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Things I Liked 10 Years Ago But Don’t Like Now #006: Gilbert Brown

This 350 pound defensive tackle was always a fan-favorite with me and my Wisconsin family back in the mid 90s. He was nicknamed the “Gravedigger” and loved hamburgers. How much did Mr. Gilbert Brown like hamburgers? So much that the local Wisconsin Burger King chains sold the “Gilbert Burger” in his honor. The contents of this monstrosity were as follows.

…a double whopper with double cheese, double lettuce, double tomato, double mayo, double onion, double ketchup and, as the manager of a Green Bay Burger King said in a telephone interview “no pickle because Gilbert doesn’t like pickles.” source

And people wonder why the obesity levels are higher in the Midwest.