So, the lesson i'm taking from this is that, to be happy I need to eat AT LEAST 125 kebabs in a month. Eating any less less than that will apparently leave me "physically and psychologically damaged".
He ate four every evening to raise money for charity (final total raised was £1000 . . . BUT . . . he spend well over that to buy those 124 kebabs. He should and could have just donated £1000 instead.
I don't think he spent well over that. A kebab in the UK costs about £8 on average, so that makes almost exactly £1000 in total. And all the money he spent on kebabs wasn't spent on other food. So yeah, he could've gone one whole month without eating and donating the savings, but instead he gets to raise money AND eat kebab.
He might have just lost the will to eat them again, as people often will after a month of eating the same exact thing every day. So he might have been capable to eat more, but chose to stop there.
However, what's more likely, that he ate 4 each day in a 31day month or that he ate 5 on some days in a shorter month... just because he felt peckish and wanted yet another kebab
So assuming they're decent kebabs they're at least 1300 calories, likely more but 1300 will do, that's 1300*4=5200 calories a day for 30 days, so yes that would fuck you up and quite frankly if you don't feel bad eating that much you should see a doctor because something serious is very likely wrong with you.
Dear Mr. BrickShakes, hello! I am writing to inform you that, although entirely unaware of your contribution, you have provided a perfect segue for an obscure reference. And I thank you! Anyway, this French dude possibly ate a baby, likely ate some amount of human corpsemeat, and definitely ate several cats n' whatnot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare
I've eaten kebabs from the local burger wagon in my home town, lucky if you get 100 calories, they're a joke, I would need to know if he is talking kebabs from a genuine Turkish kebab maker or a pretend kebab, because there is a huge difference. The first is, I can eat this like a cheeto and not think I have had anything to eat, the other is a proper loaded meal!
Yeah his does, but is that a representative sample? Did he buy the kebabs all from the same place? Were they all the same types of kebabs? There are so many unanswered questions that need answering to prevent us from suffering the same fate! I mean maybe it's only kebabs from one particular shop that have this effect.
I burn about 3500-5000 calories on my running days, depending on what kind of run it is that day. I'm training for a marathon right now. I very much enjoy how amazing food and liquids are after a long run.
It's so easy to stop and get food on a bike, we don't need to hunt for parking for 5 minutes and then walk for 5 minutes. you just pull up to the restaurant, lock the bike and go in, it's amazing.
Im a 245 pound 6'1" guy who walks about 12-16km a day. I'd probably have to stop around 3 a day.... but the donair in Edmonton is fairly generous, so I'll stop at 2 lol.
100g donor flat bread is just under 400 calories The sauce varies but around 100 to 250 calories per 100g. We just average all the salad to 20 calories per 100g
So 200 gram meat, 100 gram bread, 150 gram salad and 50 gram sauce is already roughly 1000 calories for a 500g donor kebab, and most kebab i have ordered are more like 650grams.
Sadly it is not, probably a standard kebab. You'd be amazed how fast calories add up. Fry is around 500cals meaning two is half most people's daily allotment of food.
People have a common tendency to underestimate the calories in food. It can be hard to find an actual dish that comes from a restaurant for only 300 calories
It depends on a lot. A kebab in the north of the UK is a different beast to those in the south. Depends on what meat you choose, a large doner kebab has about 200g of meat on it and if you think there's less than 500caloriees in that you're kidding yourself. The sauce and how it's made ( you can easily get 300 calories in a serving of chilli sauce depending on sugar content) is there yogurt on it? That's another 300-400 per serving. It's very easily done if the kebab is trying to be interesting.
OCTAVlAN
Fucking pussy.
isszuSparkleBandit
If he tried to eat that many, my money isn't on him not being psychologically damaged beforehand
DildoEater69
As a Turk... Peasant. 124 in a month is rookie numbers. My arteries no longer pump blood... Just cholesterol and an early grave.
