Comments on: The 8,500 calorie manwich!

The 8,500 calorie manwich!

Ufez Jones — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:06:46 -0800

I'm studying at Warwick University in the UK, and I had just finished my Computer Science finals (I'm going on to do a PhD in Edinburgh next year). I went out and got drunk, had a nice lie in and bought a couple of new games in town, but I just didn't feel totally liberated.

So I decided to build an enormous f*****g sandwich. (via)

By: fenriq

fenriq — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:19:18 -0800

Why am I left thinking that this guy has got to be an amazing wanker to make a web page about him making a big sandwich?

By: amberglow

amberglow — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:23:50 -0800

he should have shared it with biffa. : > (and what fenriq said. maybe a date would have been better?)

By: chrid

chrid — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:26:13 -0800

I hope he bought Animal Crossing. I know I did.

By: tomplus2

tomplus2 — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:27:38 -0800

Looks good, except that first layer of burgers, oh, and the second layer.

By: strangeleftydoublethink

strangeleftydoublethink — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:32:24 -0800

I imagine once he takes a crap after eating this sandwich, he might feel liberated.

By: digaman

digaman — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:40:35 -0800

Another obvious Rove ploy to distract the American electorate from the deteriorating situation in the Sunni Triangle. An 8500-calorie September surprise? No thanks, you Nazis.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:43:17 -0800

Thanks for getting us all back on the topic at hand, digaman! Just how does this enormous sandwich intend to defeat terrorism? And how does this huge sandwich feel about same-sex marriage?

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:48:26 -0800

Nothing like placing a totally unrecognizable object next to sandwich to show its scale.... Where do you find this kind of stuff?

By: Keith Talent

Keith Talent — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:49:02 -0800

Suddenly, I'm very hungry

By: elwoodwiles

elwoodwiles — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:50:31 -0800

strangeleftydoublethink: Well, let's least hope he doesn't make a page about that. pp: I thought the same thing, the dimensions of a game cube aren't all that familar to me. Oh, I forgot to be snarky: Do I need a game cube to know how big this sandwich is? Because I don't have a game cube.

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:50:44 -0800

Eh. It's kind of overkill, actually. People put bacon on a cheesburger or mix chicken and beef together in a rice dish or something because of complementing flavors. Just grabbing everything out of the fridge and eating it all at once suggests a taste roughly as satisfying as your average blender-based protein shake. I'll have mine without the 8 hamburgers thrown in, please.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:54:32 -0800

I used to make 6-footers at the deli where I worked in high school. We didn't have no fancy web pages or nothin. Just sayin.

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:02:33 -0800

Scarabic, but you forget that this guy looks to be in England--they are at least a decade behind in sandwich technology. And obesity.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:04:07 -0800

I went out and got drunk What did he ~~smoke~~ drink? Not sure how all that food together would taste. By eating the sandwich with a fork he separated out each food dish which would be tasty then. The sandwich's bread was the eatable plate...

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:08:16 -0800

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:15:23 -0800

Well, I always knew that web site space would, eventually become too inexpensive...

By: chrid

chrid — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:19:14 -0800

More inexpensive than free? Since rather a long time ago? Redundant snark, PP.

By: Stoatfarm

Stoatfarm — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:19:54 -0800

"I Found Some of Your Sandwich" I am going to eat a slice each day. I will also save the rest for breakfast as if I were you. Maybe you will come here and reclaim this piece of your life.

...oddly enough, also an Ufez post

By: fenriq

fenriq — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:23:19 -0800

PP, you demonstrate how out of touch you are if you can't recognize a Nintendo Game Cube. Thomcatspike, what a great site! I think I''ll leave it loaded up during my next visit to the public library. But isn't there are already some kind of beer called "Bud" or something like that?

By: hipnerd

hipnerd — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:41:01 -0800

I think he'll need some bread to go with that sandwich.

By: etoile

etoile — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:43:16 -0800

Am I the only one disturbed by the fact that the guy changes his clothes three times a day?

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:44:18 -0800

Metafilter Rule #604: No snarking in threads about awesome giant fucking sandwiches.

