575-pound Heart Attack Grill spokesman Blair River died earlier this month, leaving behind a young daughter. The reported cause of death was pneumonia arising from a case of the flu. While it was not absolutely certain that his excess weight contributed to his demise, a study published in PLoS One reported that morbidly obese adult patients with no other known complicating factors requiring inpatient care for the flu were seven times as likely to die as comparable patients of normal weight.
The Heart Attack Grill achieved national and international notoriety by its unabashed promotion of unhealthy foods. The menu boasted “food worth dying for,” including “Single,” “Double,” “Triple,” and “Quadruple Bypass” cheeseburgers, containing respectively half a pound, a pound, a pound and a half, and two pounds of beef. Also featured were “Flatliner” fries (“Cooked in pure lard”), “butterfat shakes,” “full-sugar” colas, beer, candy, and unfiltered cigarettes. Customers weighing in at over 350 pounds ate for free, and waitresses bedecked in skimpy “naughty nurse” outfits offered free wheelchair rides to the parking lot for any customers ordering the Triple or Quadruple Bypass cheeseburgers. So far no word as to how hilarious the late Mr. River’s young daughter finds any of this.
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Thanks to both of you for your comments.
Yeah, right, dude....you just go on living in your little manly-guy fantasy world. I'll stay in the real one.
Doncha love Jon Basso's comment? "Cynical people might think this is funny." Being called cynical by Jon Basso is like being called ugly by a warthog.
Thanks to both of you for reading and commenting.