LookNoHands119
So, the lesson i'm taking from this is that, to be happy I need to eat AT LEAST 125 kebabs in a month. Eating any less less than that will apparently leave me "physically and psychologically damaged".
qtRaven
Doctors blame a man known only as 'Amir.'
YvesStRollerblade
Challenge accepted
jgjgjgjgjgjgjg
He ate four every evening to raise money for charity (final total raised was £1000 . . . BUT . . . he spend well over that to buy those 124 kebabs. He should and could have just donated £1000 instead.
cousteau
I don't think he spent well over that. A kebab in the UK costs about £8 on average, so that makes almost exactly £1000 in total. And all the money he spent on kebabs wasn't spent on other food. So yeah, he could've gone one whole month without eating and donating the savings, but instead he gets to raise money AND eat kebab.
rmichelsen480
Seems as though he was psychologicaly damaged to begin with.
Imjustanoddball
Those are rookie numbers!
chewmanlove
He didn't push hard enough, at what point you die from delicious kebab.
tachyx
newnhb
I was about to hit 120 this month - thanks for the heads up. I'll dial it down now.
flordelasantillas
Get an enema. It not only will loosen you up, I heard it's ex-laxing.
rbudrick
So 123 is the limit
petresun
He means the shit he took "left him physically and psychologically damaged."
JessicaXibalba
I am certain I could manage that without difficulty.
BitchButcher
After a year of 4 kebabs a day you may have problems putting on your socks. Or breathing.
BofusTeefus
4 a day. Meat and veggies. We're they McDonald's kebobs, or like abnormally sized or something?
TheHuntedSnark
Consumed rectally.
happenedtomeonce
So nothing abnormal about them then
Sleepingpanda1260
Ratio is important in these situations, like the lethal limit of chicken nuggets
BitchButcher
I think the max. amount of bananas you can eat without dying of radiation poisoning is 50 ... per second.
bloodomen
FFS what type of Kebabs? Doner ,Fish Kebabs..Meat kebabs ?
Mehlsack
As a german that sounds like normal month to me
ElbowDeepInAJedi
"New Mexico Man Ate Burritos Every Meal for a Year And Was Pretty Happy About It." - my headline
ChimkenDumplin
...Do it.
ordaen
so 123 kebabs is the limit thank you sir for your sacrifice
wobblecopterrrr
like, how big though? I've had some that were absolutely massive, might just be too much food.
aNightmareWithinaNightmare
Not THE limit, HIS limit.
ThisGuyPostingThings
We don't even know that for sure, it could've been other conditions that increased or lowered his limit in that month.
Targe0
He might have just lost the will to eat them again, as people often will after a month of eating the same exact thing every day. So he might have been capable to eat more, but chose to stop there.
SecretAgentSuperBooger
Kristoph57
Your bloodline is weak and shall be forgotten. SHALL BE FORGOTTEN.
Burke616
I've forgotten it already.
monkeytrench
RyvaTheRenamon
I didn't get a harumph outta that guy!"
chiefrunswithscissors
The reason he was scarred was because he realised his life was all down hill from that moment
ubermonkey21
May your take out bag rip and spill.
Kristoph57
GTimgur
Who are we even talking about anymore!
CgnCalling
This is the way .
Aridez
I think with 4 kebabs a day your bloodline becomes rock solid
ChimkenDumplin
It seems like people have very different ideas of 'kebab' down here...
delusionaldaydreams
Just like your arteries.
ahleron
I like to think of them not as rock hard arteries, but rather, as structurally reinforced.
PhilKenSebban
Like to know what kebab place he's going to. I've some good kebabs but not I'm gunna smash 4 a day for a month good.
Wylf
He apparently did it to raise money for charity, so quality may not have played a part. https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/man-who-ate-124-kebabs-7987027
insanecowcatwarriorgod
Thanks for the link my fine friend. Puts a lot of context that is missing from the headline.
