• 18 Jul 2008 at 12:53 PM

Call For Submissions

Don’t take this the wrong way, gang, but I think you’re all a bunch of pussies.


Two months ago, local hero Oyster Boy threw down the food eating challenge gauntlet by massacring 244 oysters in one hour. (Side note: we’ve since gotten more color on the event. The original challenge called for 144 oysters in one hour. OB finished them in fifteen minutes. Then, just to put a little more distance between him and you gutless wonders, casually downed 100 more in the remaining 45 minutes.) After this monumental show of gastrointestinal fortitude, we asked the rest of you to attempt some equivalent feat. Needless to say, you all failed. Embarrassingly. Wretchedly. Abysmally. We at DealBreaker have chronicled these sad attempts: the inability to consume 36 mini vending machine snacks over the course of the day, 4 Eggless McMuffins in 60 minutes and so on and so forth. I could go on, but it makes me sick.
So. One thoughtful reader suggested that since there is only one real man left on Wall Street, that we put the challenges directly to him. Not to put too much pressure on you guys, but do you think, since executing them is beyond them the pale, you could at least try and achieve some greatness via proxy, by coming up with a few eating-related tasks for the man, the myth, the legend, the Oyster Boy? We’ll select the best three suggestions and send them to OB, who we’re confident will further humiliate all of you wretches.

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Comments (108)

  1. Posted by mrpink | July 18, 2008 at 1:01 PM

    I’m sure I could convince Corn Boy in the Wheat pit in the other room here to do something wacky, complete with video.
    -mrp/cbot

  2. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:01 PM

    eat a whole log of liverwurst a whole one of gemoa salami and a whole log of bologna over the course of the day.

  3. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:02 PM

    What is the floor record for the number of Luthers taken down?

  4. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:02 PM

    what are you doing for CBOT, MRP?

  5. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:05 PM

    How about a large, stuffed, one topping, chicago style pizza in under an hour?

  6. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:05 PM

    10 score sliders

  7. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:05 PM

    Funny, but by “only one real man left on Wall Street” I thought you could only mean Gasparino. The only reason it would take him 60 minutes to eat 4 McGriddles is because he would want to curl them for 50 minutes first.
    Now how about 60 minutes to eat 4 pounds of mortadella (after the requisite 50 minutes for aforementioned curling)?!

  8. Posted by mrpink | July 18, 2008 at 1:06 PM

    Guest – bond spreads (electronic)
    -mrp

  9. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:08 PM

    Mr P,
    Are you dancing professionally in the pits now?
    ~SEG

  10. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:11 PM

    I have done an all you can eat sushi eating contest years ago. I bowed out at 42, but the winner went into the 60′s. It hurt for a week, but well worth it.

  11. Posted by Anal_yst | July 18, 2008 at 1:11 PM

    1 pint of every beer on tap @ Gingerman in say, 4, maybe 5 hours. Think they’ve got somewhere aroudn 30 of em there, so that could only work out amazingly

  12. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:13 PM

    4 Chipoltle burritos in 30 minutes

  13. Posted by lemmerdeur | July 18, 2008 at 1:15 PM

    So, 244 oysters. Has his erection subsided yet?
    Must have – Bess is getting cantankerous again.
    My ovaries hurt.

  14. Posted by Lowly Assistant | July 18, 2008 at 1:17 PM

    @1:05,
    Hahaha! He would curl those fuckers!

  15. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:19 PM

    burger bar crawl:
    Nicole’s @ 60th
    Quality Meats @58th
    POP Burger @ 58th
    Burger Joint @ Parker Meridien 57th
    Brooklyn Diner @ 57th
    Burger Heaven @53rd
    Prime Burger @51st
    if he makes it in two hours, we’ll send him to In-N-Out in Vegas.

  16. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:21 PM

    Anyone up for a hyperhydration or water intoxication challenge? Maybe he drinks 2 gallons over 2 minutes…

  17. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:25 PM

    10 full size saltine crackers in 1 minute with nothing to drink. Has to be downed inside of the minute, can’t be stuffed in the mouth.

  18. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:26 PM

    @1:21pm
    Awesome challenge. It ups the ante when there is the danger of blood thinning and heart seizure. For him to be a real man, the possibility of death has to be ever present.

