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Default Are burger places becoming more common?

On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 1:30:08 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
> On 23/07/2014 12:15 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
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> > On 7/23/2014 11:29 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

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> >> On 2014-07-23 10:38 AM, graham wrote:

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> >>>> What a stark contrast between the burger and fries!

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> >>>>

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> >>> Why are burgers served with fries? Isn't the carbohydrate of the bread

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> >>> bun enough?

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> >>

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> >>

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> >> It's likely because the people who like high fat high salt burgers on

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> >> white buns with empty calories need some high carb, salty greasy food to

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> >> go with it.

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> >>

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> > You obviously never had a good burger and fries.

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> >

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> That wasn't the point. One could have the patty, smothered in cheese and
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> pickles with the fries.
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I have ordered a burger with no bun and extra-extra-extra pickles, and
fries with it. No cheese on the burger though if it costs extra. I see
buns as worthless carbs, whereas fries are yummy carbs.
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> Graham


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