Wednesday, September 10, 2008

One man, 46,000 all beef patties

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.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26623057



(ps. Isn't 46,000 McD patties like almost half a cow?)

3 comments:

  1. It is like 1.75 Big Mac every day!
    A great hamburger fan.

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  2. "Mooooooooo." Quote from the head of the BSA. Not that BSA...see below.

    Legal counsel for the Bovine Society of America will have a comment on a class-less action suit this afternoon. Film at 11.

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  3. Actually, I figure he ate somewhere in the neighborhood of four and a half cows. Apparently the average cow weighs approx. 1500 lbs, so yields roughly 1000 lbs of edible beef (figure pulled directly from thin air - too lazy to do actual research 8) ). A Big Mac contains 3.2 oz. (1/5 lb.) of ground beef. 23000 Big Macs divided by 5 (per pound) = 4600 lbs. of beef.

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