Six Flags promotion offers line cuts to anyone who eats a live cockroach

[TruBlueCowboy]

I hope this person's friends and family treat him/her out the rest of the night after taking one for the team Fear Factor style.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/21/eat....ap/index.html



Wanna cut in line? Eat a live cockroach
POSTED: 11:52 a.m. EDT, September 21, 2006

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GURNEE, Illinois (AP) -- Why wait in line when you can just eat a cockroach?

That's the question Six Flags Great America is asking thrill seekers during a Halloween-themed FrightFest. The amusement park is daring customers to eat a live Madagascar hissing cockroach in exchange for unlimited line-jumping privileges.

The promotion, which has Lake County Health Department officials shaking their heads, starts October 7.

Anyone who chows down the entire 2- to 3-inch horned cockroach gets a pass for four people to cut to the front of ride lines through October 29.

Park officials insist it's safe to eat the crunchy critters, but health officials are cautioning participants.

Consuming live roaches might increase risks of gastrointestinal illness and allergies, according to Bill Mays, Lake County Health Department's community health director.

Cockroach eaters will have to sign waivers and still pay admission fees, said Six Flags spokesman James Taylor.

[dal0789]

Screw that they would have to give alot more than a pass to cut for eating a horned cockroach

[ConcordCowboy]

Pass...I'll wait my turn.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Little Danny is taking things to a classy level.

[Cowboy Junkie]

Its the offseason ,How long could the lines be?
To do this , you would just have to like eating huge roaches..

[bobtheflob]

My dog would have no problem with that. Now if only he liked roller coasters...

[the kid 05]

uhh six flags here in IL has this speed pass thing (it goes off of super heros. yet no wolverine!! anywho..) that allows you to skip a large large portion of the lines, no cockroach needed.