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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Thu Jul 3, 2014, 05:09 PM Jul 2014

Bill de Blasio Relishes His First Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Weigh-In

Jillian Jorgensen

The Blue Room at City Hall went to the dogs Thursday.

Hot dogs, that is–and hot dog puns were on the menu when Mayor Bill de Blasio oversaw the “weigh-in” of the contestants for the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest.

“Tomorrow, rain or shine, tens of thousands of people will descend on Coney Island to relish the great hot dog contest,” the mayor said, to little laughter. “That was my first attempt at a pun–to relish it–get it everyone?”

Read more at http://observer.com/2014/07/bill-de-blasio-relishes-his-first-nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest-weigh-in/#ixzz36RSwjjvp