The thought has surely crossed people's minds. As they walk into a buffet and smell the aroma of greasy delectables, people can't help but think, "I'm going to shut this buffet down."

Christian McCarthy has done it - sort of.

A few years ago, McCarthy sat down at Cici's Pizza - "an endless buffet of pizza, salad and pasta" - on Harrodsburg Road with hopes of building his stamina and speed for an upcoming eating competition.

McCarthy, a kinesiology senior, stacked mountains full of pizza, plate after plate. He chowed down on supreme and barbecue pizza. Devoured the salad and pasta bar. Gobbled the oozing cinnamon rolls - not a drop of icing could be spared - and sloshed back dozens of waters. In all, McCarthy shoveled down about 40 pieces of pizza, nine salads, 12 breadsticks, two plates of pasta and too many dessert plates to count.

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