McDonalds: Edible or Not

I'd like to think those old people were kicked out of McDonald's for standing in front of the menu going "ummmmm....." for five minutes.

Anyway, McDonald's shakes are good. I get them once or twice a year.

Someone told me once that Grimace was supposed to be a (cupless) shake. So I went to the wikipedia for confirmation, and instead found this backstory:

Grimace – A large, purple monster-like character who was first introduced in November 1971 as the "Evil Grimace". In Grimace's first three appearances, he was depicted with two pairs of arms with which to steal milkshakes. "Evil" was soon dropped from Grimace's name, and Grimace was reintroduced in 1972 as one of the good guys. In 1974, Grimace was redesigned, going from two pairs of arms to the single pair he had later. Grimace's role continued to grow, and by the mid-1970s, he was a major character in McDonaldland. Commercials and merchandise generally portrayed Grimace as a well-meaning simpleton whose clumsy antics provided a comic foil to Ronald McDonald. His appearance changed to reflect this characteristic in 1985, from a giant purple slob with a pink mouth and small pupils to a gentle giant with movable eyebrows and eyelids, and a kid-friendlier smile with a black mouth and a pink tongue. The character was retained after the streamlining of the characters in the 1980s, and soon details of Grimace's background and family life began to emerge. The character's Uncle O'Grimacey first appeared in 1978 (see below) and would visit only one month per year, around St. Patrick's Day, bringing Shamrock Shakes. Additional family were revealed in a McDonaldland VHS tape The Legend of Grimace Island: Grimace had an unnamed mom, an unnamed dad, a grandma named "Winky", a great-great grandma named Jenny Grimace, and might have had a brother named "King John Bailey", who was the king of all Grimaces. In "Grimace's Odyssey", Grimace was portrayed as a ham radio enthusiast who used a homemade transmitter made from a colander. Grimace was played by Patti Saunders (1971–1984) and voiced by Frank Welker in the commercials, Larry Moran in some commercials, and by Kevin Michael Richardson in The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald.

Grimace's Odyssey by Robert Fagles

GRIMACE by john gardner

and might have had a brother named "King John Bailey", who was the king of all Grimaces.

how is this uncertain?

it was written, but it may not be grimace canon?

did someone whisper it on his deathbed?

Seriously the Epic of Grimace y'all let's do this

wiki.epicofgrimace.org

Grimace Apocrypha imo

re: King John Bailey

Four-armed Grimace -- images I wasn't expecting to see today.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/zatara2000/grimaceevil.jpg

Grimace of Thrones

No way this is canon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYpKMuSaaWo

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/4261495296/hE5FB5584/

Same McDonalds, different topic. I've noticed fast food chains coming to grips with the fact that people are drinking less soda now, and offering combos that don't include drinks. Saw a McD's commercial last night for the first time for a new thing -- 2 Big Macs, 20-pc nuggets and 4 small fries for $11.

Whereas, in the 1990s, you'd add a bucket of Coke and that would be the Super Size meal for one person.

What's amazing is that McDonald's has made lots of effort to add healthy options or otherwise improve its food, and it's still pretty shitty and bad for you.

in the tradition of foods labeled "all natural"

I ate hot and spicy mcchicken sandwiches yesterday. they were glorious.

The art in that Grimace video looks like the Wild Thornberries cartoon.

2 Big Macs, 20-pc nuggets and 4 small fries for $11.

for one person

I like their Premium Chicken McWraps.

i fuck with:

-egg mcmuffin
-soft serve/mcflurry
-and once in a while i will get mcnuggets even though i know better

the bacon habanero ranch burger is pretty good

can't remember the last time i mcd'd, but one big mac + one qpw/ch was my usual

The tradition of whiling one's time away at a restaurant or cafe is one that is sadly missing in America

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/nyregion/fighting-a-mcdonalds-for-the-right-to-sit-and-sit-and-sit.html?_r=0

― 龜, Thursday, 28 August 2014 12:14 (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

911
They called 911
How the hell do you not get arrested for calling 911 about some dudes sitting in McDs

Saw a McD's commercial last night for the first time for a new thing -- 2 Big Macs, 20-pc nuggets and 4 small fries for $11.

I sat down and thought about who they're marketing this to... must be a four-person nuclear family? Mom and dad each get 1 x Big Mac, 1 x Small Fries, and 4 x nuggets. The two kids each get 6 x nuggets and 1 x small fries.

Does this seem right? Presumably the number of fry portions is a key to how many people it's supposed to feed?

It's good marketing. They can claim it's for four people, but hope (and realistically expect) that people will buy it for 3 or even 2. Covers the loss of soft drink sales, which I believe is the most profitable thing on the menu.

i had four mcnuggets minutes ago, so

I only eat McDonalds roughly once every four to six months, so when I do I make sure to stuff my face. I often get 1 Big Mac, 6 Nuggets, and the medium fries or whatever comes with the combo. This is MORE THAN ENOUGH. I couldn't imagine eating a Big Mac, ten nuggets, and any amount of fries.

I usually get a salad and cookies - they don't have much for me. The architecture is nice - I totally respect that. It works well as an afternoon cafe. Sold on Burger King because they have veggie burgers & you can get vanilla ginger ale! I brake for egg mc anything but Dunkin donuts is king of my heart for egg breakfast whatever.

My favorite thing about McD's are the old Skool and rock and roll McD's, where you can sit down with!! a laptop, a coffee, and OLDIeS

There is a southwest veggie signature wrap now... Has McDonalds succeeded in producing their first edible vegetarian item?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AZtfmz02c-k/S0bFwQaMYOI/AAAAAAAAALU/JCtSm6qZ-00/s400/ghamiltoniii850.jpg

Not sure, didn't see it at my local, but I'm half blind and can barely read the menu.