By: LionIndex

LionIndex — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:49:07 -0800

That sandwich fucks giants?!?!

By: donovan

donovan — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:56:39 -0800

"Britain is the only country in the world where the food is more dangerous than the sex." --Jackie Mason "Every country possesses, it seems, the sort of cuisine it deserves, which is to say the sort of cuisine it is appreciative enough to want. I used to think that the notoriously bad cooking of the English was an example to the contrary, and that the English cook the way they do because, through sheer technical deficiency, they had not been able to master the art of cooking. I have discovered to my stupefaction that the English cook that way because that is the way they like it." --Waverly Root (1903-1982) Sorry British MeFi brothers and sisters. I've had some great meals in London but this sandwich cannot be defended. And come to think of it neither can beans with breakfast (unless one is terribly hungover).

By: Jikido

Jikido — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:02:55 -0800

Meanwhile, Homer has been eating a giant sandwich for months. He gets sick, even though Marge has warned him dozens of times. Homer: Marge, I'd like to be alone with the sandwich for a moment. Marge: Are you going to eat it? Homer: (pause) Yes.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:11:21 -0800

Gotta admit, I didn't know what the thing next to the sandwich was, either.

By: Kwantsar

Kwantsar — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:13:30 -0800

I wonder if that sandwich can be integrated with the Subway Diet^TM?

By: josephtate

josephtate — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:16:12 -0800

Man, we never did that when I was at Warwick.

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:23:04 -0800

A Game Cube? I thought it was a post-modern modular house... what a letdown.

By: guyincognito

guyincognito — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:24:54 -0800

Anyone too lazy to make their own obscenely big sandwich and just head out to Pennsylvania and buy this 9 pound beast.

By: guyincognito

guyincognito — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:28:30 -0800

That should be can just head out to PA. I suck.

By: euphorb

euphorb — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:35:09 -0800

Am I the only one disturbed by the fact that the guy changes his clothes three times a day? And he explains it by saying the pictures were taken two hours later as if that makes any sense. I'll stick with a Fatburger.

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:48:26 -0800

Dagwood would be proud.

By: gesamtkunstwerk

gesamtkunstwerk — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:56:39 -0800

I don't feel so fresh after reading this... Now that I'm in my mid-thirties and rationing my calories, I am depressed by the sheer waste of this sandwich. If I were going to eat 8,500 calories in two days, I'd find something a damn sight tastier than that horrible sandwich!

By: rough ashlar

rough ashlar — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:03:14 -0800

Nothing like placing a totally unrecognizable object next to sandwich to show its scale.... posted by ParisParamus at 3:48 PM PST on September 23 As the link says: Size comparison of the finished product with our Game cube It is nice to know that your inability to read or understand extends to EVERYTHING posted on the Blue, not just political threads.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:06:49 -0800

It's no fucking wonder children are starving in China.

By: digaman

digaman — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:21:12 -0800

So, we haven't addressed the entire issue of whether the architect of that massive Freudian repast is, to coin a phrase, hot or not. I'm torn.

By: bargle

bargle — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:23:20 -0800

well. probably still fewer calories than what i take in when i give in to cravings and get myself a bite at taco bell. try their new baja blast mountain dew - ONLY at the bell. *bell sound*

By: Stauf

Stauf — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:50:03 -0800

It is nice to know that your inability to read or understand extends to EVERYTHING posted on the Blue, not just political threads. And it's nice to know that the incessant, petty, childish quibbling extends to EVERYTHING posted on the Blue, and not just political threads...

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:14:58 -0800

my girlfriend just asked me what the fuck that black box is. it's a gamecube(tm), you daft cunt! you can't eat a sandwich with a fork.

By: uncanny hengeman

uncanny hengeman — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:28:47 -0800

Was that your reply to your missus, mrgrimm?!

