Sandwich Monday: In-N-Out Imports

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So many great things from California have made their way east: Extra-Large King Size Beds, Talking Raisins, Pizza Kitchens. But the best thing about California — In-N-Out Burger — still hasn't made it to us. Fortunately Blythe brought us some "Double-Double Animal-Style" burgers in an ice-filled cooler. We ate them, roughly 20 hours after they were made.

Blythe: I put them in the overhead compartment on the plane.

Peter: I like to think they would have dropped down in the event of a loss of cabin pressure.

Ian: Place it firmly over your nose and mouth with the elastic band behind your head and inhale. Although the burger does not inflate, meat is still flowing to your face.

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Ian: It really looks like we're getting something from an organ donor. I'm just glad I'm first on the Cheeseburger Transplant list.

Blythe: It would be nice if you received your new lung in a novelty Dodgers bag.

Mike: I'm pretty sure this is the transplant you get before your heart transplant.

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Ian: So these burgers were like $2.50. Plus a plane ticket, that's only $302.50.

Blythe: I was keeping an eye on them. So you need to factor in the $10 an hour for Burgersitting.

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Eva: One day-old In-N-Out burger that's traveled half the country in an overhead compartment and been through an X-Ray Machine and been probed by TSA Agents equals one fresh McDonald's burger in gross factor. But it still surpasses it in flavor.

Peter: Thank god the burgers were in airplane mode, otherwise they would have brought the plane down.

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Blythe: I feel like once people find out they transport well, everybody will want to do it.

Ian: You could have a really good career as a Burger Mule.

Mike: Oh god where did you put these?

[The verdict: an excellent burger preserved and transported excellently. Definitely worth the $302.50. But: If someone who steals burgers is called A Hamburglar, what is someone who smuggles burgers called? A Hamburmuggler?]