Michigan minor leauge ballclub unviels 5/3 lb burger..

[TheMightyFavog]

http://bensbiz.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/03/166666667_pounds.html

The 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.

[nomorenomore08]

1. WANT! WANT! WANT!

:drools all over keyboard:

[MilesColtrane]

2. Looks like a clown exploded, and they scraped it up and put it on a bun.

[mainegreen]

3. What the hell? Are those refried beans and nachos?

And is that ranch on the burger?

Have they no shame?

[GOPisEvil]

4. OK, that is WAY too much stuff going on in a burger.

If I want nachos, I will order nachos. If I want a burger, that's what I want.

[Richardo]

15. yeah, keep it simple - like Denny's Pub

:D

[GOPisEvil]

20. Right. Simple.

It's fookin' HUGE!!

And served by Brianna. :loveya:

[cloudbase]

5. Who puts

duPont cheese on a burger?

[av8rdave]

6. I heard somewhere that 5 out of 3 Americans have trouble with fractions

[Skittles]

7. av8rdave, you are such a f***ing smartass

:thumbsup:

[av8rdave]

8. Just spent 4 days with my Dad

When you're with the master for that many days, some of it is bound to rub off!

[Skittles]

11. ooh that's RIGHT

AWESOME DAD! :thumbsup:

[sakabatou]

9. I bet someday, someone will try to eat this buy themselves

[MilesColtrane]

18. Are you kidding?

This is America.

Somebody tried to do it 3 minutes after the first one went on sale.

[rurallib]

10. Where's the bacon?

[Jamastiene]

12. I think I could eat it all by myself.

We should have a Lounge eating contest to see who can wolf it down the quickest.

:hide:

[bif]

13. I can barely eat a 1/3 lb. burger!

Yikes. Sure I had 1/2 of my stomach removed because of an ulcer, but that s just sickening!

[Ikonoklast]

14. Fuck, that thing's not a burger, it's a lethal weapon!

You could do serious damage to someone with that monster.

[Chan790]

16. Were you planning on hitting them with it...

or suffocating them with it? Perhaps feeding them to death, like the "Gluttony" scene in Se7en or the Monty Python skit?

[Ikonoklast]

17. More like a delayed chemical weapon.

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.

[fizzgig]

19. that would easily feed me for at least two days

gods, that looks disgusting :puke:

[tabbycat31]

21. omg

talk about a heart attack on a plate. I can barely finish a standard sized burger