The Bad Sport

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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – After two hours in the parking lot and four trips through the drive-through, Brett Favre decided that french fries were the perfect complement to his double cheeseburger.

Favre’s large fries order at the local Burger King occurred at 10:48 p.m. Tuesday, according to Randy Holliday, the fast food establishment’s assistant fry cook.

“Brett made a great choice,” Holliday said. “I told him it would be a better bang for his buck if he went with the combo, and I think that really got him thinking that second time through the drive-through. When he finally ordered his meal, I could tell he was very happy and enjoyed the fries.”

Favre asked for extra ketchup and salt and ate the fries with his bare hands, Holliday said.

“It was one of those moments you’ll just never forget because you were there,” he said.

Favre has been through plenty of similar excrutiating decisions before. There was his famous “chocolate or vanilla” cone decision at his 8th birthday party at a Gulfport, Miss. Dairy Queen, and his “extra baked beans” decision in sixth grade.

And nobody will forget Favre’s controversial decision last year to order a quesadilla without cheese at Taco Bell, prompting speculation that he was sending a message to the Wisconsin cheese industry.

However, it was his latest selection that had his fans – and detractors – talking at the water cooler more than ever before.

“To be honest, I think he was a bit selfish,” LeBron James said. “He could have used his fame and power to raise money for the kids and announce his order to the world. LeBron James would never jerk around some fry cook like that.”

Hasbro officials are rumored to be furiously designing a special edition Mr. Potato Head to commemorate Favre, who fans are now calling the Carbohydrate Kid.

Favre could not be reached for comment, as he was still deciding whether to return his calls.