The organizers of The First (an probably last) “999 Dream Challenge” would like to thank all the willing participants. It’s true that there were in fact no true winners as we all had similar stomach problems on Saturday, toxic gaseous fumes caused Hazmat to stop by the house. There were in fact no “sick” houseguests contrary to the popular vote on Friday night. Out of 10 total participants, only four completed the challenge. Big-Ups to Coop, Steve, Shawn and Myself. Being one of the four to complete the challenge was extremely difficult let me tell you. After the 6th hot dog I hit the proverbial “wall.” Only from the harmonic chanting from friends and visions of the world champion Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi demolishing 44½ hot dogs, was I able to put another dammed hotdog in my mouth. If ever pitted in a life and death struggle necessitating the need to eat ridiculous amounts of hot dogs I have but one tip. Separate the hotdog from the bun .. Eat the hotdog fast .. then wash it down with water (or beer) and eat the bun separately. We were just recently able to get the stale hotdog feet smell out of the house. I also doubt that I will ever try to test the limits of my stomach again.