COLUMBUS, OH - According to staff at Dusty's Kitchen, the local restaurant's extreme burger challenge, formerly described as "an insurmountable mountain of beef and cheese," has recently been moved down to the regular dinner menu.
"When we first started selling the Colossus Burger, we didn't actually think more than a handful of people would attempt to finish it, but now it's our most popular item," said Dusty's shift manager Rachel Ferguson, referring to the 10-pound tower of hamburger patties, bacon, onion rings, and three kinds of cheese, which also comes with five pounds of french fries and which is reportedly now referred to on the menu simply as "The Classic."
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For folks who get nervous around gay people, there's SNL's "Xanax for Gay Summer Weddings" - www.huffingtonpost.com
There are other options, of course:
The King – Boston Burger Company, Boston, Massachusetts – You get an eight-ounce Angus Beef Patty, topped with three slices of bacon, and fried bananas that were coated in cinnamon and sugar before being placed on a peanut butter smeared bun.
Hot Fudge Sundae Burger – McGuire's Irish Pub, Pensacola, Florida – A three-quarter pound patty of Angus Beef is served under a scoop of vanilla ice cream and drenched in hot fudge sauce.
The Slopper – Crave Real Burgers, Colorado Springs, Colorado – It's a burger patty, on a grilled cheese sandwich, smothered in green chile sauce, and topped with lettuce, tomato, onions, poblano peppers, pico de gallo, sour cream, and avocado. It's like having beef nachos.
Triple Coronary Burger – Vortex Bar & Grill, Atlanta, Georgia – It's three half-pound burgers, three fried eggs, 14 slices of American cheese, 10 slices of bacon, and wedged between two entire grilled cheese sandwiches. Making matters worse (or better) is the fact that it's served on top of a bowl of french fries and tater tots smothered in a gooey cheese sauce.
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Enough to raise Elvis from the dead (or keep him on Charon's dinghy forever).
Somehow I suspect E.W. Jackson would not share your views.
#11 | Posted by paneocon
E.W. Jackson - the GOP's nominee for Lt. Guv. in VA - is a nutter.
Amongst Jackson's greatest hits are calling gay and lesbian Americans "sick people psychologically, mentally and emotionally"; claiming that the infamous 3/5ths clause of the Constitution was "anti-slavery"; saying that Planned Parenthood is akin to the Ku Klux Klan; and claiming that the agenda of the Democratic party is "worthy of the Antichrist."
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During a sermon last October, Virginia GOP Lt. Governor nominee E.W. Jackson added to his long list of virulently anti-gay remarks by warning that marriage equality for gays and lesbians will result in the legalization of man-animal unions. Jackson warned the crowd that if they don't stop "Adam and Steve" it is going to "soon be Adam and a bull," arguing that their family, school and community may be "overwhelmed by the torrent of wickedness" if they don't stop same-sex marriage.
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The real Obama in that photo is the blonde drag queen on the right.