Big Mac lover Don Gorske eats 25,000 Big Macs in 39 years

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Man Eats 25,000 Big Macs in 39 Years

Posted by Robyn Lee, May 17, 2011 at 2:45 PM



http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2011/05/don-gorske-eats-25000-big-macs-in-39-years.html

Last time we wrote about famous Big Mac lover Don Gorske he had eaten nearly 23,000 Big Macs in 36 years, earning him a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. Three years later at the age of 57, he's on his 25,000th burger, to be eaten this afternoon at a McDonald's in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where he ate his first Big Mac on May 17, 1972. "Not even a million dollars could get me to go someplace else," Don says in this video from NBC. Congratulations, Don!

[sakabatou]

1. My heart shudders

[TK421]

7. his is probably begging for mercy n/t

[freshwest]

2. I was scared to look at this thread. Not that bad.

[marmar]

3. "Not even a million dollars could get me to go someplace else"

Someone needs to get out more often.

[geardaddy]

4. Well, he is from Central Wis.

:hide:

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. In legend there is the Mellified Man...

...a person who, knowing his death approaches, begins to eat nothing but honey. Honey, honey, honey, for as long as they yet live. Sealed into a rock coffin that is filled with honey, it is said that after hundreds of years, a taste of the result will cure all ills, etc.

I wonder if there will be a legend about this Cholesterol'd Man.

[TK421]

8. according to what I heard about this ( on the radio earlier on ) they said

his cholesterol was just fine, even normal

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. I'll bet they didn't check his special sauce levels.

And is he more prone than others to visits from the hamburgler?

[struggle4progress]

6. That's over 12 a week, every week, year after year: it's over 53 a month, every month, year after y

That's a lot of gristle and filler to stuff down your gullet into your guts

[jmowreader]

9. That's almost two a day...

Talk about a guy who can't figure out anywhere else to go for lunch!

[Philippine expat]

11. He has OCD

and repetitive behavior is common for such folks

[Bucky]

13. I should've figured that out from the fact that he has an exact count.

[warrior1]

12. Wow,

I've never have one.

[Bucky]

14. I wonder why he started counting in the first place.

At 22,477 it's an impressive thing to have counted. But around the 10-15 Big Mac count, I'll bet he looked pretty stupid.