TheMightyFavog
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Tue Mar-24-09 07:09 PM
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Michigan minor leauge ballclub unviels 5/3 lb burger.. |
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http://bensbiz.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/03/166666667_pounds.htmlThe idea of paying $20 for a hamburger at a Minor League ballpark seems a bit absurd, don't you think? In this economy, fans are looking for value above all else. No one seems particularly anxious to indulge themselves, unless they have recently awakened from a decade-long coma.
But context is everything. The West Michigan Whitecaps recently announced their new concession items for 2009, and this list is indeed highlighted by a $20 hamburger. Believe it or not, this burger is actually a good value: it weighs 5/3rds of a pound, and can feed a family of four!
The "Fifth Third Burger" (so-called because the Whitecaps play in Fifth Third Ballpark) is 5/3 pounds of grilled hamburger topped with lettuce, tomato, nacho cheese, chili, salsa and crunched tortilla chips. Saddled with the heroic task of holding it all together is an eight-inch sesame seed bun.
And now, the moment you've all been waiting for. The picture:I think I just gained six pounds by looking at the picture.
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Tue Mar-24-09 07:11 PM
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:drools all over keyboard:
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Tue Mar-24-09 07:54 PM
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2. Looks like a clown exploded, and they scraped it up and put it on a bun. |
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Tue Mar-24-09 07:59 PM
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3. What the hell? Are those refried beans and nachos? |
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And is that ranch on the burger?
Have they no shame?
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Tue Mar-24-09 08:01 PM
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4. OK, that is WAY too much stuff going on in a burger. |
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If I want nachos, I will order nachos. If I want a burger, that's what I want.
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Tue Mar-24-09 10:35 PM
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15. yeah, keep it simple - like Denny's Pub |
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Tue Mar-24-09 11:33 PM
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It's fookin' HUGE!!
And served by Brianna. :loveya:
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Tue Mar-24-09 09:14 PM
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duPont cheese on a burger?
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Tue Mar-24-09 09:30 PM
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6. I heard somewhere that 5 out of 3 Americans have trouble with fractions |
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Tue Mar-24-09 09:32 PM
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7. av8rdave, you are such a f***ing smartass |
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Tue Mar-24-09 09:36 PM
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8. Just spent 4 days with my Dad |
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When you're with the master for that many days, some of it is bound to rub off!
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Tue Mar-24-09 09:40 PM
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Tue Mar-24-09 09:37 PM
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9. I bet someday, someone will try to eat this buy themselves |
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Tue Mar-24-09 10:51 PM
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This is America.
Somebody tried to do it 3 minutes after the first one went on sale.
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Tue Mar-24-09 09:38 PM
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Tue Mar-24-09 09:42 PM
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12. I think I could eat it all by myself. |
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We should have a Lounge eating contest to see who can wolf it down the quickest.
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Tue Mar-24-09 10:07 PM
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13. I can barely eat a 1/3 lb. burger! |
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Yikes. Sure I had 1/2 of my stomach removed because of an ulcer, but that s just sickening!
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Tue Mar-24-09 10:21 PM
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14. Fuck, that thing's not a burger, it's a lethal weapon! |
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You could do serious damage to someone with that monster.
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Tue Mar-24-09 10:42 PM
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16. Were you planning on hitting them with it... |
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or suffocating them with it? Perhaps feeding them to death, like the "Gluttony" scene in Se7en or the Monty Python skit?
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Tue Mar-24-09 10:47 PM
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17. More like a delayed chemical weapon. |
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The build-up of gas pressure after eating one of those monsters, unless released in a timely manner, would cause the eater to swell up and split open like an over-ripe melon.
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Tue Mar-24-09 11:23 PM
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19. that would easily feed me for at least two days |
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gods, that looks disgusting :puke:
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Wed Mar-25-09 08:27 AM
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talk about a heart attack on a plate. I can barely finish a standard sized burger
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