Choices

The sandwich shop was at a downtown corner next to the newspaper, and the specials of the day were foot-long sliced beef and Italian sausage hoagies.
Rock walked to the shop and stared longingly at the meat. "I'm thinking about a combo deal here," he said to two teenage girls behind the counter, both of whom were instantly engaged. "Would you mind putting the sausage into the beef? Will the bun even close?"
A pretty brunette picked up a sausage from its bun and dropped it into a bun coated by juicy sliced beef. Rock took one look and said he would take it.
The other girl said it would cost twenty-four dollars. The brunette smiled and said, "I just checked. This is twelve-thousand calories."
Rock laughed at this expensive, fattening folly: "You know what, just give me the sausage."