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The cardinal rule of any successful robbery -- whether it be a bank, store, or any other establishment carrying copious amounts of cash -- is to maintain control of one's emotions throughout the duration of the forced transaction until it is complete. In other words, do try to keep it cool. A neophyte robber in Helena, Montana failed to heed this adage when holding up a local Papa John's, turning what otherwise should have been a tense situation into an awkward one when he broke down and started bawling in front of the clerk and everyone waiting in line for pizza.

As if the people working the drive-through window of fast food places don't have it bad enough, they're often on the receiving end of a lot of dumb pranks. "Coning" was a weird one where people grabbed ice cream cones by the ice cream. "Fire in the Hole!" -- where jerks throw drinks at the employees -- was probably the worst. This one though... this one we like. A guy built a car seat costume and used to it make fast food workers think there's no one in the car. No one gets hurt. Nothing gets sticky. We just get a hilarious video and the new catchphrase "Instagram dat joint!"

This week, we're taking a look at recent studies of obesity in America, starting with some surprising news of chemically-induced obesity, and wrapping up with some depressing, if unsurprising, predictions about America's fat future.

When you think "breakfast," you can now start thinking "Taco Bell," as the fast food chain is trying their hand at the early morning meal everyone age fifteen t0 thirty skips in favor of sleeping an extra few minutes. Considering the usual repertoire of items on offer at Taco Bell, one wouldn't be too surprised to find out most of their breakfast offerings are of the breakfast burrito variety. The new breakfast menu, dubbed "FirstMeal," was introduced today at over 800 of Taco Bell's locations across Western states.