Heart Attack Grill spokesman dies of apparent heart attack

[The Straight Story]

Heart Attack Grill spokesman dies of apparent heart attack

A regular patron and unofficial spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill has died of an apparent heart attack, the restaurant's owner said on Monday.

John Alleman reportedly suffered a heart attack last week outside the Las Vegas restaurant, according to the Las Vegas Sun. The 52-year-old was taken off life support on Monday.

Alleman, who was not on the restaurant's payroll, inspired the "Patient John" character that appears on the restaurant's menu.

"He lived a very full life," Jon Basso, owner of the Heart Attack Grill, told the newspaper. "He will be missed."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/heart-attack-grill-spokesman-dies-apparent-heart-attack-162858075.html

[Angry Dragon]

1. "He lived a very full life,"

I guess 52 is a long life in Vegas

[0rganism]

8. perhaps they mean "full" in the post-meal sense?

I suspect double-entendre.

[zbdent]

2. Well, they can't be sued for false advertising ...

[joeunderdog]

3. This is the other side of the Jim Fixx story.

Eat right, exercise daily and die anyway.

[LongTomH]

4. If I see a sign over the door saying: "Heart Attack Grill," I'm not going in!

And I won't be stopping by Sweeney Todd's barber shop for a haircut either, thank you!

[jsr]

5. The second spokesman to die in as many years

[mn9driver]

6. 8,000 calorie hamburgers and patrons over 350 pounds eat free.

This is a very strange place. It seems that they court individuals who will eat themselves into a medical episode. They get free publicity when one of their morbidly obese regulars dies, I guess. Creepy.

[kenny blankenship]

7. Does what it says on the tin

or what it says on the sign over the door in this case.

Pure truth in advertising. OK it might be purer truth if it read, "Eat shit and die." But it's pretty close.

[IDemo]

9. Catchier name than "Hypercholesterolemia Hut" n/t

[DavidDvorkin]

10. At first, I assumed this was from The Onion.