Lobster Maniac of the Year

(Kittery, Maine) Barry Giddings of Chester, Vermont, won the annual lobster-eating competition at the Weathervane Seafood Restaurant by devouring 19 chicken lobsters (1.25 lbs.) in 35 minutes. Contestants had to eat the tail, both claws and knuckle meat of every lobster to be included in the total count. Giddings won a ride on a lobster boat and up to 100 lbs. from the day's catch.

Personally, I love lobster but prefer to enjoy eating it. It would take me at least a week to eat 19 of them. Of course, I'd have to win the lottery first. Last I looked, they were going for about $12 a pound in my area.