Gothamist reports on this year’s 4th of July / Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest – first of all, no Kobayashi, which is a bummer.  But secondly, no vuvuzelas!  Thank god someone is nixing those noisemakers.  I personally would like to throw all into a boiling cauldron of hate, creating the perfect plug for the oil spill.

I hereby declare our independence from vuvuzelas!