How would you get 15 minutes of fame? A guy in Philly just got his for eating 40 rotisserie chickens for 40 consecutive days.
Alexander Tominsky, 31, a restaurant server in Philadelphia, recently completed the unusual act by eating an entire rotisserie chicken for 40 consecutive days.
His determination went viral as he chronicled his adventure on Twitter. He need with fanfare by doing a chicken run on Nov. 6 at a Philadelphia pier where a massive crowd cheered him on. His last post eating the 40th chicken got more than 125,000 likes.
“Absolute legend. I feel blessed to have been there today,” one person wrote.
“The GOAT” another person captioned a photo of him standing on a chair holding a plate, while scores of supporters stood behind him.
“Philly Chicken Man for President” someone else captioned that same photo.
“What will you eat tomorrow?” another person asked.
He started the viral movement on Oct. 8 with this post, “I would like to Invite you all on a journey that I am on. I am eating a rotisserie chicken every day for 30 days. Today is day 11. I will keep you all updated as I get closer to my goal. Thank you.”
He posted a photo each day and more and more people entered the crowd of supporters.
“Come watch me eat an entire rotisserie chicken,” he tweeted on Oct. 27. “November 6th will be the 40th consecutive day that I have eaten an entire rotisserie chicken.”
Somebody even copied the post and stapled it to a telephone pole as the word continued to spread.
The rest of the country will never understand the enduring spirit of Philadelphia, someone wrote.
Why did he do it?
According to the New York Times, Tominsky said that “much of the world is in pain, so he must do something that brings him pain to make others smile.”
“Sounds weird,” he said. “But I just felt like I was doing this for a very important reason.”
I would like to Invite you all on a journey that I am on. I am eating a rotisserie chicken every day for 30 days. Today is day 11. I will keep you all updated as I get closer to my goal. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/HlFYrzGQIN
— smooth recess (@AlexiconTom) October 8, 2022
40 consecutive days eating an entire rotisserie chicken #chicken pic.twitter.com/a4AoNWDLTa
— smooth recess (@AlexiconTom) November 6, 2022
36 consecutive days eating an entire rotisserie chicken #chicken pic.twitter.com/5CJo8vuPgU
— smooth recess (@AlexiconTom) November 2, 2022
The rest of the country will never understand the enduring spirit of Philadelphia pic.twitter.com/yZlMY61miI
— mikey (@mikeyil) October 30, 2022
