Man eats 23,000 Big Macs since 1972.

[terrya]

All I could think of when I read this is "Super Size Me". Wow.

Man says he's eaten 23,000 Big Macs since 1972

FOND DU LAC, Wis. - A 54-year-old man says his obsessive-compulsive disorder drove him to eat 23,000 Big Macs in 36 years.

Fifty-four-year-old Don Gorske says he hit the milestone last month, continuing a pleasurable obsession that began May 17, 1972 when he got his first car.

Gorske has kept every burger receipt in a box. He says he was always fascinated with numbers, and watching McDonald's track its number of customers motivated him to track his own consumption.

The only day he skipped a Big Mac was the day his mother died, to respect her request.

The correctional-institution employee says he doesn't care when people call his Big Mac obsession crazy. He says he's in love with the burgers, which are the highlights of his days.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080909/ap_on_fe_st/odd23000_big_macs

[PeaceNikki]

1. Ug

:puke:

[Richardo]

2. That's about 2 per day.

EVERY day.

[jmowreader]

3. It's not OCD, it's routine

This is like an old joke about three men who worked at riveting a skyscraper together...every day they had lunch together and every day they ate the same thing.

Fred looked in his lunchbox one day and said, "I've been eating bologna sandwiches for thirty-two years and I swear if I see another one I'll jump right off this building."

George said "yeah, I've been looking at tuna fish for 20 years, and if I get it tomorrow I'll jump with you."

Rob said "I'll join you! I've been eating sardines for 25 years, and I'm really sick of it!"

Come the next day, the same stuff was in their lunches and off the building they went.

The coroner couldn't separate the three men's lumps of goo, so they buried them all in the same casket. At the service two of the widows were in tears.

"He jumped over tuna fish. Tuna fish! I could have fixed him anything! All he would have had to do was ask!"

"Why would anyone kill themselves just over bologna? I thought he LOVED bologna!"

The third wife wasn't so sad. "Don't fucking ask me about Rob. He always packed his own lunch."

[Sequoia]

11. That's pretty funny. Never heard it before.

Every now and then I get a hankering for a Big Mac. I wouldn't mind a Hardee's burger but they don't have those on the west coast.

[jmowreader]

15. Don't they have Carl's Jr?

In the 21st Century, the same holding company owns both chains, and the menu (except for the name--what in the East is a Thickburger appears to be in the west a Six Dollar burger) looks to be about the same.

[RoyGBiv]

18. Not the same ...

The Hardee's where I used to live changed to a Carl's Jr., and when it did, everything changed.

[Sequoia]

20. Yes, but Hardee's seems better.

Maybe I'm just waxing nostalgically.

[applegrove]

4. Wonder if McDonalds will use him in their ads like Garret for subway LOL!

Seriously aren't big macs about 1000 calories?

[ElboRuum]

9. No. They're about 500-600.

I'll check the next time I get one. Actually, the Big Mac is probably one of the less fatty items on the menu.

[Sanity Claws]

5. I'd love to see a photo of him

That is not a healthy diet.

[ElboRuum]

7. This is going to floor you.

I think this guy was IN 'Super Size Me'. If it's the guy I'm thinking of, he's SKINNY AS A RAIL. If it's not him it was someone similar. Some people just got it like that, I guess.

[Shell Beau]

8. His insides are probably nasty though!

[ElboRuum]

10. Actually, probably not.

From what I've seen, most people's metabolisms are so starkly different that any 'nutritional advice' is all rule of thumb anyway. Some people can eat three eggs with bacon and sausage every morning and not pop beyond 180 on their total cholesterol where most other people would be inviting coronaries. The nutritional advice most people receive is therefore obviously always erred on the side of 'least potential damage', you know, fruits, veggies, limiting saturated fat intake, increasing fiber intake. And even this doesn't help much if your body wants to operate at a higher cholesterol level.

I have a mild cholesterol problem that I've probably had my whole life. My doctor put me on a dietary plan first to see if that was the main culprit, and (hand to Dog) I followed it religiously for six months, and there was an ever so slight improvement, but I was still above what they call 'normal' by about 10 points. Now I'm on some statins and it is again, another slight improvement which keeps me in the 'normal' zone, but it is clear that there is a genetic component to this problem that no amount of 'healthy living' will account for.

Sucks to be me, I guess, but if I could get away with eating all kinds of delicious but otherwise nasty shit without worry of consequence, I'd be eating Big Macs left and right. They are just really that good. I think it must be the sauce.

[Sanity Claws]

12. But is he healthy looking?

One can be thin on that kind of diet if they have an unusual metabolism. However, the diet's shortcomings can show up as unhealthy skin or hair, joint pain, lack of energy, premature aging, etc.

[ElboRuum]

13. He looks, for lack of a better word, pretty average.

[Shell Beau]

6. I wonder what he looks like!

:o

[originalpckelly]

14. He's probably a Big Mac if you ask me.

:P

Hold the lettuce, hold the mayo... Oh wait that's Burger King...err...damn.

[geomon666]

17. His blood has been replaced with special sauce. n/t

[Taverner]

16. They are good - well once in a great while

They make good treat food

not meals, but treat food

Know the difference

[Mesteryo]

19. He's a wimp...

If he really wanted to prove himself he should eat White Castle everyday. I'm not sure if that's in every state though.

[flvegan]

21. "He claims the Big Mac constitutes 90% of his total solid food intake"

From his Wiki page.

Oh, that's nasty.

[jobycom]

22. He was in "Super Size Me."

Morgan Spurlock was fascinated by him. He eats two Big Macs a day, but not the fries, and he seems to be in good shape.