Weird

I have just stumbled across a weird little database....the final meal requests of death row inmates in Texas.

Spooky, right?

I know.

Luckily, we are a few days before Halloween, so this kind of morbid curiosity is allowed this time of year.

After perusing, I have decided that the three most common requests were: Steak, Fried Chicken, and Cheeseburgers.

There ya go, cheeseburgers! Another thing to hang your hat on: One of the 3 Most Popular Food Requests for Death Row Inmates in Texas between the Years 1982-2003, Unofficially.

I think that would look pretty good on a ribbon!

Anyway, I was kind of fascinated by this. With these inmates having been subjected to prison food for the past few years, and knowing full well that they were dying after it, they tend to be a little over-the-top.

This is literally a random one I copied and pasted, other requests were even more ridiculous, but still:

Twelve beef ribs, three enchiladas, chicken fried steak with cream gravy, crisp bacon sandwich, ketchup, a loaf of bread, cobbler, three Cokes, three root beer, French fries, and onion rings

My favorite parts are the crisp bacon sandwich (is that like a BLT, minus the L and T...aka a B?) and the loaf of bread.

I'm not gonna lie, I got a little hungry after reading some of these. Clearly, death row inmates are not worried about counting calories.

I could go on and on with some of these outlandish requests, but after a while they all tend to blend together.

The ones that struck me, though, were the "alternative" requests by some inmates.

Here are some of those:

-One cup of hot tea (from tea bags) and six chocolate chip cookies

-Cool Whip and cherries

-1 bag of assorted Jolly Ranchers

-Chocolate birthday cake with "2/23/90" written on top, seven pink candles, one coconut, kiwi fruit juice, pineapple juice, one mango, grapes, lettuce, cottage cheese, peaches, one banana, one delicious apple, chef salad without meat and with thousand island dressing, fruit salad, cheese, and tomato slices (A lot to think about here, esp. considering he was executed on 6/26/01. I'm thinking vegetarian).

-1 jar of dill pickles (yikes)

-1/2 dozen sunny side up fried eggs, 8 pieces of pan sausage, 6 slices of toast with butter and grape jelly, crispy hash browns, milk and orange juice (gotta like the breakfast angle)

-Justice, Equality, World Peace (a little pretentious, if you ask me)

-1 apple, 1 orange, 1 banana, coconut, and peaches (with a diet like that you'll be nothing but skin and bones!)

-Asked that final meal be provided to a homeless person (where was that selfless attitude before?)

-No preference. Asked for whatever was on the menu (chili dogs, baked beans, corn and peanut butter cookies) (sooooo many questions for this man)

A lot of people flat out refused their last meal. I can understand that. But the guy who said 'No preference'???? I mean, come on. You're clearly hungry, and aren't trying to make a statement by turning down your meal, and they offered to make you anything you want! 'No Preference'??!!?! Whether you believe in the death penalty or not, I think the world is a better place with that man gone.

So what would you pick as your last meal? You don't have to worry about it making you fat or unhealthy or causing cancer a couple years down the line.

By the way, the way I got to this last meal request was by looking at the wikipedia page for Ronald O'Bryan, who poisoned his son's Halloween candy to collect on a life insurance policy (see, it all comes back to Halloween). Gotta say, not a bad choice:

T-bone steak (medium to well done), french fries with ketchup, whole kernel corn, sweet peas, a lettuce and tomato salad with egg and French dressing, iced tea, sweetener, saltines, Boston cream pie, and rolls.

My only issues are the steak should be medium rare, and the salad should have more on it.

Thoughts? You can pick anything you want.

But if you pick 'No preference' I will stop being your friend.

What's your opinion on Bread & Butter pickles?

I used to think I really liked them but now I'm not so sure.