The man who used to eat bicycles

[Colin_P]

I've no idea why but I was thinking about the chap who used to eat them.

A quick google reveals that he ate;

Bicycles 18
Shopping cart 15
Television 7
Chandelier 6
Bed 2
Skis (pair) 1
Cessna aircraft 1
Waterbed 1
Coffin 1

He was called Michel Lotito and sadly died in 2007 at the age of 57, apparently of natural causes. I beg to differ though.

I don't think anyone else has picked up the mantle since his demise. And why six chandeliers when surely lawnmowers would have been more tasty?

 

[Colin_P]

It seems people think of him more than you'd imagine.

@Tin Pot nice. When he popped into your head, what were you doing? Me, looking a boring spreadsheet.

 

[classic33]

Someone on here said they'd eat theirs...

If you are correct I'll eat my bike, live on webcam.

 

[classic33]

We had a thread about him last year. It wasn't very sensible
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/michel-lotito.221304/

T'was only last month, you need some iron in you!

 

[CanucksTraveller]

It's really quite a feat to neck a Cessna isn't it.

 

[classic33]

He limited his metal intake to about one kilogram per day. So each of the 18 bicycles he consumed required multiple sittings. It took him two years to eat the airplane. Lotito also ate 15 shopping carts, seven television sets, six chandeliers, two beds, a coffin and a small section of the Eiffel Tower. At that point he was just rubbing it in, no?

Oddly enough, he had trouble eating and digesting bananas and hard-boiled eggs.

 

[dodgy]

I like Cessnas as much as the next person, couldn't eat a whole one, though!

 

[Tin Pot]

It seems people think of him more than you'd imagine.

@Tin Pot nice. When he popped into your head, what were you doing? Me, looking a boring spreadsheet.

I wasnt working, it was my birthday and two days after Ironman UK so I was pretty fatigued. Wasn't drinking, so no explanation there - I was just in the front room with the family and out it popped

 

[classic33]

I wasnt working, it was my birthday and two days after Ironman UK so I was pretty fatigued. Wasn't drinking, so no explanation there - I was just in the front room with the family and out it popped

The ironman part makes sense, just hope that last part wasn't too distressing though.

 

[Tin Pot]

The ironman part makes sense, just hope that last part wasn't too distressing though.

They're used to it. I'm practicing for my stint in elderly care.

 

[Cp40Carl]

18 bicycles! Reckon he must have laid quite a cable afterwards, probably a full length jagwire.

 

[classic33]

18 bicycles! Reckon he must have laid quite a cable afterwards, probably a full length jagwire.

And a robot, when he got out of hospital after being stabbed in '82.

 

[Banjo]

I knew a bloke years back who could eat a wine glass for a bet.

Used to take him ages by which time we would have got bored and had another pint.

apparently the method is to grind it to a fine powder with your teeth before swallowing it.

 

[gaijintendo]

I knew a bloke years back who could eat a wine glass for a bet.

Used to take him ages by which time we would have got bored and had another pint.

apparently the method is to grind it to a fine powder before swallowing it.

I bet his todds didn't flush.

 

[tyred]

You can't beat a nice Raleigh and chips. Salt and vinegar and little ketchup.

Very good for one's iron levels