"Clear!!"

The food will clog your arteries and the nurses will get the blood flowing again. [www.cbsnews.com] (You'll have to endure a :30 commercial first, but I think it will be worth it.)

I'll have a couple of those quadruple bypass burgers, deluxe please! Oh, and a side of thighs from one of those "nurses" too!

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I seek to live by the tenet that there's nothing in the least bit wrong with eating like you have no sense at all, two or three times a year. How are you gonna know you've been good unless you're really, really bad once in a while?

I didn't watch the video, but my friend was telling me about it a couple of weeks ago. She lives/travels in a motor home and spent the holidays in Arizona. Her son flew down to spend Christmas with her, and, while he was there, they ate at that place. I assume the video included the part where the waitresses are all dressed as nurses? She said the food was good, and she just tried to ignore the fat content for the sake of one meal. Her son (24) loved the place, but most of the charm was the pure novelty of it.

Hillarious! A monumental backlash to political correctness but their days are numbered. Someone will no doubt argue that for the "good" of the society they have to go out of business. And this time they can make it happen.

Dakota;
That place already would be shut down "for peoples own good" in New York City (I believe...). Too high in fat.

Similar measures being considered in parts of California too.


And yes, it's a bit of a hoot as a theme restaurant

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Hydrogenated lard is loaded with trans fats.

Just wait for the next trans fat ban to hit. That'll be the end of them.

The International Federation of Competitive Eating should do an event there. Bring on the superstar Joey Chestnut!

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I am not too keen on the scantily clad girls sitting on the counters but I guess that is not necessarily the biggest threat to health in that joint.

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I'd bet the good ole government has just not gotten around to shutting it down. They do know what's best for us and need to regulate this right along with all the other bad stuff.

Good god. Watching the "nurse" put about three pounds of straight-up lard into the fryer made me want to puke. I'm glad I already ran tonight, or I'd be headed out now, just from watching that...

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Dakota;
That place already would be shut down "for peoples own good" in New York City (I believe...). Too high in fat.

Similar measures being considered in parts of California too.

Has any restaurant ever actually been forcibly shut down over stuff like this?

Dunno.... I don't live in New York. But the "buzz" on the various news outlets was that the city was "taking enforcement seriously". Of course, they ARE trying to sensationalize things for ratings.

But the fact the law was put into place in the first place is what I find unacceptable.

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I am not too keen on the scantily clad girls sitting on the counters.

Are you OK?

Well, I'm not the biggest fan of regulation either... but it's important to remember that we rise and fall together as a society. It's the role of government to make things fair, especially when society fails to do so. Isn't that what the Enlightenment was all about - using (representative) government to correct the wrongs of (feudal) society?

And really, no one needs to eat 8000 calories a day, well, except football players - a demographic not particularly known for their long lives (average 55 years.) Once in a while with good judgement, yeah; but I don't want my health insurance premiums paying for someone else's quadruple bypass, be it an actual surgical procedure or other treatment induced by the regular consumption one of those burgers.

It's similar to the arguments for/against motorcycle helmets.

That said, I would like to try a double bypass burger sometime. Although, I have a great mom'n'pop burger shop near my house, they just don't offer such massive portions.
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Actually football players don't put it away like cross country runners and swimmers. Based on my experience as a CC runner sitting at the training table in college next to the football players' table who marveled at how much we ate.

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I'll regulate my own choice to enter or not, thank you.

Exactly.

I just had a great burger at Mel's Diner in SF for lunch. Practically around the corner from MWSF. Good fries, too.

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I am not too keen on the scantily clad girls sitting on the counters.

Are you OK?

I am not sure what you are asking. I just have a minor reservation with obvious health code violations that normally could get a restaurant closed.

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