An Onion Excerpt
I LOVE thoughts like this:
The announcement has come as a shock to those close to the Japanese star, who claim that for Kobayashi, eating was more than just a hobby—that a powerful, mysterious force deep inside of him compelled him to eat. Many expected him to continue eating until the day he died.
“Takeru used to live, breathe, and eat food,” said Hideki Ihara, Kobayashi’s uncle. “Not a day went by that he didn’t eat. He based his whole day around it. He’d be down in the kitchen every morning at the crack of dawn, squeezing in an early meal. He’d be the last one at the dinner table each night. In fact, he loved it so much that he would leave his job in the middle of the day and spend his lunch hour eating food. Now that’s dedication.”
“I don’t know how he’s going to survive without eating,” Ihara added.