
dog took so long to eat that all but
one of my friend3 left.
On the way to the counter for
my ninth foot, which tied the
store record. I overheard a
mother tell her son that he could .
not have another hotdog, until he baskets in front of him. Another
had grown up. Until that day, he profound thought came to my
had to listen to his mother and miid: "I think I ate too much."
shut his mouth. Where was my
mother when I needed her? Knowing I should have quit at
five and that I had gone far past On the co ver: A boy and his dog
When I sat down, I took a more my limit at eight, I decided num- Mark takes a moment to pose
serious look at this record-tying ber 10 would be my last. on his rowte to glory,
dog. Some people, including one Opposite page: He ate 10 of
football player, came in with the I inched my way to the counter, these?
record on their minds. But by the ordered the record-breaker plain, ADOve: Mark celebrates his con
time I finished, these humans of a and immediately took the bite Quest in the Nebraska Union
lar ger size had downed only five that immortalized my name in big Porcelain Hoom.
measly foot-longs and left. green letters on the all-time pig RlSk Our hero is distraught.
list.
As I contemplated going to get
my record-breaking foot-long, I I went home with a feeling of
looked across the room at a heavy accomplishment and thought,
man with about seven foot-long "I think I ate too much."
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Artists include:
Bob Dylan
Elvis Costello
Bi!!y Joel
Herbse Hancock
Saxon
Eddy Grant
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Louis Armstrong
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2 for $7.49
3 for $9.99
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Artists include:
Jeff Beck
Miles Davis
Maynard Ferguson
Dan Fbgelberg
Willie Nelson :
S.O.S. Band
Peter Tosh
Byrds
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