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We love inane sports, which makes hot dog eating contests and running with the bulls pretty much irresistible. Nothing compares to the glory of watching a man dry-swallow a tube steak and, quite frankly, we'd buy any dude that runs with the bulls a drink.
But which of these gods among men actually has the most talent? The obsessive sausage chomper or the hungover warrior fleeing from the bull and possible death?
See our stats and vote for the winner after the jump.
Competitive Eaters
Strengths: Competitive eaters train for years, expanding their stomachs using fiber-heavy foods such as cabbage. Joey Chestnut, this year's winner of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, ate 59 hot dogs -- the rough equivalent of one small child -- in 10 minutes. Just imagine if he turned into a cannibal?
Weaknesses: Competitive eating is a distinctly unsexy sport. Winners can expect to never know the embrace of a woman, and thus they have less motivation to compete at all.
Special Abilities: Most competitive eaters can take a cannonball to the stomach just like Houdini. (OK, we might be making that up.)
Pamplona Runners
Strengths: Since the only requirements to be a runner are to be 18 or older and register on time, it's hard to say they have any strengths as a group besides optimism and a willingness to step in front of a charging bull.
Weaknesses: Booze is probably the most infamous of the Pamplona runners' weaknesses. Other weaknesses include being overweight and being naive tourists.
Special Abilities: The ability to take a horn to the heinie and make news all over the world.
Our Pick: The competitive eater by a dog.
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