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I'll spare you the diatribes on what this says about civilization or whatever - just be advised that Gulliver's Restaurant in Irvine held a "Scarf, but don't Barf" prime rib eating contest last night, and after 30 minutes the winner managed to keep down six pounds. The totals seem a little odd - the OC Register reports that the 30 contestants ingested 200 pounds of prime rib, which comes out to an average of 6.6 pounds per person. Why would the average eaten per person be more than the winning tally? Maybe I'm just over-thinking this one?
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Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.