I was at a small 4th of July party.

The big screen TV was on and someone glanced over and yelled "Oh gross!" Which means, even though we were all stuffing burgers and steaks in our faces, we had to look.

It was highlights from the hot dog eating contest.

And, what a great thrill we should all be proud of. On our independence day, the Americans took back the hot dog eating crown, courtesy of Joey Chestnut (I believe that's his name).

I don't have the finally tally. It's usually over 50 hot dogs and buns, though.

Someone at the party said, "This is why everyone hates our country. We have homeless people, yet we do stupid things like this."

And, that got me thinking.

I remember reading that Chestnut makes over $100,000 a year in competitive eating. Which seems absurd. Not just that he makes that kind of money doing that. But that people pay to watch it. I was in Philadelphia a few years back when the Super Bowl was there, and people lined up hours early for an eating contest that's a big tradition the day before the big game.

Anyway, my idea. Why not have the homeless be the contestants?

I remember when those local idiots did the bum fight videos. A lot of people were upset with that, because they were getting homeless guys to fight each other...or do stunts like having words tattooed on their foreheads for money; or crazy stunts like rolling down a hill in a shopping cart.

I doubt many people would object to them having a day where they're being allowed to stuff food into their faces.