A man with the ironic surname Thorne has won the World Nettle Eating Championship.
Nettle eating champion
Phil Thorne competed in the annual event, which was held at the Bottle Inn pub in Marshwood, Dorset, and chomped his way to victory after he ate 86 feet worth of stinging nettles in one hour beating 40 other contestants, according to the Mirror Online.
The chef - who has been crowned the champion for the second time in three years - said: ''It doesn't hurt as much as you might think, you just get a tingling around your mouth.
''The worst bit is the jaw ache because you're chewing for an hour straight.
''I get quite carried away with it to be honest, with the crowd cheering us on. It's quite exciting.
''The juice from the nettles has left a bit of blackness around my mouth.''
However, the numb tongue is the least of his worries, as he reveals he suffered from a more troubling side effect.
He explained: ''It does leave you having to go to the toilet quite regularly.
''It's quite therapeutic really, some people pay for a detox which does a similar thing.''