On the way up to Tahoe last Friday, I got a craving for a milkshake. I stopped first at KFC in Placerville, hadn't been there in years. They don't have shakes, it turns out. So on I went to McDonald's where I haven't been since I saw Super Size Me last November.

The difference in price between a small (or regular) and a large is only 50 cents, so I ordered a large chocolate shake. In my youth, I ate at McDonald's all the time. I ordered shakes all the time. There was one size. It was the same as a medium soft drink, pretty small in comparison to what shot out of the drive through window.

I was handed a shake that weighed more than my female cat. It was at least 44 ounces of solid milk and "ice cream", and I'm guessing here, but it had to weigh around 8 pounds. It was absurd. I couldn't even finish a quarter of it. I don't know anyone who could, but there are probably many who try. Please, please, please tell me why does anyone need that much dairy and sugar?