Whopper Jr....my fav...

i will die one day but,It won't be from hunger.

I wonder how many different types of medication he was on? but I don't think he cared about that. I know few people that prefer to pop pills and eat anything they want.

My wife who had been very ill for many years got broncitis for the second time in 3 months. We had planned to stop at McD's after her Dr's appointment that day because she had developed a love for the $1.00 double cheesburger . She worked as a manager at Hardees for years before her illnesses and cravedfast food. Anyway the Dr told her she needed to go to the hospital aagin she was very ill. she said NO i'm going to McD's he said you have to go to the hospital she replied no I have to go to Mcd's...lol He said OKay go to McD's on your way to the hospital. So we did. she had congestive heart failure while there and passed away a week later. Her last meal really was that McD's double cheesburger because she as on feeding tubes after that. This was in December of 2008 She was a strong willed woman just like this seems to have been.

Avenger - .that was cool, your story made me smile.

We all have our own likes. I would prefer a few bottles of very good wine, a bottle of fine whiskey, cigars a picture of my wife and dog stuffed in my casket. May as well get it in their because when you are dead you are dead for a long time. The Pharaohs knew that too.

Eat "healthy", live "well"; DIE ANYWAY...

Two Irishmen talking…

Duffy to O’Toole:

When I die, O’Toole, promise me you will get a bottle of the best Irish whiskey and pour it over me grave?

Sure and I will Duffy, if you don’t mind that I pass it through me bladder first…

May he rest in piece…

A wise man in drag by the name of Chris Farley once said it best, "LAY OFF ME, I'M HUNGRY!"

I sure hope that Burger King picked up the tab for his funeral.

No, I believed it was on the dead person's credit card.

My grandfather smoked cigars and ate grilled cheese sandwishes and lived into his mid-80's. He was active though, and that seems to make a big difference. My dad went downhill quickly once his knees gave out and he was housebound.

it's what you drink that's the secret to a long life...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LxC3M-Yngs

cheetah-822547

"When you're 88 years old, I guess you've earned the right to do what you want to do." ... as long as your negligence doesn't take from responsible taxpayers.

Those taxes are a part of the cost of FREEDOM!

If you're worried about where your tax money is going this should be about as close to the bottom of the list as you could get.

trust2112

Gotta love the media spin, so is MSN suggesting that BK food killed him...

With all due respect...What the @!$%# are you talking about???

Sure lettuce counts as vegetables. And the onions and tomato and the pickle. And the fries. But where are the twinkies? Very important food group.

Trust, I have to agree with Back here. I, certainly, didn't see any negative BK (or fast food) spin here. What I did see was a story about a man who, after his wife died, decided he was going to enjoy whatever remained of his life by living it on his terms rather than clawing for a few extra days by doing things he really didn't like.

When my father was diagnosed with cancer at 59, the doctors told him they needed to remove one lung. He had been a life long smoker and had only 45% capacity in one lung and 43% in the other. He asked the doctor what life would be like if they took the lung. He was told that he would be "very comfortable sitting in a chair." He passed on the surgery and, instead, he went home, drank his martinis, worked on his boat and mowed his lawn and, 9 months later, he died. I have always had a lot of respect for his decision because he refused to give up everything.

All I can say is "way to go"!!!!

You live a good, clean, healthy life when you are younger because you have a family to raise and support and to set a good example. After your work is done, you have earned the right to live life your way and do all the things you gave up in your younger days.

My mom was the best mom ever. After her child rearing days were over, she started doing as many things as she physically and financially could, things that she had not been able to do in her younger days.

One memory in particular stands out. She had always wanted to go to a male strip show. So on one trip to Vegas when she was a matronly 62, she took all the girls out to such a show. By far she enjoyed herself more than her substantially younger companions. At the end of the show, when the guys invited the audience on stage, she was the first one up there and had a grand old time dancing. We much younger girls were too self-conscious to participate. The audience loved it and so did the guys.

When she passed, my heart broke and has never quite healed. However, memories like the one in Vegas still make me smile. Her life had been very hard and so I thank God that she at least had a little time to enjoy some fun things and show a side of her that I never had known. First my parent, and then my best, best, best friend.

So, having survived for 88 years, this fellow EARNED the right to live his last days exactly as he wished.