  19. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:28 PM

    this one time, at band camp, i shoved a flute in my pussy

  20. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:28 PM

    check wb mohawked intern

  21. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:28 PM

    check wb mohawked intern

  22. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:28 PM

    check wb mohawked intern

  23. Posted by Anal_yst | July 18, 2008 at 1:29 PM

    @ 1:26
    Hell if thats the criteria why not just skip right to gram races, hell, just go for the full-on 8-ball challenge, first to finish, wins…plenty of danger there
    (albeit not as much as the crochunter challenge, but thats a bit harder to execute)

  24. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:29 PM

    Dresdner Kleinwort needs to merge with Oyster Boy in order to survive.

  25. Posted by FUNdamental | July 18, 2008 at 1:30 PM

    No need to make this only punishment, let’s go win-win with this thing.
    OB goes to one of the strip clubs with a sushi bar (flashdancers, vip) and has to eat one piece of sushi for every girl they have on the payroll in some pro-rated period of time (if 60 girls, 90 mins something like that). If he completes it, db sends him to the champagne room for an hour.

  26. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:30 PM

    @1:28
    You must be the one they keep referring to as Bess’ roommate.

  27. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:33 PM

    a guy at Weisel ate 10 Big Macs in 10 minutes back in 2000

  28. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:35 PM

    oops, 5 big macs in 10 minutes

  29. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:35 PM

    OB walks Broadway end to end eating one item from each vending cart. All meat items of course.

  30. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:37 PM

    1 tablespoon of cinnamon

  31. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:37 PM

    guy got mohawk at wb trading floor today

  32. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:40 PM

    i was at weisel in 2000. there was also the synd guy who attempted to do the gallon of milk thing in 1 house (someone waved a bottle of vodka under his nose and he lost it with about 10 mins to go), someone did the water thing, someone put their face in a cake meant for someone’s b-day for $1000…..

  33. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:41 PM

    I’ve spent the morning hurling lightning bolts out my ass and am not about to rip open my inflamed asshole anymore just to eat a fucking a corndog.Put your own ass on the line,Levin, and you down some oyster shooters and Corona’s and let us know how you enjoy shitting out shards of glass.

  34. Posted by Joseph di Jersey City | July 18, 2008 at 1:42 PM

    Fifty eggs. No one can eat fifty eggs.

  35. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:42 PM

    lets have a mayo eating contest. then we’ll see who the real men are

  36. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:43 PM

    30 red bulls in 30 minutes. Then he must eat one cup of the finest instant ramen noodles, at his own leisure.

  37. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:45 PM
  38. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:45 PM

    The record for eating live cockroaches is held by Ken Edwards of Derbyshire, England. In 2001 he ate 36 hissing Madagascar roaches in one minute. Bring it back to Ammmeriiikaah Oystah Boiiii!!

  39. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:45 PM

    @1:41, nice rant but nobody was asking you to do the challenge, just come up with one. we’ll take it your challenge is “opening up his inflamed asshole.”

  40. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:47 PM

    I think he was trying to pretend to be OB… nice try buddy.
    Don’t call me guy buddy I aint your friend.

  41. Posted by Anal_yst | July 18, 2008 at 1:51 PM

    Seriously though, the compensation would have to be impressive though (re: 1:41′s good points) at least for someone to convince me to attempt some of these challenges. At least enough to cover the inevitable trip to the proctologist/gastroenterologist/other ‘ologist

  42. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:53 PM

    @anal_yst– he was paid $3000 for the 244 oysters.

  43. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:54 PM

    If you can eat 48 vaginas in one day without having your face covered in pustulating sores then you are a real man…
    -suck it

  44. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:56 PM

    Sandwiches: 60 peanut butter sandwiches in 10 minutes
    Waffles: 19 waffles (8 oz.) in 10 minutes at Waffle House
    Jalapeno Poppers: 119 Jalapeño Poppers in 10 minutes
    Grilled Cheese Sandwiches: 48 sandwiches in 10 minutes
    Pork Ribs: 9 pounds pork rib meat in 12 minutes
    Horseshoe Sandwiches: 7 pounds, 5 ounces of horseshoe sandwiches
    Gyoza: 212 chicken and vegetable gyozas
    Pulled Pork: 9 pounds, 7 ounces in 10 minutes

  45. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:57 PM

    Contents of McCarren Pool tool shed in 1 hr.

  46. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 1:57 PM
  47. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:02 PM

    Mr. Pink-
    Do you trade for yourself?

  48. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:07 PM

    60 sticks of butter in one hour? the real stuff too none of that I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter sh*t.

  49. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:07 PM

    spoonfull of cinammon. $5000

  50. Posted by NotNasser | July 18, 2008 at 2:08 PM

    “eat a whole log of liverwurst a whole one of gemoa salami and a whole log of bologna over the course of the day.”
    with Elton John music playing in the background, I would hope.

