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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 03:59 PM
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Big Mac lover Don Gorske eats 25,000 Big Macs in 39 years
Man Eats 25,000 Big Macs in 39 Years

Posted by Robyn Lee, May 17, 2011 at 2:45 PM



http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2011/05/don-gorske-eats-25000-big-macs-in-39-years.html

Last time we wrote about famous Big Mac lover Don Gorske he had eaten nearly 23,000 Big Macs in 36 years, earning him a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. Three years later at the age of 57, he's on his 25,000th burger, to be eaten this afternoon at a McDonald's in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where he ate his first Big Mac on May 17, 1972. "Not even a million dollars could get me to go someplace else," Don says in this video from NBC. Congratulations, Don!
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 04:06 PM
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1. My heart shudders
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 06:58 PM
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7. his is probably begging for mercy n/t
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freshwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 04:10 PM
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2. I was scared to look at this thread. Not that bad.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 04:13 PM
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3. "Not even a million dollars could get me to go someplace else"

Someone needs to get out more often.
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 04:21 PM
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4. Well, he is from Central Wis.
Edited on Tue May-17-11 04:22 PM by geardaddy
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 04:26 PM
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5. In legend there is the Mellified Man...
...a person who, knowing his death approaches, begins to eat nothing but honey. Honey, honey, honey, for as long as they yet live. Sealed into a rock coffin that is filled with honey, it is said that after hundreds of years, a taste of the result will cure all ills, etc.

I wonder if there will be a legend about this Cholesterol'd Man.
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 06:59 PM
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8. according to what I heard about this ( on the radio earlier on ) they said
his cholesterol was just fine, even normal
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 02:04 PM
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10. I'll bet they didn't check his special sauce levels.
And is he more prone than others to visits from the hamburgler?
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 04:55 PM
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6. That's over 12 a week, every week, year after year: it's over 53 a month, every month, year after y
That's a lot of gristle and filler to stuff down your gullet into your guts
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 07:26 PM
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9. That's almost two a day...
Talk about a guy who can't figure out anywhere else to go for lunch!
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Philippine expat Donating Member (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 02:33 PM
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11. He has OCD
and repetitive behavior is common for such folks
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 04:33 PM
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13. I should've figured that out from the fact that he has an exact count.
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warrior1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 02:53 PM
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12. Wow,
I've never have one.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-18-11 04:35 PM
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14. I wonder why he started counting in the first place.
At 22,477 it's an impressive thing to have counted. But around the 10-15 Big Mac count, I'll bet he looked pretty stupid.
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