Just In Time For Lunch

By Matt Wood in Miscellaneous on Sep 21, 2006 4:23PM

We know you're so excited to ride that new Superman roller coaster at Six Flags Great America that you're hopping around like a little girl about to pee in her pants. But would you eat a 3-inch long hissing cockroach to get through the line faster?

As part of their annual "Fright Fest" Halloween promotion, Six Flags will allow anyone who eats a live Madagascar hissing cockroach to skip to the front of the line. The aspiring Fear Factor contestant will also receive a T-shirt and disgusted sideways glances from other park patrons for the rest of the day.

The cockroaches are considered a delicacy (isn't everything?) in some parts of the world. Six Flags is also holding a contest to see who can break the world record for eating cooked cockroaches, currently 36, held by an English man. But the live ones hiss as a defense mechanism when disturbed, so expect your little lunch to be quite lively.

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