  51. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:08 PM

    Lock him in a room with a 1/2 keg and $50 bucks of the taco bell value menu and don’t let him out till he’s finished both.

  52. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:09 PM

    chili with the unknown contents of thy parents.

  53. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:15 PM

    kid at weisel in 2000 got 1k for 5 big macs in 10 minutes

  54. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:18 PM

    100 dollar bills in 100 minutes.

  55. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:22 PM

    7 teaspoons of nutmeg.

  56. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:24 PM

    balls.

  57. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:25 PM

    aunt jemima’s syrup…30 minute time limit

  58. Posted by Anal_yst | July 18, 2008 at 2:41 PM

    What was that contest they had in “The Ladies Man”? Something involving rocky mountain oyesters and culminating in, oh, how do you say it, stool sausages?

  59. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:51 PM

    6 saltine crackers in one minute. no water, must eat everything.
    sound easy? i dare you all. it’s impossible.

  60. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:52 PM

    The beards of 7 lady circus freaks
    - Beard Fetishist

  61. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:53 PM

    @2:51– i’ve done it.

  62. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:54 PM

    @2:51– i’ve done it.

  63. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:55 PM

    @2:51– i’ve done it.

  64. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:56 PM

    you guys should have seen how many boners this kid chugged to become an officer at TI…

  65. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:56 PM

    you guys should have seen how many boners this kid chugged to become an officer at TI…

  66. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:57 PM

    you guys should have seen how many boners this kid chugged to become an officer at TI…

  67. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 2:57 PM

    you guys should have seen how many boners this kid chugged to become an officer at TI…

  68. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 3:00 PM

    Rumor from a trading floor in Atlanta is 50 McNuggets in 7.5 minutes has been done.

  69. Posted by DrederickTatum | July 18, 2008 at 3:02 PM

    A stone-cold crab-off
    Oyster Boy v. Steven Schwartzman

  70. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 3:07 PM

    @3:00 Atlanta has trading floors? What do they trade Coke…

  71. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 3:20 PM

    @ 3:07 – haha, touche
    and for the guy who said 4 chipotle burritos in 30 min, this i would like to see

  72. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 3:26 PM

    They trade peaches, tobacco, rocking chairs, diamond studded ATL chains, and an overwhelming sense of self worth – of which Houston is their largest counterparty.

  73. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 3:29 PM

    A jar of pickled chicken lips.

  74. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 3:33 PM

    @3:07
    Don’t know about coke, but I do know about this:
    http://www.picturehistory.com/product/id/7038

  75. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 3:35 PM

    a fistful of wasabi in 2 minutes

  76. Posted by Anal_yst | July 18, 2008 at 3:35 PM

    @ 3:07
    Interesting, tell me more about this commodity trade…

  77. Posted by mrpink | July 18, 2008 at 3:46 PM

    SEG -
    Not on the floor, upstairs now (I can wander down to the ‘CME’ financial room, but that place sucks ass. They should bring back the bond pits and .. well, lol… It’s pretty cool…
    to the other guest (I forget the time) – No. Not for myself. C ya’ll later, time to go home! (aka Ceres the bar) :-)

  78. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 3:52 PM

    @3:20 seriously oyster boy couldn’t do 4 chipotle burritos in 30 min. Thats like 4-5 K in calories.

  79. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 4:01 PM

    “Don’t take this the wrong way, gang, but I think you’re all a bunch of pussies.”
    Okay, Bess, I submit, I submit…
    Sheesh!

  80. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 4:03 PM

    “@3:20 seriously oyster boy couldn’t do 4 chipotle burritos in 30 min. Thats like 4-5 K in calories.”
    you’ve clearly never met OB. he could do it for lunch on a regular day.

  81. Posted by Anal_yst | July 18, 2008 at 4:03 PM

    yay numbered posts, the IT guy finally shows up for work! Its a christmas miracle!

  82. Posted by WillieBanks | July 18, 2008 at 4:04 PM

    48 hours, you can only eat mayo (must finish atleast 5 jars). Only liquid is 1 bottle of water. Cash prize at the end.

  83. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 4:04 PM

    “@3:20 seriously oyster boy couldn’t do 4 chipotle burritos in 30 min. Thats like 4-5 K in calories.”
    you’ve clearly never met OB. he could do it for lunch on a regular day.

