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About this 25,000th Big Mac thing:

The math doesn’t add up. Rather, it adds up too much.

Some background:

Don Gorske sometimes cannot taste the Big Macs he eats every day.

But he keeps eating, and this week he expects to hit another Big Mac milestone: On Tuesday, Gorske plans to consume his 25,000th Big Mac.

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He began eating the popular special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun burgers on May 17, 1972.

Gorske will devour his 25,000th Big Mac at the McDonald’s at 699 S. Military Ave. in Fond du Lac — exactly 39 years since he drove his father’s Dodge Polara to the original McDonald’s on Military Avenue and fell in love with the sandwich.

And more:

A special ceremony is planned Tuesday afternoon at McDonald’s in Fond du Lac for Don Gorske. That’s because, since 1972, Gorske has eaten at least two Big Macs a day, which means the 57-year-old will be eating his 25,000th Big Mac on the 39th anniversary of eating his first.

The Fond du Lac man says he ate nine on May 17, 1972 and has only missed nine days since then, for various reasons.

And now, on to the math:

Gorske says he’s had at least two every day, with nine exceptions, since May 17, 1972, 39 years ago. There are 365 days in a year. That means, excluding leap days, there have been 14,235 days since May 17, 1972.

Let’s ignore his exceptions to the two-a-day standard, such as those nine in one day 39 years ago (which is disgusting) and his buying six on Mondays and eight on Thursdays. If Gorske has had “two Big Macs a day” since that date, then he’s had well over 28,000 Big Macs as of today.

The math, in case you’re interested:

39x365=14235
14235x2=28470