Want to see my new design for a robot deep fryer manufactured in Vietnam?

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And instead, my father, who wanted to have French-fried potatoes on Christmas morning, gave her a deep fat fryer.

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Comparing the total outlets to U.S. population, one gets a gruesome but meaningful ratio (mouths per deep fryer?), and sees that during the years 2007-2009 fast food outlets grew scarcer relative to the overall population.

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