Remember:

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up and totally worn out, screaming WOOHOO, WHAT A RIDE!!!

Apprently the BK burgers didn't shorten his life by too much. Their sandwiches are better than Mickey D's too.

cheetah's comments speak to the new paradigm. Your free will and freedom are no longer yours because of the new age progressives in govt......an 88 year old taking from you? Will you feel that way about you and yours when they need healthcare?

sound like Mr kimes led a pretty good life.....it's all in the jeans

Backcountry... Pay no mind to people with ADD like cheetah and trust2112. Their problem is obvious. It's called cranial-rectal inversion.

If anyone cares, the BK Whopper Jr., without cheese or mayo, is lower in fat and calories than most fast food sandwiches. The burger isn't fried, and when you add the lettuce, tomato and onion and skip the fries, I find it a filling lunch. And, hey, the guy was 88! I doubt I will live that long. My in-laws are in their 80's and still live on salads and egg whites. If I am still around at that age, I am eating beef and butter!

I have always liked the idea of laughter, joviality and celebration to mark a person's passing, so I think I'll write into my Last Will and Testament that my funeral procession is to pass by the 'Dive Thru Window' at Taco Bell, with every car placing an order to eat on the way to the cemetery.

The sound effects later, during the graveside services will be HILARIOUS!!!

;-)

My sister was always careful about her weight and to eat healthy foods. She would often say, "That's not good for you" Unfortunately she ended up with ovarian cancer and towards the end was unable to eat anything. She would take a small bite just to have the taste in her mouth. I resolved then and there that moderation was the key. I was not going to spend my life denying myself only to die in my 50's. Enjoy what you like but try for balance. And honestly, at 88 he lived a full life and as hard as I'm sure it was for his family to say goodbye he lived the way he wanted to which is what we should all do.

I'd buy a ticket on that train!

AMEN to that .......Apparently he did a good job to live up 88 I'm glad he had a family that understood that RIP.

Robert, not only will they not be hungry, they'll have enough gas to drive home.

It's not a lie. Everything must be done in moderation. If your body is healthy, a hamburger is not going to damage anything if you are not returning numerous times per week. No protein diet has been shown to cause mental imbalances (has the same symptoms of dementia), fruit diets kill your pancreas, soy can only be tolerated to some extent, etc. There are many limitations, moderation is the key and variation is a must. Have you taken a look at how some vegans look, death warmed over with next to no body fat (and a healthy body does need a percentage of fat). This has an adverse reaction on the system if you don't supplement the needs with a similar product that the body needs. I am not saying we need BK but typically it is not a big deal if you limit the consumption and get exercise and make sure you stock up in what your body needs to survive.

Now that is the way the dead should be treated, in a way that honors their life

I totally agree with you, Freedom. My grandmother lived to 98, eating what she wanted, but in moderation. My spouse's paternal grandmother ate what she wanted, in moderation, including fast food. My mother-in-law would tell her she had to lose weight and that eating what she did was not healthy. However, that grandmother passed several months after reaching 100. There is something to be said for moderation.

That was hilarious, Doug; sure the man would had a good chuckle, too.

I was gonna make the comment that you only die once, but instantly the name, Nikki Sixx hit me. I've told my kids that they gonna make the call when I die to let me wear a shirt that says, "what are you looking at?"

Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on the situation), genetics/family history come into play, even if we follow good habits or not... Luck of the draw sometimes.

What comes to mind is the movie "black Hawk Down" and the Somalian guard lights up a smoke and offers the American Soldier a cigarette:

American SOLDIER

No Thanks, I don't smoke.

Somalian

Aaahhh...You Americans , You are so careful so you can live long boring lives.....................

It makes plenty of sense. The nation over-exaggerates the bad effects of "good food" and the good effects of horrible "good for you" food.

Karl -

None of us get out of here alive, ya know? That might not make sense, but it is just plain fact.

Live your life well - that is also the best form of revenge.

Genetics!

@ KARL....it's called GOD's plan .......How come my nephew died one week before graduation - college at age 23 killed by a drunk driver, I say RIP mr.

@bambi.....God really wanted your nephew to die a horrible death at age 23? What a mean god.

It's true it was in God's plan. But God DIDN"T want this young man to die a horrible death. Even though it may seem like it to some. Any time someone dies like this or in any type accident it is awful. But you can't say God really wanted it HE aloud it. And you are a JERK for trying to hurt this family.

