Encouraging Bad Behavior

Dave and I like to eat at a deli called Toojays. In fact, we shared a sandwich there this afternoon. They have the best corned beef ever. Steamed!

As I said, we shared a 6 ounce corned beef sandwich. That's 3 ounces of beef each. Along with coleslaw and Kosher dills. It was plenty for us.

But Toojays has a contest going. They have a sandwich called the Jaynormous. It's made with 1 and one half POUNDS - that's 24 ounces - of meat. If you can finish it you will qualify for the next phase which is an even bigger meal. Then the lucky big winner will get $10,000.

Today the man next to us ordered the Jaynormous. The waitress asked if he'd like to enter the contest and then explained the rules. I didn't catch them all but did hear her say that he didn't have to finish the sides - just the sandwich.

This, to me, is as bad as a drinking contest. Or a smoking contest. Nothing good will come of it. Besides, it encourages one of the 7 deadly sins. Gluttony.

We thought about waiting for the waitress to bring his Jaynormous Sandwich so we could get a gander at it but then decided not.

She did tell us that the meat part is 6 inches high!


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