Calvin Miller, The Dogs of Snoqualmie, Broadman & Holman Publishers, page 12:īut when he comes back, he'll come home from work with a poisoned Big Mac and try to do me in. You must walk more than 6 miles-well over an hour-to burn off a Big Mac. However, this type of reasoning isn't all that compelling if you sit down and work out the math. I've heard my patients talk about exercising to "burn off the Big Mac" they ate for lunch or for that key lime pie they demolished last night. 2003, Arthur Agatston, The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Management Rodale, page 144:.This shows how much a standardized product such as a Big Mac costs in different countries and the result is actually surprisingly close to the PPP index. In a light-hearted vein, the weekly news magazine The Economist has tested the PPP index by producing its own Big Mac index. 2001, Bjørn Lomborg, The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World, Cambridge University Press, page 73:.On his thirtieth birthday Buddy Barnes received a reindeer sweater and a ten-dollar bill from his mom, as well as the following gifts from the Sticks: two Big Mac certificates, a package of ribbed prophylactics, three pairs of toe socks, a bottle of Wild Turkey. 1980, Tom Lorenz, Guys Like Us, Viking Press, page 1:.A hamburger from the fast food company McDonald's, served on a three-part bun with various condiments.Big and the patronymic Mac (from the Mc in McDonald's).