[wordup] But how to know if you have a cockroach allergy?

[Adam Shand]

Reminds me of a very drunken time at Defcon when we collected  
donations to try and bribe someone to eat the amazingly large  
cockroach that had fallen from the sky into our plastic beer cup.

Amusingly all of the "hardcore" goth-geek-punks wouldn't even  
seriously consider it, leaving the $70 something dollar prize to an  
old ex-navy geek to take up the challenge (who, in even more of a  
bizarre side note, claimed to be one of the original authors of the  
gopher protocol).

Ahh, good times.

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Source: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/21/eat.roach.ap/index.html

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