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Title: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: The True Adonis on September 10, 2008, 04:26:15 PM



Man eats 23,000 Big Macs in 36 years



 
FOND DU LAC, Wisconsin (AP) -- Talk about a Big Mac attack! Don Gorske says he has eaten 23,000 of the burgers in 36 years.


Don Gorske says he's skipped eating Big Macs only eight days in 36 years.

The Fond du Lac man said he hit the 23,000 milestone last month, continuing a culinary obsession that began May 17, 1972, and is fed by his obsessive-compulsive disorder.

"I enjoy them every day," said Gorske, 54. "I need two to fill me up."

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.

Despite a diet some would call unhealthy, Gorske says he keeps himself in good shape. He says he's 6-foot-2 and weighs 185 pounds, and walks as many as 10 miles a day.

He used to order fries every day in the 1980s but began to cut back in the '90s, now eating them about once a month. He eats two Big Macs and two parfaits a day. Gorske has written a book about his experience.

"Sometimes people call me a freak but it doesn't bother me. I just say respect people as they are," he told The Associated Press. "I just want to make sure people understand I'm not going to change."

He can instantly recall the eight days in which he failed to satisfy his craving. One was in 1988, the day his mother died, to respect a request she made.

"I made a promise to her and I always keep my promises," he said. "I also promised her I wouldn't cut my hair and in 20 years I haven't."

He twice failed to attack a Big Mac because of his job. A correctional-institution employee, he said a number of work emergencies kept him on the clock past midnight so he recorded those days as missed days.

Three other times he was traveling and couldn't find a McDonald's. He also went Big Mac-less on Thanksgiving Day 2000, and during a 1982 snowstorm that prevented the local McDonald's franchise from opening.

"That's when I started a habit where I kept them in the freezer," he said. He keeps one or two burgers on hand but increases his inventory to four to five during the winter. E-mail to a friend  | Mixx it | Share
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Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: QuakerOats on September 10, 2008, 04:27:57 PM
that's a lot of thousand island dressing.
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: Rimbaud on September 10, 2008, 04:32:48 PM
Very impressive.
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: tu_holmes on September 10, 2008, 04:33:37 PM
I think the double cheeseburger is tastier, but what the fuck... Big Macs are good too.
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: _bruce_ on September 10, 2008, 04:33:41 PM
Isn't he the spokesperson for the Adonis diet?
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: NaturalWonder83 on September 10, 2008, 04:40:01 PM
i love big macs
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: affeman on September 10, 2008, 04:41:36 PM
This was the funny dude in Supersize-me. He even held his wedding feast at McDonalds. ;D

(http://www.avoidinglife.com/media/gorske.JPG)
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: Busted on September 10, 2008, 04:42:47 PM
Thats the skinny dude from Super size me
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: tu_holmes on September 10, 2008, 04:45:42 PM
Thats the skinny dude from Super size me

Yep... He said he hardly eats the fries too.

A big mac has less cholesterol than a chicken breast.
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: QuakerOats on September 10, 2008, 04:47:57 PM
Yep... He said he hardly eats the fries too.

A big mac has less cholesterol than a chicken breast.

i believe that because there's hardly any damn meat on a Big mac.
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: tu_holmes on September 10, 2008, 04:50:07 PM
i believe that because there's hardly any damn meat on a Big mac.

Definitely a good possibility.
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: BroadStreetBruiser on September 10, 2008, 04:50:43 PM
i believe that because there's hardly any damn meat on a Big mac.

lol
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: The True Adonis on September 10, 2008, 04:56:54 PM
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: BroadStreetBruiser on September 10, 2008, 05:05:57 PM
1st of all 10 miles walking is a fucking long time to walk, i'm calling bullshit on that

2nd that's not a real person. That's Larry David in a wig.
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: Army of One on September 10, 2008, 05:10:17 PM
2nd that's not a real person. That's Larry David in a wig.