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:44:48 -0800

As the link says: Size comparison of the finished product with our Game cube. Yeah, and as Paris said, "Nothing like placing a totally unrecognizable object next to sandwich to show its scale...." Get it? If I put a Hammacher-Schlemmer top-of-the-line Crockmaster 3000 self-regulating crockpot next to something to show its scale, only you (and many other people on the thread) have never seen a Hammacher-Schlemmer top-of-the-line Crockmaster 3000 self-regulating crockpot, it doesn't help a bit if I say "Size comparison of the finished product with our Hammacher-Schlemmer top-of-the-line Crockmaster 3000 self-regulating crockpot," does it? But of course reading and understanding someone's perfectly intelligible comments isn't nearly as important as ragging on an easy target.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:47:51 -0800

Actually, come to think of it, that's a bad example, because crock pots don't vary that much in size, whereas a Game Cube is its own peculiar entity, with no comparable competing products. But I couldn't pass up the opportunity to use the phrase "Hammacher-Schlemmer top-of-the-line Crockmaster 3000 self-regulating crockpot."

By: amberglow

amberglow — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:50:12 -0800

Hammacher-Schlemmer top-of-the-line Crockmaster 3000 self-regulating crockpotFilter

By: junkbox

junkbox — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:03:45 -0800

I'd hit it.

By: kenko

kenko — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:05:33 -0800

Hammacher-Schlemmer top-of-the-line self-regulating Cockmaster 3000

By: NewBornHippy

NewBornHippy — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:11:31 -0800

I'm interested in your Hammacher-Schlemmer top-of-the-line Crockmaster 3000 self-regulating crockpot. Where can I purchace one? Or should I rather lease one?

By: jazon

jazon — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:38:01 -0800

so, this Hammacher-Schlemmer top-of-the-line Crockmaster 3000 self-regulating crockpot, it....... .... slow cooks food?

By: Wet Spot

Wet Spot — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:54:54 -0800

Wash that 8500 calorie sandwich down with a meatshake.

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:03:51 -0800

My stomach hurts just looking at that sandwich.

By: ruddhist

ruddhist — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:31:21 -0800

"It is the Broodwich. Forged in darkness from wheat harvested in hell's half acre! Baked by Beelzebub! Slathered with mayonnaise beaten from the evil eggs of dark chickens force-fed to dogs by the hands of a one eyed mad man! Cheese boiled from the rancid teat of a fanged cow! Layered with 666 separate meats from an animal which has maggots for blood!" "I tasted mustard." "Yeah, dijon mustard." "Well, how come no bacon?" "Bacon is extra!"

By: Asparagirl

Asparagirl — Thu, 23 Sep 2004 23:13:34 -0800

Heh, nice one, ruddhist. I love that show.

By: uncanny hengeman

uncanny hengeman — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 01:43:40 -0800

What is this "Game Cube" of which we speak?

By: uncanny hengeman

uncanny hengeman — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 01:55:02 -0800

Nice link, guyincognito. "NO ONE HAS FINISHED IT!!" The site proudly states. Well, like, no shit Sherlock. Look at the bloody size of those things. Ludicrously big. Here is a story regarding the same establishment, but more in the photojournalistic style of the main link. (Surely that thing weighs more than 2 pounds? Is that just the weight of the meat? How do you guys measure your burgers in the USA?)

By: bonaldi

bonaldi — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 02:11:31 -0800

And there was me thinking this was a self link and filling up with ire.

By: Satapher

Satapher — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 02:32:35 -0800

haha, my favorite website : girls eating sandwiches

By: biffa

biffa — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 04:54:44 -0800

What is a crockpot? Bloody students. They're all just getting back now. I have seen this guy around campus. Bloody computer scientists.

