Friday, August 28, 2009

 

Two Birthdays, The Double-Down & The Scarlet Letter

Happy Birthday today to Shania Twain. She's 44, Also, Happy Birthday to the suddenly high-profile LeAnn Rimes. She's 27.Shortly before I left New Jersey, I attended Sean Hannity's Freedom Concert. The entertainment at the concert was Lee Greenwood, Montgomery Gentry & LeAnn Rimes. She told the audience that she was proud of the fact that unlike a lot of other child stars, she managed to grow up leading a normal life, happily married and had managed to avoid any sort of scandal. This got a tremendous round of applause from the thousands of people in attendance. Well, here we are, just about 2 years later, LeAnn is suddenly the target of the tabloids, leaving her husband for her "boyfriend" after getting caught in an affair with him. What a difference 2 years can make.

Speaking of having affairs, I know, by now, you heard about the guy from Centreville, who also "got caught". His name is William Taylor, and he was very remorseful about his affair AFTER he got caught. He was desperate to "make things right" with his wife, and promised to do whatever it took to accomplish this. She came up with a very novel punishment. She forced him to stand at one of the busiest intersections in metro D.C., wearing a huge sandwich sigh which read "I am a cheater and this is my punishment." He had to do this during morning rush hour all this week.
On the plus side for this guy, hanging out at roadside during rush hour when traffic is at a bumper-to-bumper stand-still is a GREAT way to meet chicks.

I don't think anyone will deny that we have an obesity problem in this country. Take a very, very close and careful look at this picture. Use a magnifying glass if you have to. The picture was taken in the fifties. Do you see a lot of fat or overweight people? I don't (and I DID use a magnifying glass).
Now, take a close look at this picture taken 4 years ago.
I realize these pictures aren't close-ups and lack detail, but I think you can see that as a whole, the shape of our bodies have changed, and not for the better. Many people these days are out of shape, overweight and in many cases, obese. According to the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, the obesity rate in this country is up to an amazing 32%! I am positive it was nowhere near that 50, 40 or even 30 years ago.

Why do I bring this up? Because Kentucky Fried Chicken recently announced they are test marketing a new item on their menu. It's called the Double Down Sandwich. This actually sounds like a put-on, but unfortunately, it's not.

It consists of bacon, two kinds of cheeses and sauce, all between 2 pieces of fried chicken. That's right, fried chicken as a bun instead of bread. According to Fox News, the "sandwich" is being test-marketed in Rhode Island and Nebraska.

You can order just the sandwich or order the Double Down Sandwich meal, which comes with the sandwich, a large soda, a large order of Fries...............and a defibrillator.





























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