PhilKenSebban
That makes alot more sense now.
rainsblu
https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/01/manchester-man-ate-124-kebabs-in-month-for-charity-18023290/
januarylover
Thanks! I was like... WHY?
artdecoasfuck
Dude raised £1000? Probably spent just as much on the kebabs themselves.
eppykaze
That's only 4 a day, sounds like rookie numbers.
BlindGardener
I know right? I make my own kebabs, at home, and I eat prolly about 7-12 on the days I do it.
craque
Never mind that, but that's about £1200 of kebabs (a month). I think I barely spend £200 on myself.
borntowearalumberjackcostume
200 in kebabs only? Still decent for a month.
craque
I already feel kind of sick after eating 1 kebab in a day, how this guy handles eating 4 makes me ill thinking about it.
InnocentIntentionsTurnedBad
What kind of kebabs are these? The kebab involving a skewer and grilling meat, veggies and/or fruits on it? I'll smash ten and be good to go
craque
In England, where food culture goes to die, it's just a naan bread with sliced meat. No skewers.
pixelsnader
Clearly the physical and psychological damage stem from malnourishment. Only 4 a day, guy was clearly underfed.
ZuluAssault9
Depends on how big the kebabs were really..100g? 500g? 1kg?
DarkRedCape
Or, he ate 123 in one day, then took it easy for the rest of the month
pixelsnader
Yeah, maybe he ate at Georg's Kebab.
pandemicmodedad
That would be quite the shit he would take. Prob where the psychological and physical damage came from.
barnwolf
I've never tried eating the same thing for a month straight, but I imagine it would suck.
GuyWithDog
Have you seen the movie documentary 'Supersize me'? McDonald's for a straight month... Let's say it verifies your statement
ZackWester
I ate Pasta salad for s week lunch snd dinner because i can't make cook less then 12 portions and i was dead tirred of it afterwards.
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SpaceJew
I appreciate your commitment to the bit. Have a dozen up votes
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scrapz
repeating, of course...
WhoUhz
Some say it’s still repeating to this day.
Uonnay
Months can have 31 days
ConfederacyOfDunces
They can also have 28/29. 30 is the closest whole-number approximation.
anomnomnymous
However, what's more likely, that he ate 4 each day in a 31day month or that he ate 5 on some days in a shorter month... just because he felt peckish and wanted yet another kebab
CommunCreator
And not all years have 365 days. You wind up with an average of approximately 4.074 kebabs/day
cousteau
Thousands of digits of precision and they failed on the second one, smh.
cousteau
"Closest approximation". [proceeds to provide thousands of significant digits]
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BrickShakes
So assuming they're decent kebabs they're at least 1300 calories, likely more but 1300 will do, that's 1300*4=5200 calories a day for 30 days, so yes that would fuck you up and quite frankly if you don't feel bad eating that much you should see a doctor because something serious is very likely wrong with you.
CaptainHyperbole
What if you ran a marathon everyday? You’re burn off the calories and you’re be fine!
BlueDsc
I looked up the article and it says the kebabs were 250,000 calories in total, so that'd be a smidge over 2k calories per Kebab.
BDSMThroatHugs
I feel like the kebab scientists in charge of research on this article aren't very qualified.
ChimkenDumplin
Dear Mr. BrickShakes, hello! I am writing to inform you that, although entirely unaware of your contribution, you have provided a perfect segue for an obscure reference. And I thank you! Anyway, this French dude possibly ate a baby, likely ate some amount of human corpsemeat, and definitely ate several cats n' whatnot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare
g0og0ochi312
Thank you for that strange and suspenseful bedtime story. Though I do hope I do not dream of this man tonight.
melangemaster42
The article linked elsewhere in this thread says 250,000 calories total, so that’s more than 2k calories per kebab.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
8000 calories a day is insane!
MickeyCallahan
That's a helluva kebab.
varonicaED
I've eaten kebabs from the local burger wagon in my home town, lucky if you get 100 calories, they're a joke, I would need to know if he is talking kebabs from a genuine Turkish kebab maker or a pretend kebab, because there is a huge difference. The first is, I can eat this like a cheeto and not think I have had anything to eat, the other is a proper loaded meal!