By: rough ashlar

rough ashlar — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 05:00:31 -0800

Yeah, and as Paris said, "Nothing like placing a totally unrecognizable object next to sandwich to show its scale...." Get it? If I put a Hammacher-Schlemmer top-of-the-line Crockmaster 3000 self-regulating crockpot next to something to show its scale, only you (and many other people on the thread) have never seen a Hammacher-Schlemmer top-of-the-line Crockmaster 3000 self-regulating crockpot, it doesn't help a bit if I say "Size comparison of the finished product with our Hammacher-Schlemmer top-of-the-line Crockmaster 3000 self-regulating crockpot," does it? But of course reading and understanding someone's perfectly intelligible comments isn't nearly as important as ragging on an easy target. And yet, with the wonders of the internet you can come up with the size, as someone has document the size. http://cube.ign.com/articles/083/083749p1.html Dimensions 4.3"(H) x 5.9"(W) x 6.3"(D) Get it? You do not need to know the object BY SIGHT, words can be an identifyer. With the words then one can get a size. All you have to do is read. All the data is there to derive an approx. size for the sandwich. And in the case of a Hammacher-Schlemmer top-of-the-line Crockmaster 3000 - nothing like making up stuff. Google suggested I look for the Hammacher-Schlemmer top-of-the-line Crackmaster 3000 instead.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 06:14:58 -0800

Blackadder: Baldrick, go to the kitchen and make me something quick and simple to eat, would you: two slices of bread with something inbetween. Baldrick: What, like Gerald, Lord Sandwich, had the other day? Blackadder: Yes - a few rounds of Geralds.

By: matteo

matteo — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 06:35:04 -0800

awesome, thanks ufez

By: Stauf

Stauf — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 06:52:51 -0800

And yet, with the wonders of the internet you can come up with the size, as someone has document the size. http://cube.ign.com/articles/083/083749p1.html Dimensions 4.3"(H) x 5.9"(W) x 6.3"(D) Get it? You do not need to know the object BY SIGHT, words can be an identifyer. With the words then one can get a size. All you have to do is read. All the data is there to derive an approx. size for the sandwich. And in the case of a Hammacher-Schlemmer top-of-the-line Crockmaster 3000 - nothing like making up stuff. Google suggested I look for the Hammacher-Schlemmer top-of-the-line Crackmaster 3000 instead. This is funny, funny stuff. I think soyjoy was just kinda, you know, making a point. I love that someone actually went and looked it up =D

By: ParisParamus

ParisParamus — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 07:15:22 -0800

How about a normal sandwich as a reference? Us over-35 crowd don't know no Game Cube. Or, for us over-35 crowdees, an LP record? Or a floppy disk.

By: mdn

mdn — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 07:17:28 -0800

rouch ashlar, the point of visual size comparison is to give you an immediate sense of the scale. If the guy wanted to give measurements, he could have just provided measurements.

By: grateful

grateful — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 07:21:06 -0800

And yet, with the wonders of the internet you can come up with the size, as someone has document the size. http://cube.ign.com/articles/083/083749p1.html Dimensions 4.3"(H) x 5.9"(W) x 6.3"(D) I am so disappointed. I thought the Game Cube was actually a cube.

By: norm

norm — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 07:40:49 -0800

Am I the only one disturbed by the fact that the guy changes his clothes three times a day? And he explains it by saying the pictures were taken two hours later as if that makes any sense. Occum's razor, people. The simplest explanation is that HE WAS LYING about the clothes changes and actually ate this thing over a longer period of time than two days. (so, ew.)

By: melimelo

melimelo — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 12:38:13 -0800

Forget using the wonders of the Internet to determine the size of a Game Cube and thus, the size of the big f*****ing sandwich. It's much easier to just look at the half-dozen or so pictures on that page of the guy standing next to the sandwich and/or placing his hand directly on or beside the sandwich and frickin' figure it out using the wonders of the human brain. Sheesh :-)

By: milovoo

milovoo — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:07:47 -0800

reminds me of the nasty 20x20 in-and-out burger bleagh.

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:04:03 -0800

Thank you milovoo! I searched and searched for the MeFi post about that but could not find it.

By: milovoo

milovoo — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:44:40 -0800

Glad to help, see also, the original post.

By: kozad

kozad — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 19:07:18 -0800

a guy eating a fucking sandwich. jeez.

By: Dick Paris

Dick Paris — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 05:22:01 -0800

But is it bigger than a breadbox?

By: sixdifferentways

sixdifferentways — Sun, 26 Sep 2004 21:29:16 -0800

He used a *burrito* as one of the sandwich fillings. That, my friends, is inspired.