What Would You Have?
It seems that just about everything you could ever think of is somewhere out there on the Internet. Curious about what condemned murderers eat for their last meal? Consult Dead Man Eating, which is a compendium of last meal requests from death row inmates around the country. They also have a section for readers’ last meals.
It got me to wondering, though. For whatever reason you’re on death row and it’s your last meal. You’re not going to see tomorrow. What would you request? I know for sure I wouldn’t give a damn about Atkins at that point, so I’m thinking along the lines of the following:
- A great big New York strip steak (medium)
- Baked potato with everything
- An apple caramel streusel cheesecake (yes, the whole thing)
I wonder if they would allow a Partagas or Macanudo to be slipped in? I know the damn smoking nazis have made the prisons non-smoking, but it’s not like you have to worry about dying from smoking at that point.
Update: I should have looked over in the right-hand sidebar and the smoking question would have been answered.
lorenzo morris
texas
november 2, 2004
fried chicken and fried fish, french bread, hot peppers, apple pie, butter pecan ice cream, two soft drinks, either Sprites or Big Reds and a pack of Camel cigarettes and matches. The request for the Camels was denied.
Damn, that’s harsh.