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sousaphone

(n): the lowest brass wind instrument
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4 months ago bilby said:

"It was a patriotic statement that went a bit too far afield: an attempt to create the 'ultimate picnic burger.' Called the Fourth of July Burger, it was tested last summer at seven locations by the West Coast fast-food chain Carl's Jr. and consisted of a huge beef patty topped with pickles, ketchup, mustard, potato chips, and a hot dog. Stacked high and loaded with fat and calories, it was the food equivalent of the national anthem played through a sousaphone, a perfect distillation of a peculiarly American form of balls-out, postmodern gluttony that, at least outwardly, we're all supposed to be ashamed of right now."
- Joe Keohane, 'Fat Profits', portfolio.com, Feb 2008.

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