tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post6086988861777431932..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Tales From the Over Regulated State # 23 - Watch What You EatSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-88454575943629651712017-01-13T08:50:06.587-05:002017-01-13T08:50:06.587-05:00No penalty for over declaring? Too hard to calcul...No penalty for over declaring? Too hard to calculate it precisely?<br /><br />Everything on the menu has 10,000,000 calories.<br /><br />Done.Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-88634978288549461142017-01-11T19:09:43.553-05:002017-01-11T19:09:43.553-05:00I'd think that with a normal, functioning meta...I'd think that with a normal, functioning metabolism you get hungry when you don't get enough food. No need to count calories. <br /><br />All that aside, another argument for listing a million calories, or 25,000 or some absurd number like that. Nobody's going to take it seriously. Unless, as Nosmo King said, they set limits on accuracy. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-51518052030526039242017-01-11T18:34:02.624-05:002017-01-11T18:34:02.624-05:00As a skinny guy on a constant quest for more calor...As a skinny guy on a constant quest for more calories, I'd be upset paying for 1,000 calories of food and only getting 800. But that's just me... off to train for the next marathon...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-25299413966941402502017-01-11T17:12:15.223-05:002017-01-11T17:12:15.223-05:00Nosmo King beat me to it with the "Pick a num...Nosmo King beat me to it with the "Pick a number that can't be wrong ever" and go with that. Served up with a rich sarcastic sauce (a saucy sauce???) stating "The idiots at the FDA make us declare all calories in the food which is impossible without destroying toe food so we state it will never exceed 1 million calories, no matter how much you eat".<br /><br />The "I'm digging my grave with a knife and fork but I'll sue you for misleading me" is one of those serendipitous side effects that I'm sure will be looked upon kindly by the powers that be ...<br /><br />Phil B <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-55472314213635184232017-01-11T10:55:37.803-05:002017-01-11T10:55:37.803-05:00One can't help but wonder if this is engineere...One can't help but wonder if this is engineered by trail lawyers for future lawsuits. I can imagine some 350 lb person suing a pizza chain because his slice really had 500 calories instead of the claimed 450 and therefore he deserves a million dollars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-72337556619373379112017-01-11T08:43:03.059-05:002017-01-11T08:43:03.059-05:00Neither source said what the accuracy ought to be,...Neither source said what the accuracy ought to be, but I'd sure do it that way. I'd also make it clear on my signs that the FDA is requiring me to list calorie content and telling me to overstate them, so I was making a guess that would always be more calories than actually present. <br /><br />Maybe I wouldn't say a million, but I'd say something like "FDA Mandated Calorie Information: each serving (1 double cheeseburger) with bacon: 25,000 calories (1 double cheeseburger) with turkey bacon: you should go somewhere else" <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-55542772403094285552017-01-11T03:42:02.128-05:002017-01-11T03:42:02.128-05:00“You would not be penalized for over-declaring cal...<i>“You would not be penalized for over-declaring calories versus under-declaring,” the agency responded.</i><br /><br />Do the regulations levy a penalty for inaccuracy? If not, then "Everything we serve has a million calories, more or less." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com