This god sounds pretty cruel to "allow" or "plan" the violent premature deaths of young people who had bright futures ahead of them. And yet allows rapists and murderers to die of old age, sometimes never being caught or jailed. Yeah, this god sure is benevolent! :-p

To paraphrase Lewis Carroll:

What matters it how long we live? There is another shore you know, upon the other side.

The further off from England, the nearer to France,

Then do not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance!

But if this is the only life you think you will ever have, and there is no hereafter, then there is no God, god, karma, eternity, whatever, then yeah, your life sucks, especially without that hope, faith, or belief that there are more bright futures ahead, and that this is not the only place where we will ever live.

My father didn't smoke, do drugs or even medical drugs. Our family didn't do drugs at all. But my father did work 2 and a half jobs, even at 65, when he died. Yes, I believe Stress killed him - Massive Heart Attack right before he clocked into work at 11pm. Mom died just over 5 years later with a couple of health problems and she did smoke and she was just days short of her 70th birthday. Go figure that one out. I know of a man who died at 80 about 3 yrs ago and his wife who was 83 then is still alive today. Neither of them smoke. He did until sometime during his kids were young.

facisthater: The rapists and murderers only appear to have gotten away with their crimes, but rest assured that they, like all who have ever lived will stand before the Almighty and answer for the deeds done in the body. God is loving, patient and merciful, but He is also Holy and just and righteous. Do not be deceived because you fail to see perfect justice immediately in a sinful and fallen world, it will come.

Karl... Apparently longevity, like diarrhea, runs in the genes (pun intended).

R.I.P to a guy with a great sense of humor. Besides, "Nobody gets out alive."

I have a neighbor that drinks, smokes, never eats. Still holds full time job too. How, I have no idea. Drinks until 1 or 2 in the morning then goes to work at like 7am. He healthy he says. Looks like heck, but he still very much alive. Sucks when a person that takes care of themself gets sick and his type runs amuck.

do you want some "dies" with that?

@ Mark ,I'm sure family shared this moments of their father's last journey without expecting disrespectful jokes added.

There's a couple of things I've noticed about you, bambi. One, you interject your god at any given opportunity, bidden or not. Two, you have absolutely no sense of humor, which in this man's case, the guy *obviously* had a sense of humor, so I would imagine they'd be more offended by your lack there of than any of these posters one liners.

Tell you what. Go hang out at your church, and we'll hang out on the internet. We don't need your god, and you don't need our humor. Deal?

I'm imagining the family member who didn't get his Whooper Jr. his way, without the pickle and the lettuce, special orders don't upset us.... Great. Now I've got that stuck in my head.

bambi@12

@ Mark ,I'm sure family shared this moments of their father's last journey without expecting disrespectful jokes added.

bambi, I'm sure this family had a pretty good sense of humor considering they allowed the hearse to go through the drive thu at BK.

All of which you can get from the drive-thruough at McDonalds. Just make sure that you ask for the low-fat ranch dressing.

McD's biscuts and gravy are pretty good...........lol

At that point what harm could a Wendy's Baconator have done? Sheesh. A difference which makes no difference is no difference.

Why is it horrifying that they may have lived happier?

I would much much rather live my life enjoying it and eating the foods that I enjoy and that taste good, then live my entire life "watching what I eat" and eating chit that grows in mud for a few extra years on my life.

I think the saddest lives are the self righteous, brittle boned, sunken eyed, sallow, leathery skinned, old prune marathoners who point their meatless bony fingers and screech F-A-A-A-T-T-T-Y-Y-Y at every healthy curve.

Eat what you want and mind your own plate.

LOL, good one, Maggie!

dang maggie get em!! vegans please take note. go ahead and eat your meal of tree bark and orange peels but please shut the heck up about it

Bull@!$%#, LegalEagle. Overweight people are the target of bigotry because it's the last bastion of prejudice and bigotry. It has nothing to do with anything other than arrogance and judgement.

Compulsive overeating is a disease of addiction. It's similar to alcohol, drug and sex addiction. It requires treatment and therapy to overcome. It's a medical condition. Many compulsive overeaters are the children of alcoholics or drug addicts. Their addiction issues go back for generations.

