Eat a cockroach...skip the line!

[Mellyrose]

YUMMMMM! http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/21/eat.ro ... index.html

Wanna cut in line? Eat a live cockroach
POSTED: 11:52 a.m. EDT, September 21, 2006


GURNEE, Illinois (AP) -- Why wait in line when you can just eat a cockroach?

That's the question Six Flags Great America is asking thrill seekers during a Halloween-themed FrightFest. The amusement park is daring customers to eat a live Madagascar hissing cockroach in exchange for unlimited line-jumping privileges.

The promotion, which has Lake County Health Department officials shaking their heads, starts October 7.

Anyone who chows down the entire 2- to 3-inch horned cockroach gets a pass for four people to cut to the front of ride lines through October 29.

Park officials insist it's safe to eat the crunchy critters, but health officials are cautioning participants.

Consuming live roaches might increase risks of gastrointestinal illness and allergies, according to Bill Mays, Lake County Health Department's community health director.

Cockroach eaters will have to sign waivers and still pay admission fees, said Six Flags spokesman James Taylor.

[Midnight Mike]

Mel


If Phil loves you, he will chow down the roach for you..... :lol:

[PhilDernerJr]

Before I read Mike's reply, I thought about how I'd have no problem doing that.

Mel's been wanting to go there, too. I'm not too thrilled, but I'm sure this would give me bonus points.

[T-Bird76]

Well I knew the Six Flag corporation was in trouble but god is it this bad? Christ just get freaking line passes and jump to the head of the line. Or you can do what my Friends and I did in HS, we stuck my one friend in a wheel chair and said he was handicap, every ride we moved to the head of the line. Phil now you know why I say I have my place reserved in hell before yours.

[yaas]

Six flags!!!!! I wanna go!! It's been ages since the last time. I still haven't gotten on Kingda Ka

[Matt Molnar]

PETA Upset at Six Flags Roach Contest

Sep 25, 7:53 AM (ET)


GURNEE, Ill. (AP) - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants Six Flags Great America to scrap its Halloween-themed cockroach-eating promotion.

A spokeswoman for the animal rights organization says the contest at the amusement park's FrightFest is "gratuitously cruel."

The park in Gurnee, Ill., is joining other Six Flags parks in offering unlimited line-jumping privileges to anyone who eats a live Madagascar hissing cockroach. The bugs are up to three inches long.

The contest begins next month.

Amusement park officials are defending their menu choice. Great America spokesman Jim Taylor says the bugs are nutritious, high in protein and fat free.