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The Resume

    (June 15, 1950-June 25, 2007)
    Born in Grenoble, France
    French entertainer who ate normally indigestible objects
    Consumed up to two pounds of metal a day
    Over the years, ate 18 bicycles, 15 shopping carts, seven TV sets, six chandeliers, two beds and a Cessna aircraft
    Known as Monsieur Mangetout ('Mr. Eats-All')
    Recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as 'greatest omnivore'

Why he might be annoying:

    He began eating metal compulsively at age nine.
    His stomach lining was twice as thick as normal, which sounds like an unfair advantage.
    He could eat metal with no problem, but said that bananas and hard-boiled eggs made him sick.
    After he made the Guinness Book of Records, the publishers presented him with a brass plaque, which he proceeded to eat.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He presumably did not suffer from mineral deficiencies.
    He was paid up to $2,000 for his eating performances.
    He was temporarily sidelined after being stabbed in the stomach during an argument over a woman (1981).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 29 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 66 Votes: 75.76% Annoying