I have a question about eating out in fast food restaurants. Actually we don't and haven't for a long time, but once in a while, if we are at an appointment, theres usually a subway and we each can get a salad with low fat dressing, or I get a little thing of vegetable soup (100 calories) and it holds me over.

But... I just saw a commercial on tv and I think it was for Quiznos, or Subway, I'm not sure. But I am sure of what I saw on that sandwich and it just about blew me away. Now I'm not a lumberjack by any means. Neither is Alan. But in our youth, we would have eaten a club sandwich, or even at the deli, a brisket of beef on a roll with mustard. They would make them really big.

But nothing, and I mean nothing prepared me for this commercial for this particular sandwich. It's called a Meat Lover's Sandwich or something to that effect. I have never seen such meat piled in a loaf of bread in my entire life. It's like there was 5 pounds of cold cuts in that sandwich. Roast beef, or whatever meat it was. Like slabs of beef, (it had to be 5 or 6 inches high).

And they put some dressing on it. When they cut it in half, it could have fed a third world country. I remember immediately calling up my girlfriend and saying "did you just see this commercial?" we watch the same talk show that was on. She said "oh haven't you seen this, it's for people to get heart attacks". I said "how on earth can they be allowed to serve this and who on earth would buy this??" She said "Oh these big contstruction workers who eat like there's no tomorrow, that's who buys this sandwich".

I have never seen this in my whole life. The whole thing must have been 5000 calories (in one sandwich!!!!!). Jeez.

And have you ever seen a Denny's commercial for their Lumberjack Breakfast (at least I think it's for Lumberjacks). It's 3 humongous pancakes, 3 strips of bacon, 3 eggs, etc. etc.j

Talk about cholesterol happening!!!!

These restaurants that serve these things are creating an obese society that, well, forget about it in twenty years. These people will all get diabetes (that is if they survive their clogged arteries)!

Just wanted to pipe in.!!

Melody