Broonstar
you would get more than 100 callories out of the bread alone
varonicaED
Bread? They make your kebabs with bread? You've obviously never had a kebab from my local burger van, they have a strange definition of bread!
Broonstar
Pita bread, a single Pita contains 165 callories according to google
naugie
Dude, an apple has 100 calories...
CyborgScribe
In the picture in the actual article they look pretty big.
varonicaED
Yeah his does, but is that a representative sample? Did he buy the kebabs all from the same place? Were they all the same types of kebabs? There are so many unanswered questions that need answering to prevent us from suffering the same fate! I mean maybe it's only kebabs from one particular shop that have this effect.
chewybrian
When I was training for endurance cycling events, I could have eaten those calories no problem. Without a few hours a day hard riding, no.
etcnotect
I burn about 3500-5000 calories on my running days, depending on what kind of run it is that day. I'm training for a marathon right now. I very much enjoy how amazing food and liquids are after a long run.
Rhythmaster
Cycling just turns me into a bottomless hungry pit, I do love it though...
swanglemydangle
The only reason my wife agrees to do bike tours is that. She's constantly wanting to stop for ice cream and pizza.
Rhythmaster
It's so easy to stop and get food on a bike, we don't need to hunt for parking for 5 minutes and then walk for 5 minutes. you just pull up to the restaurant, lock the bike and go in, it's amazing.
Dxb105
Im a 245 pound 6'1" guy who walks about 12-16km a day. I'd probably have to stop around 3 a day.... but the donair in Edmonton is fairly generous, so I'll stop at 2 lol.
BrickShakes
Sure that a caveat, but most people do in fact not burn 2000 extra calories a day on training.
amglasgow
No, but highly fit people burn more calories just sitting than people who aren't as fit.
Feralkyn
Yeah but not cycling for several hours levels. Why even mention that
chewybrian
Kennleth
What does a 1300 calorie kebab look like? Because the ones near me are probably 300-600 calories.
neilwatkinsfromaccounting
no way. the wrap is probably 300
Kennleth
Definitely not 300, the bread alone is 100-200 depending on thickness and size.
BrickShakes
100 gram meat is already 300 calories alone. when you add the sauce bread etc you are over 1000 unless it's a tiny kebab.
stevencloser
A kebab is a quarter flat bread, stuffed with meat, lots of salad and some sauce. The meat is by far going to be the most calories in the whole thing.
BrickShakes
100g donor flat bread is just under 400 calories
The sauce varies but around 100 to 250 calories per 100g.
We just average all the salad to 20 calories per 100g
So 200 gram meat, 100 gram bread, 150 gram salad and 50 gram sauce is already roughly 1000 calories for a 500g donor kebab, and most kebab i have ordered are more like 650grams.
GoblinQueen69
A 1300 calorie kebab sounds absolutely massive
darkstarmc
Sadly it is not, probably a standard kebab. You'd be amazed how fast calories add up. Fry is around 500cals meaning two is half most people's daily allotment of food.
MaybeTechishPerson
People have a common tendency to underestimate the calories in food. It can be hard to find an actual dish that comes from a restaurant for only 300 calories
zazznz
It depends on a lot. A kebab in the north of the UK is a different beast to those in the south. Depends on what meat you choose, a large doner kebab has about 200g of meat on it and if you think there's less than 500caloriees in that you're kidding yourself. The sauce and how it's made ( you can easily get 300 calories in a serving of chilli sauce depending on sugar content) is there yogurt on it? That's another 300-400 per serving.
It's very easily done if the kebab is trying to be interesting.
ByronGetronfree
All true but the prize takeaway here is the imagine of a kebab trying desperately to be interesting
PimpinKen
That's why he wears the top hat and monocle
zazznz
Yeh fair. I didn't have many characters left and it gets the point across.