Big Macs

SUBMAN1 · 11-02-07, 03:35 PM

I just ate a Big Mac for the first time in ages, and what happened to them? They are so tiny! So I said, maybe I don't rmemeber right since an 800 calorie Big Mac is still 800 calories, right? Not so! I looked it up, and now they are only 540 calories!!!!!!. Crud, I'd need to eat 4 of them for a 2000-2500 calorie diet!!! I mean, what happened? 800 calories used to be the perfect size for one of your three square meals a day!

Anyway, so I guess they are smaller - yet they still want three friggen dollars for that thing!!! I can go down to a mom and pop burger place and pay $3.50 for a decent sized burger than is probably 800 to 900 calories. Mc D's is a rip.

-S

PS. It could be worse - I just looked it up and the US has the biggest version. Take Australia for instance and they have a tiny 480 cal version. You guys down under are getting really screwed!!!

STEED · 11-02-07, 03:40 PM

And you survived?

We all know here in the UK there made from rats. :rotfl:

AVGWarhawk · 11-02-07, 03:42 PM

They use cat here in the US. But hey, I get a hankering for a Big Mac every now and then.

The WosMan · 11-02-07, 05:00 PM

I rarely eat @ McDonalds just because I usually feel guilty after eating there but every once in a while I get a megacraving for the double cheeseburger.....which has been on the dollar menu for quite some time now. I have a taste for one of those. I swear they put something in their food to make them addictive.

DeepIron · 11-02-07, 05:07 PM

I've got a long-time friend who used to haul "swingin' meat" for Mickey D's... After some of the stories he's told me, I'll never touch the a Quarter pounder again... The Filet O' Fish is alright... Besides, as SB1 has found out, and to coin a phrase from a Burger King ad, "where's the beef"? Wendy's is better IMO...

Officerpuppy · 11-02-07, 05:07 PM

I agree, I think compareing a Bigmac from the 80's and early 90's is smaller than what's served now.

Chock · 11-02-07, 05:11 PM

I wouldn't touch that slop with a bargepole. In actual fact, I once did some advertising for McDonalds (they are really picky as a client incidentally), which resulted in them sending me load of vouchers - but even making it free didn't persuade me to eat there, I gave them all away. I'm not averse to fast food, but that stuff is garbage.

Chock

Subnuts · 11-02-07, 05:11 PM

I'm frankly amazed that there's anyone out there that will eat anything from McDonalds, with the except of the sundaes. I don't trust meat I can break apart using my tongue against the roof of my mouth.

Oh, and $2.79 for six chicken nuggets? You gotta be ****ting me!

The WosMan · 11-02-07, 05:16 PM

HAHAHA.....it's likely not USDA choice. Probably some Grade F cancer meat.....they grind the tumors and everything into it.

Jimbuna · 11-02-07, 05:29 PM

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You guys down under are getting really screwed!!!

So what's new....they're only other option is kangaroo

SUBMAN1 · 11-02-07, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by The WosMan

....I have a taste for one of those. I swear they put something in their food to make them addictive.

I agree - there is something in the meat...

You must remember, they grew up in a time when making addictive products like cigarettes was a normal thing.

-S

DeepIron · 11-02-07, 05:41 PM

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You must remember, they grew up in a time when making addictive products like cigarettes was a normal thing.

Who can forget "secret sauce".... ugh.... ack....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac

And as there has been a huge proliferation in fast food joints all over the friggin' place over the last 25 years or so, it's no wonder that being over-weight has become a global problem...

My wife is on the Weight Watchers program and you should see the stats on most of the fast food junk they've published... I can feel my arteries hardening already...

SUBMAN1 · 11-02-07, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DeepIron

...I can feel my arteries hardening already...

At least you wil die happy and fullfilled!

-S

DeepIron · 11-02-07, 05:46 PM

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At least you wil die happy and fullfilled!

Two words: Soylent Green

Don't read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green

Officerpuppy · 11-02-07, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

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You guys down under are getting really screwed!!!

So what's new....they're only other option is kangaroo

Oh a rooburger, I heard of those on tv years ago, wonder what it tastes like:hmm:

11-02-07, 03:35 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Big Macs I just ate a Big Mac for the first time in ages, and what happened to them? They are so tiny! So I said, maybe I don't rmemeber right since an 800 calorie Big Mac is still 800 calories, right? Not so! I looked it up, and now they are only 540 calories!!!!!!. Crud, I'd need to eat 4 of them for a 2000-2500 calorie diet!!! I mean, what happened? 800 calories used to be the perfect size for one of your three square meals a day! Anyway, so I guess they are smaller - yet they still want three friggen dollars for that thing!!! I can go down to a mom and pop burger place and pay $3.50 for a decent sized burger than is probably 800 to 900 calories. Mc D's is a rip. -S PS. It could be worse - I just looked it up and the US has the biggest version. Take Australia for instance and they have a tiny 480 cal version. You guys down under are getting really screwed!!! __________________

11-02-07, 03:40 PM	#2
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	And you survived? We all know here in the UK there made from rats. :rotfl: __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

11-02-07, 03:42 PM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	They use cat here in the US. But hey, I get a hankering for a Big Mac every now and then. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-02-07, 05:07 PM	#5
DeepIron Sea Lord Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Too far from the Pacific right now... Posts: 1,634 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've got a long-time friend who used to haul "swingin' meat" for Mickey D's... After some of the stories he's told me, I'll never touch the a Quarter pounder again... The Filet O' Fish is alright... Besides, as SB1 has found out, and to coin a phrase from a Burger King ad, "where's the beef"? Wendy's is better IMO... __________________ RFB / RSRDC Beta Tester RFB / RSRDC Modding Forum: http://forum.kickinbak.com/index.php RFB Top Post link: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=125529 RFB Loadout: RFB_V1.52_102408: RFB_V1.52_Patch_111608: RSRDC_RFBv15_V396 Last edited by DeepIron; 11-02-07 at 05:36 PM.

11-02-07, 05:11 PM	#7
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I wouldn't touch that slop with a bargepole. In actual fact, I once did some advertising for McDonalds (they are really picky as a client incidentally), which resulted in them sending me load of vouchers - but even making it free didn't persuade me to eat there, I gave them all away. I'm not averse to fast food, but that stuff is garbage. Chock __________________

11-02-07, 05:00 PM	#4
The WosMan Watch Officer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: OH Posts: 332 Downloads: 88 Uploads: 0	I rarely eat @ McDonalds just because I usually feel guilty after eating there but every once in a while I get a megacraving for the double cheeseburger.....which has been on the dollar menu for quite some time now. I have a taste for one of those. I swear they put something in their food to make them addictive.

11-02-07, 05:07 PM	#6
Officerpuppy Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mansfield, TX Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I agree, I think compareing a Bigmac from the 80's and early 90's is smaller than what's served now.

11-02-07, 05:11 PM	#8
Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	I'm frankly amazed that there's anyone out there that will eat anything from McDonalds, with the except of the sundaes. I don't trust meat I can break apart using my tongue against the roof of my mouth. Oh, and $2.79 for six chicken nuggets? You gotta be ****ting me!

11-02-07, 05:16 PM	#9
The WosMan Watch Officer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: OH Posts: 332 Downloads: 88 Uploads: 0	HAHAHA.....it's likely not USDA choice. Probably some Grade F cancer meat.....they grind the tumors and everything into it.