ROFL!The guy is his double
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: slayer on September 10, 2008, 05:17:55 PM
I have always liked quarter pounders with cheese better and bk whoppers would probably be something I could eat every day along with an oreo cookie mcflurry.
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: philborg on September 10, 2008, 05:21:33 PM
1st of all 10 miles walking is a fucking long time to walk, i'm calling bullshit on that

2nd that's not a real person. That's Larry David in a wig.

prettay prettay prettay prettay, pretty good
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: technokc on September 10, 2008, 05:24:49 PM
Do we now have to rename it the "Dan Gorske Principles"?
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: TrueGrit on September 10, 2008, 05:31:42 PM
 Walking 10 miles a day for all those years is going to do him a lot of good. He's probably healthier than most men his age.
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: BroadStreetBruiser on September 10, 2008, 05:37:11 PM
(http://aggregatemadbox.com/bloggregate/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/larry_david_photo.jpg)
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: slayer on September 10, 2008, 05:46:48 PM
lets hope larry gets his shit together and puts together a better season then the last one!
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: BroadStreetBruiser on September 10, 2008, 05:49:56 PM
Larry needs to have more: Funkhauser, Ricahrd Lewis. He needs to have 1 leon episode.
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: The True Adonis on September 10, 2008, 05:52:04 PM
Larry needs to have more: Funkhauser, Ricahrd Lewis. He needs to have 1 leon episode.
I thought Killa Krazy Eyez was hilarious too! hahhah
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: TrueGrit on September 10, 2008, 05:56:20 PM
The real joke here is that it actually is Larry in an appalling rug.
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: philborg on September 10, 2008, 06:05:19 PM
does any one know if they are planning on making a 7th season of Curb YOur Enthusiasm?
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: gordiano on September 10, 2008, 06:41:16 PM
That's not John Lennon.
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: ASJChaotic on September 10, 2008, 07:47:20 PM


Man eats 23,000 Big Macs in 36 years



 
FOND DU LAC, Wisconsin (AP) -- Talk about a Big Mac attack! Don Gorske says he has eaten 23,000 of the burgers in 36 years.


Don Gorske says he's skipped eating Big Macs only eight days in 36 years.

The Fond du Lac man said he hit the 23,000 milestone last month, continuing a culinary obsession that began May 17, 1972, and is fed by his obsessive-compulsive disorder.

"I enjoy them every day," said Gorske, 54. "I need two to fill me up."

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.

Despite a diet some would call unhealthy, Gorske says he keeps himself in good shape. He says he's 6-foot-2 and weighs 185 pounds, and walks as many as 10 miles a day.

He used to order fries every day in the 1980s but began to cut back in the '90s, now eating them about once a month. He eats two Big Macs and two parfaits a day. Gorske has written a book about his experience.

"Sometimes people call me a freak but it doesn't bother me. I just say respect people as they are," he told The Associated Press. "I just want to make sure people understand I'm not going to change."

He can instantly recall the eight days in which he failed to satisfy his craving. One was in 1988, the day his mother died, to respect a request she made.

"I made a promise to her and I always keep my promises," he said. "I also promised her I wouldn't cut my hair and in 20 years I haven't."

He twice failed to attack a Big Mac because of his job. A correctional-institution employee, he said a number of work emergencies kept him on the clock past midnight so he recorded those days as missed days.

Three other times he was traveling and couldn't find a McDonald's. He also went Big Mac-less on Thanksgiving Day 2000, and during a 1982 snowstorm that prevented the local McDonald's franchise from opening.

"That's when I started a habit where I kept them in the freezer," he said. He keeps one or two burgers on hand but increases his inventory to four to five during the winter. E-mail to a friend  | Mixx it | Share
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

just 2 big macs?
there has been times where I have ate as many as 16 big macs in a day
I guess this man doesn't have metabolism like mine though  :D
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: flexingtonsteele on September 10, 2008, 08:01:54 PM
thats a lotta freakin money to be spending everyday.

Is that ALL he eats period is 2 big macs  and 2 parfaits?? Or is he eating something else?

And if thats all he's eating then i can see how he keeps his weight pretty low, a big mac only has about 500 kcals. And not sure about the parfaits but id say its around 200.
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: S_Samuel on September 10, 2008, 08:04:56 PM
Now THAT'S consistency.
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: TrueGrit on September 10, 2008, 08:32:51 PM




And if thats all he's eating then i can see how he keeps his weight pretty low, a big mac only has about 500 kcals. And not sure about the parfaits but id say its around 200.

And he walks 10 miles a day. The guy is in a bigtime calorie deficit if that's all he eats.
Title: Re: Man eats 23,000 BIG MACS in 36 years
Post by: BroadStreetBruiser on September 10, 2008, 08:35:08 PM
does any one know if they are planning on making a 7th season of Curb YOur Enthusiasm?

he confirmed it. filming it next year.