Angry in the Great White North

Joe Chestnut breaks the old record for eating hotdogs, but setting the new record did not occur without some controversy:

A California man smashed the world record for hot dog eating at a contest Saturday, gobbling up more than 59 franks in 12 minutes.

Joe Chestnut, 22, of San Jose, shattered the record held by Takeru Kobayashi of Japan by downing 59 1/2 "HBDs" — hot dogs and buns — during the Southwest Regional Hot Dog Eating Championship at the Arizona Mills Mall in suburban Tempe.

The unidentified contestant who finished in last place, having consumed only one third of this first hot dog served to him, complained to the judges, saying he had performed so badly only because he had dropped his knife and fork:

Thees eez unfair! I dropped my knife and my fork beefore I could feeneesh cutting my -- um, how do you say -- my hot dog! Do you theenk eet eez easy to set prioreeteez?! Wheech do I peek up first?