# Those oversized burgers! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2015, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143 "2015-01-18T06:59:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143/21 "2015-01-18T21:20:03Z")
I had lunch at Fatburger today, and went with the 1/2 lb. burger, which was big enough that I had to squeeze it down somewhat to be able to bite into it. They have a triple-patty version of that burger - now _that_ just seems excessive to me. Fuddrucker’s also serves burgers with 1 lb. patties, though I’ve never been hungry enough to take one on. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143/22 "2015-01-18T22:17:47Z")
If you’re talking about some of those insanely big monster burgers, I think they’re mostly attention-getting novelties. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143/23 "2015-01-18T23:28:38Z")
Yeah, they should make the commercials more realistic. You have somewhere to be but you have to eat, you pull into the drive-thru and inhale exhaust fumes for 8 minutes.Then a block down the road you burn your fingers on the fries while you’re fishing through the bag and yell out some curse words. You get the burger out and unwrap it at a stop light, leaving a grease spot on your lap. It looks nothing like the commercial. It’s a funny color, the bun and the meat don’t line up, toppings and condiments are on the outside. You bite in and it makes a sound like walking in wet shoes. You wolf the thing down and get through the fries by the handful. You finish of the drink and throw away the bag walking your way in to work making a face that says “Now I remember why I don’t like eating at \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.” It cuts forward to the important meeting you were getting to and you bolt out the door toward the bathroom holding your stomach and running bow-legged to keep your cheeks clenched. After flushing twice there are still sesame seeds floating in the bowl. As you’re washing your hands you notice your hands are so swollen they won’t make a fist and you’re sweating grease from your forehead and starting to break out. What do you think, have I got a future in advertising? ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143/24 "2015-01-18T23:39:56Z")
If it comes wrapped in paper, and they have to hand it to me through an open car window, I am not going to eat it. I would rather wait until later to eat than to eat a fast food burger. We frequent a few sports bars and brew pubs, and half pound burgers are the norm. I always cut them in half to eat. Due to dentures, I seem to do better if I can take smaller bites out of things ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143/25 "2015-01-19T00:13:22Z")
I just had a Big Mac with 1/4lb’er patties. It was better. Filling but not something I would want a lot of. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143/26 "2015-01-19T00:25:46Z")
I don’t think I’ve seen a commercial with a supermodel eating a burger. She probably wouldn’t know how, anyway. Closest thing would be those idiotic Carl’s Hardees Jr ads with that skanky Paris Hilton half naked rolling around on a car hood. And I haven’t seen one of those in months. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143/27 "2015-01-19T01:34:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Fuddrucker’s also serves burgers with 1 lb. patties, though I’ve never been hungry enough to take one on. I witnessed a co-worker finish one, plus a giant order of potato wedges smothered in cheese sauce. It was pretty disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143/28 "2015-01-19T02:14:46Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > If it comes wrapped in paper, and they have to hand it to me through an open car window, I am not going to eat it. I would rather wait until later to eat than to eat a fast food burger. we’re very impressed. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143/29 "2015-01-19T02:38:35Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > we’re very impressed. I wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I love burgers. I just don’t like the McDonalds/Burger King/Hardees style food. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143/30 "2015-01-19T03:21:51Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Who cuts a burger in half? > > Besides, I just heard that McDonald’s is reintroducing the triple cheeseburger in selected markets. > > Sacrilicious! Their triple is still less meat than the 1/3 pounders they previously had (or that a lot of other chains have standard). It’s also cheaper or around the same price to buy 2 Mcdoubles. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143/31 "2015-01-19T03:23:42Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I’ve not seen those ads but are you allowing for the actresses having small hands and small mouths? Like how porno makes things attached to below-average sized males look bigger? I never thought of it like that. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143/32 "2015-01-19T03:26:38Z")
I really don’t understand any of these comments about how cutting a burger in half makes it less messy. You cut it in half so you have 2 open-faced burgers? Or you eat it sideways? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143/33 "2015-01-19T03:30:23Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > I really don’t understand any of these comments about how cutting a burger in half makes it less messy. You cut it in half so you have 2 open-faced burgers? Or you eat it sideways? You cut it in half normally: from the top so you have two halves of burgers. The half-moon shape makes it easier to get it in your mouth (you have a corner which is easier to fit in your mouth than trying to bite into a circle.) ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143/34 "2015-01-19T04:40:13Z")
I thought it said _oversized burglars_, which seems unlikely. **Oversized Burgers** were renowned in the city halls of the Netherlands in the 17th century. One of the reasons they wore those vast ballooning pants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-oversized-burgers/710143.md?page=1)