Smash Mouth EAT THE EGGS!

Anyone remember Smashmouth? Probably not; they haven't really been doing that much lately (mostly just profiting off mad Shrek money). Well, that all changed when a simple internet proposition on Twitter exploded into a massive charity event (massive is used subjectively, here).

It all started when a writer for the site SomethingAwful, Johnny "DocEvil" Titanium, contacted the lead singer of Smashmouth, Steve Harwell, and offered him $20.00 to eat two dozen eggs. Obviously this request was ignored because it was totally ridiculous. Thing is, others started jumping in offering money and soon all of the twitter requests could not be ignored. Steve finally caved in and said he would eat the eggs, with one condition:

That's right, what started out as a simple crazy request turned into a charity event; if fans could raise $10,000 for St. Jude's Children's Hospital, Steve Harwell would eat 24 eggs. St. Jude's was chosen because Steve Harwell lost a son and since then he has been an avid supporter of St. Jude's and its research. In a matter of hours, $5,000+ was already raised and in a matter of days, the total stood at $11,000+. Steve upped the ante and said that if fans could raise $25,000 his doppelganger, Guy Fieri, would actually prepare the eggs. Those donating obviously don't care much for Mr. Fieri as the donations pretty much stopped.

It has been at least two weeks since the money was raised, and Steve Harwell has yet to actually eat the eggs; word is that he is waiting to get a spot on George Lopez's show to actually do the thing live (seriously, Steve... who watches that show?).

I've found some pretty weird things on the internet stumbling around, but this has got to be one of the strangest things I've encountered lately. I have a morbid curiosity about this whole thing, but I'm torn: part of me is disgusted by the humiliating lengths people will go for the internet, and the other part of me wants to see Steve Harwell eat 24 eggs in one sitting. Hey, at least its for a good cause... 

Links:

1. The original article on SomethingAwful
   (WARNING: some language may be present here)
2. Article in the Huffington Post
3. Smashmouth's Twitter
4. Steve Harwell's Twitter
5. The Causes page for the charity