  84. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 4:05 PM

    throwing my vote to the burger crawl
    burger bar crawl:
    Nicole’s @ 60th
    Quality Meats @58th
    POP Burger @ 58th
    Burger Joint @ Parker Meridien 57th
    Brooklyn Diner @ 57th
    Burger Heaven @53rd
    Prime Burger @51st
    if he makes it in two hours, we’ll send him to In-N-Out in Vegas.

  85. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 4:06 PM

    what’s so great about numbered posts? what function does it serve?

  86. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 4:06 PM

    what’s so great about numbered posts? what function does it serve?

  87. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 4:09 PM

    So you can count how many times you post the same message Asshat.

  88. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 4:18 PM

    years back, i worked at a broker in greenwich as a summer intern. one of my steel intestined colleagues got 2g for peanut butter, ketchup, mayo, lays potato chips, dr pepper, olives and olive oil in a mixture about the half the size of a solo cup, crushed and mixed up. he did it and turned green for a week. a woman threw up just watching.

  89. Posted by chad | July 18, 2008 at 4:19 PM

    those filled plastic trays that collect the sludge under Forman Grills. I almost couldnt finish this sentence without gagging.

  90. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 4:25 PM
  91. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 4:28 PM

    @ #88 — Was Michael Douglas not inspiration enough?

  92. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 4:38 PM

    @4:09….hysterical

  93. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 4:40 PM

    Numbered posts?! Yay! Maybe next they will upgrade their servers power core from the hamster in the wheel to a 7 year old Cambodian on a bike. Then you will only have to wait 5 minutes for your post to hit.

  94. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 4:43 PM

    @4:09…just made me laugh out loud enough for my Director to come out of his office to find out why I’m not doing work.
    ~LexSteelz

  95. Posted by Anal_yst | July 18, 2008 at 4:51 PM

    ahahaha yes, the asshat who needed that explanation, saying “@#x” is easier to follow than “@XX:XX:XX”

  96. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 4:53 PM

    Burger crawl additions
    You could start at JG Melon (75th Street) and end up at the Shake Shack in line with a bunch of intern tools from CS.

  97. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 5:00 PM

    ATL is a hotbed of commodities activity. Here are a list of items they trade on the ATL Comm Exchange Board.
    *Elvis Commemerative Plates
    *Velvet Paintings both Elvis and Non Elvis based
    *Confederate Flags
    *Slaves
    *Indoor plumbing
    *Whoopy cushions
    *NASCAR memorabilia

  98. Posted by Anal_yst | July 18, 2008 at 5:04 PM

    @ 96
    If you were really ambitious you could end up @ burger shoppe in water street and eat the party platter (100 burgers). I’d challenge anyone here actually to do just that, hell, I’ll even allow 3 hours for it.

  99. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 5:32 PM

    Back on a Houston energy floor circa 2001, a dozen Krispy Kremes, 6 sausage kolaches and a 1/2 gallon of milk, all consumed in just under 2 hours and kept down for an additional 2 hours was done for $1,000. Said bastard had a couple colleagues, one in London and another in Rio which simultaneously attempted similar feats with local cuisine, simulcast live, without success.

  100. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 5:34 PM

    Atlanta & Houston are killin it…

  101. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 6:27 PM
  102. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 8:04 PM

    Say, boy @ 5:00pm: Ya’ll got somethin’ agin NASCAR? Huh….pretty boy? And don’t ya’ll dare buttslam whoopie
    cushions, dawg…..

  103. Posted by guest | July 18, 2008 at 8:48 PM

    beat this quick six time…
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=n4vQiQ6jhMQ

  104. Posted by guest | July 19, 2008 at 3:19 PM

    I want to jerk off on Bess’ face

  105. Posted by trojan | July 20, 2008 at 2:00 PM

    Blackstone circa spring 2007: senior executive eats 2.5 babies in under 15 min. pussy could finish the last one.

  106. Posted by guest | July 20, 2008 at 9:20 PM

    I thought oysters was all about poon, enough with the hazing Beth

  107. Posted by guest | July 21, 2008 at 11:49 AM

    I used to work with a guy that snorted lines of cayenne pepper for $20.

  108. Posted by guest | July 22, 2008 at 1:33 PM

    A full meal for 2 at Luger’s:
    The full bread basket + saucer of sauce, tomatoes / Onions for 2; two slices of bacon; a steak for two (make it well done if you really want to inflict pain, or keep it decent, up to you), with all the sides (hash browns, fries, onion rings, spinach, broccoli, and a sundae.
    Whoever can do that is a true champion.

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