Want to know a fun fact about Ed Lam? He’s a terrifyingly slow eater.

Ed and I went to Rosati’s Pizza today to get some lunch. Unfortunately, even though Rosati’s has great cheap pizza, they don’t have a dining area in the restaurant (which is a good idea in my opinion, because it allows them to pay less rent and keep their prices incredibly low). So, Ed and I brought our pizza back into the car to eat.

One thing about me is that I can barely do anything in hot weather. Of course, eating falls under the “anything” category, so I was unable to eat. I took a few bites out of my pizza, then started driving back to our community college where we were taking transfer classes. Meanwhile, Ed was still eating his pizza while I was driving.

When we got back to the parking lot, I kept the air conditioning on and continued eating my pizza. By the time I finished my pizza, this is how much pizza Ed had left:

Our slices of pizza were the same size, but it took Ed longer to eat a portion of his pizza than it did for me to finish my pizza and drive a few miles back to campus.

So, Ed would make a great competitor for a reverse eating contest. In eating contests, you usually want to eat as much as possible in as little time as possible. Thus, in a reverse eating contest, you would want to eat as little as possible in as much time as possible.

I’m the friend of a future world champion.