Feeling superior and scornful toward others is an issue of bullying. MYOB.*

*Mind Your Own Business. No one tells you what to do, so what makes you feel you have the right?

And Now the Latest IS: An Aspirin every other day keeps problems away.

@ Naturalskeptic

Diet, exercise.

Orange county Ca. sheriff was walking 5-10 miles every morning before shift (ex marine) and died on his walking path of heart attack at the age of 59 .

The sheriff may have had an underlying heart condition that he wasn't aware of, and walking 5 to 10 miles per day may have been too much for his heart to handle, which is likely why he died of a heart attack at a premature age. Too many men refuse to get regular checkups with a doctor and diseases go undetected until it's too late. They don't know they have a dangerous health condition lurking and start an extensive exercise program which lands them in deep trouble. Periodic exams would rule out or catch potentially fatal health problems before they get out of hand. Healthy habits and moderation are important to a longer life, especially if you don't have good genetics on your side.

Too many men think if they exercise they're bullet proof. My brother-in-law exercised, smoked and ate beef like it was endangered. The issue was his cholesterol which was too high. He thought if he took his meds he'd be fine.

Not so fast; his coronary artery was 99% blocked by all the animal fat he ate when his stress test came up. He did not enjoy his quadruple bypass, the same procedure his father underwent 27 years ago. My husband, his brother saw the way the wind blew and became a vegetarian more than 20 years ago. He requires ZERO cholesterol-lowering medications.

Just woke up, little groggy, does BK still have flame broiled hamburgers? I think Hardys does, but not sure. The places that have switched to processed soft cheese are the real heart killers. Talk about plugging the arteries! LOL

I think Arbys uses that cheap heart plugging processed cheese. I try too stay away from fast food that wants to go the cheap way instead of the real stuff. Getting harder every year. I have switched to eating salads now, but even the chicken they put on those things are too salty. If these places would just give you the basics, lets you add your salt, etc, then people would be able to eat more healthy food. We know what we shouldn't eat, but with fast food you don't have it your way.

I personally would love to enjoy a fast food occasionally, but everytime I do, I have to run for the nearest toilet! My body is not capable of tolerating unhealthy food!

beccaroni: Maybe you of a Gluten problem, I've had it for about 7 yrs now but mine is dermatitis the most rarist kind. for me boy i'd love to a good ole hamberger with a bun. I do eat kfc grilled chicken and the girls there know to not to use those tongs because of contamination so they know to put on the gloves. well this man seem very happy with what he did good thing he didn't live in NYC because the mayor would had him on side salads and water.

burgers might kill him but I know his wife would..... ha ha

Whoa! Go easy on yourself, Yash.

Yash only eats slow food.

My dad was buried with a pack of cigs and a lighter. He made my adopted brother promise he would make sure he had them. My brother had this beautiful lighter when he came home for the funeral but after the funeral he was borrowing my mom's so I asked him what happened to his. He smiled and said, "Rudy made me promise that he'd have cigarettes and a lighter so I gave him mine" I think that made me cry more than any other part of the day...just because it was so like my father and my brother.

My BIL was buried with a doobie and a lighter but he was only 51. I don't think the pot by itself killed him, I think it was the combination of a hundred other bad habits.

My Dad was buried with a six pack of Pabst..and a Cigar.

Ace... "I don't think the pot by itself killed him." Can you show us, please, an instance of someone dying from an "overdose" of marijuana? As far as I know nobody ever has.

Iknowthisisfundandall says: "the BS msnbc is usually churning out." May I suggest thaty you visit elsewhere? Nobody is forcing you to read what's on this site. Pardon my asking but, does your arse squeak when you walk?

I want a bottle of Merlot.

Not only that, but people obviously loved this man. When I die, I not only will not be bought a burger...the city will have to do the minimal to dispose of the remains. I guess it doen't really matter at that point. He lived well, and enjoyed those burgers. No matter how we do it, it comes to an end.

@Clearshot I'm sorry to hear your big disappointment of love by others ,it's all about how you "make your bed" here on earth ,I'm sure what your comment said it's not going to happen ,I'm sure you do have someone you opened their heart for you they just do not know how to express it now.Good luck to you if what you said it's what you feel or it is another sarcasm like many others use in any posts.