Breakfast Challenge

The scene:

The menu challenge:

The first serving:

The brave soul who thinks he could eat all of this:

What finally did him in:

The story:

My daughter and her friends like to go to a popular restaurant in their neighborhood for breakfast on the weekend, and one young man in the group thought he would be able to handle the "Breakfast Challenge" on the menu without any problem. The challenge states that if you can eat in its entirety one order of french toast, one order of pancakes, one cheese omelet, one order each of bacon, ham and sausage, and one large order of home fries, plus a glass of juice, cup of coffee or tea, and a glass of water the meal would be free, otherwise it would cost $ 24.95
I went along to take pictures of this momentous event. Everything was going quite well until a platter of about five pounds of home fried potatoes was placed in front of the hungry gentleman, and his face proceeded to turn a few shades of pale.
Try as he would the potatoes did him in, and he threw in the towel.
Score another victory for Puritan Restaurant, and an expensive lesson on human limitations for my daughter's friend.
Don't worry though, as those potatoes did not go to waste. They were boxed to take home and the brave fellow ate them for lunch!
Ah, to be young and optimistic ... and hungry!
ETA: A few readers have asked if anyone was able to complete this challenge? We did ask the same question to the chef that day, and he told us that only one man did, and he was there from 6 am till almost 4pm to do it! There is no time limit so they allowed that. Crazy way to spend a day, but I guess a challenge is a challenge! Thanks, everyone for your comments!