Menus with calorie counts now a must in US as Obama-era rule takes effect

[spookyturtle 9,466]

10 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

How does somebody that is totally irrelevant,  end up on the front page everyday.

 

Maybe what you meant is that she is such a scumbag, that all of you who supported her wish she was irrelevant. 

 

 

I didn’t mean that at all. I didn’t support her. I ignore her. The  usual suspects are so emotionally involved with her they can’t let go. 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

16 minutes ago, spookyturtle said:

I didn’t mean that at all. I didn’t support her. I ignore her. The  usual suspects are so emotionally involved with her they can’t let go. 

Unlike the hundreds of Trump posts that are alwsys full of crass personal comments , that tell us how Trump has destroyed America, but can't ever seem to give us examples.

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1. Do they have to include calories of drinks? That would be a big deal

2. There isn't great evidence that it works, but it's low cost so why not

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25790388

 

Interestingly the possible benefits aren't just consumers reducing calories, but the restaurants ultimately reduce the calories of their menu items when they are displayed.

 

[Steeleballz 7,550]

8 hours ago, charmander said:

Is it clear how they would audit the printed numbers? Chains would be fine but not sure about the small restaurants. They probably don't want to scare people with the calorie content in the signature country breakfast skillet. I can easily see a 1200 calorie entree listed as 700 to make people feel good about it.

 

 

 

  My breakfast is usually ~1200 calories, so I would feel bad about ordering something that only had 700.

[TBoneTX 46,058]

Next, we'll be saying that "I see what I eat" is the same as "I eat what I see."

[TBoneTX 46,058]

ORDERING PIZZA IN 2018, HAD HILLARY WON

   

Operator: "Thank you for calling Pizza Shack.  May I have your national ID number?"
    Customer: "Hi, I'd like to place an order."
    Operator: "I must have your NIDN first, sir."
    Customer: "My National ID Number, yeah, hold on, uh, it's 61024998-45-54610."
    Operator: "Thank you, Mr. Sheehan.  I see that you live at 1742 Meadowland Drive, and the phone number's 494-2366.  Your office number over at Lincoln Insurance is 745-2302 and your cell number's 266-2566.  E-mail address is sheehan@ home.net.  Which number are you calling from, sir?"
    Customer: "Huh?  I'm at home.  Where d'ya get all this information?"
    Operator: "We're wired into the HSS, sir."
    Customer: "The HSS -- what is that?"
    Operator: "We're wired into the Homeland Security System, sir.  This will add only 15 seconds to your ordering time."
    Customer: (sighs) "Oh, well, I'd like to order a couple of your All-Meat Special pizzas."
    Operator: "I don't think that's a good idea, sir."
    Customer: "Whaddya mean?"
    Operator: "Sir, your medical records and commode sensors indicate that you've got very high blood pressure and extremely high cholesterol.  Your Hillary Health Care provider won't allow such an unhealthy choice."
    Customer: "What?!?! What do you recommend, then?"
    Operator: "You might try our low-fat Soybean Pizza.  I'm sure you'll like it."
    Customer: "What makes you think I'd like something like that?"
    Operator: "Well, you checked out 'Gourmet Soybean Recipes' from your local library last week, sir. That's why I made the suggestion."
    Customer: "All right, all right.  Give me two family-sized ones, then."
    Operator: "That should be plenty for you, your wife and your four kids, and your two dogs can finish the crusts, sir.  Your total is $49.99."
    Customer: "Lemme give you my credit-card number."
    Operator: "I'm sorry, sir, but I'm afraid you'll have to pay in cash.  Your credit-card balance is over its limit."
    Customer: "I'll run over to the ATM and get some cash before your driver gets here."
    Operator: "That won't work either, sir.  Your checking account's overdrawn also."
    Customer: "Never mind!  Just send the pizzas.  I'll have the cash ready.  How long will it take?"
    Operator: "We're running a little behind, sir.  It'll be about 45 minutes, sir.  If you're in a hurry, you might want to pick 'em up while you're out getting the cash, but then, carrying pizzas on a motorcycle can be a little awkward."
    Customer: "Wait!  How do you know that I ride a scooter?"
    Operator: "It says here you're in arrears on your car payments, so your car got repo'ed.  But your Harley's paid for, and you just filled the tank yesterday."
    Customer: "Well, I'll be a @#%/$@&?#!"
    Operator: "I'd advise watching your language, sir.  You've already got a July 4, 2016 conviction for cussing out a cop, and another one I see here on September 8 for contempt at your hearing for cussing at a judge.  Oh, yes -- I see here that you just got out from a 90-day stay in the State Correctional Facility.  Is this your first pizza since your return to society?
    Customer: (Speechless)
    Operator: "Will there be anything else, sir?"
    Customer: "Yes, I have a coupon for a free 2-liter of Coke."
    Operator: "I'm sorry, sir, but our ad's exclusionary clause prevents us from offering free soda to diabetics.  The New Hillary Constitution prohibits this.  Thank you for calling Pizza Shack!"

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9 hours ago, spookyturtle said:

Except he is relevant and Hillary isn’t. 

Wishful thinking?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

7 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Unlike the hundreds of Trump posts that are alwsys full of crass personal comments , that tell us how Trump has destroyed America, but can't ever seem to give us examples.

Hillary isn’t the President. She is gone. 

[Dashinka 24,765]

Just now, spookyturtle said:

Hillary isn’t the President. She is gone. 

Is she?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

1 hour ago, Bill & Katya said:

Is she?

From rational minds, yes. 

[Boiler 46,015]

1 hour ago, spookyturtle said:

From rational minds, yes. 

Bit of an insult to all those people who voted for her.

 

[spookyturtle 9,466]

12 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Bit of an insult to all those people who voted for her.

 

They’re supposedly adults, they’ll get over it.

[Boiler 46,015]

14 minutes ago, spookyturtle said:

They’re supposedly adults, they’ll get over it.

Wow, if in doubt double down.

 

Kudos.

Edited May 8, 2018 by Boiler

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2 hours ago, spookyturtle said:

From rational minds, yes. 

Now I am irrational?  I like to think of it as politics which is exactly what it is.  The MDL wants her to go away, and the MDR wants her to keep talking.  I think the MDR will win given her bruised ego.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

3 hours ago, spookyturtle said:

Hillary isn’t the President. She is gone. 

Gone really. I think the News media just found her 

47 minutes ago, spookyturtle said:

They’re supposedly adults, they’ll get over it.

Well that does not appear to be happening anytime soon. ROFL