I read that in Egypt the McD has felafel! Kind of dumb that I'd be envious when you can get a monster pita / hummus dinner here for five bucks.

I read an interview with an elderly homeless guy who never eats mcdonalds food because he says it doesn't decompose. like, he'll see the same half eaten big mac in otherwise pristine shape week after week in some alley.

It's true, when I was 16 or 17 I put some McNuggets in the back of the car for weeks or months and there was no perceptible change to their outward appearance.

I just came back from McDonalds just now, this thread got to me. First I went to one that was close to the place I was at having pints. It's a tiny L-shaped McDonalds because it's in a very dense neighbourhood. You have to walk past the bathrooms on your way in, and this McDonalds is at the intersection of two bus route so lots of people are using those bathrooms.. So I was put off. There were people sleeping, other people just sitting there with laden shopping bags and that lost, vaguely medicated look on their faces. I left without ordering.

I walked up the street, halfheartedly thinking of getting something at a locally-owned place. I didn't. Kept walking to the next McDonalds. I got 2 x Bacon Ranch Jr Chicken, 1 x McDouble w/ bacon, and 1 x Small Fries for 8.45 CAD. Honestly why would someone play over 5.00 CAD just for a Big Mac when a a McDouble is 1.99? Seems like some sort of false consciousness that keeps people ordering from the expensive menu. Doesn't make sense for such a price difference.

As I was leaving I tripped on a huge rock and scuffed the palms of my hands. My watch flew off and my knee is probably bleeding. The McDonalds bag tore open and all the food nearly fell out. As I was getting up, an old man walked serenely past me.

It took me about 90 seconds to eat all the food. It was very salty and I actually think I liked the chicken more than the burger.

http://oldesthamburger.blogspot.com/

http://images5.fanpop.com/image/quiz/918000/918505_1345752440962_400_300.jpg

reminded me of this from genderfuck thread:

i also did not know the legendary interplay designer/programmer 'burger' was trans

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/134614/the_burger_speaks_an_interview_.php?print=1

I've been holding off on this question for awhile, but I have to know. How'd you get to be called "Burger"?

RH: Remember when I told you I was flat broke? When we founded Interplay, we didn't pay ourselves much. We were starving. When I was at Boone Corporation, I was being paid twelve thousand a year. Slave wages. I was a kid; I didn't know any better. My entire life was get up, go to work, work until I'm too tired, sleep, repeat. Didn't have time for cooking, and I didn't have any money.

There was a place called Hamburger Stand. They sold 29 cent hamburgers. Since I spent most of my time at the office, I didn't want to walk over, buy a burger, and walk back.

So I'd buy a bag of twenty of them. Blow six bucks, get twenty burgers, go to my office, and put them in a drawer. I was too cheap to buy a refrigerator -- well, really too broke. Every so often I'd open the drawer and eat a burger.

I had an office mate who was a health food nut, constantly complaining about how I should eat right, exercise like he did. One day I was working all through the night. I didn't leave. It's the morning, and he comes in, sits across from me. I'm still working.

Around 3 p.m., I'm done. Burger time! I pull open the drawer, reach in, put the bag down, grab a burger, and start munching. Wasn't thinking anything about it. That's when my co-worker looks at me, looks back, looks at me -- and it dawns on him that the bag has been there for who knows how long. Those burgers are pretty firm.

He just loses it. He jumps up, his chair goes flying, he goes, "That burger is insane! That burger is insane!" He runs out. I'm sitting there like, "What's with him? Whatever." Then later Brian Fargo comes in and asks what I did to him. I didn't do anything. What's going on? My co-worker had gone to the restroom and tossed his cookies. That's how disgusted he was.

So then, the rumor started. "Did you eat any burgers lately?" So they started calling me Burger. I played along. "Okay, I'll get a burger. I'll eat a burger." Later on, unbeknownst to anybody, I had an issue with the name I was given at birth. So I would rather be called Burger than by that birth name. "Just call me burger." For the next twenty years, that was my name. Everybody called me Burger. Now my name is Becky. I finally shed the name Burger.

― thomp, Thursday, 14 June 2012 13:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

I wonder why some things on the McDonalds menu have "Mc" or "Mac" in the name, but some things don't.

Not.

I wonder why...

I'd guess with any question involving marketing by McD's, the answer involves focus groups.

Anyway it's better than most of the food around me in China so yes here, edible.

The icy saccharine glop which appears on the McDonalds menu as a "shake" is the worst kind of indigestible gut-bomb. But McDonalds is not alone. A similar horror is replicated at most fast food burger places.

The "Mc____" seems to be an old idea they are phasing out. mcmuffins, mcnuggets, mcchicken, mcdouble and mcrib are all products they've had for a while. The only newer one is "mccafe" for their coffee line, and that's not a specific item on the menu.

The Filet o' Fish has been around for 55 years or so, much older than the McRib ...

I read years ago that McDonald's shakes were called that because they did not have enough dairy in them to qualify as "milkshakes." But I think that has been remedied. I think they've made some other changes in recent years to keep up with fast casual, et al., like going cage free eggs and cooking them all to order.

Anyway it's better than most of the food around me in China

1. You have no idea where I am in China and what the culinary selections here may be. I have lived other places in China where the food was much better, here not so much.
2. Yes. Sorry, I mean no.

mcmuffins, mcnuggets, mcchicken, mcdouble and mcrib are all products they've had for a while.

The Filet o' Fish has been around for 55 years or so,

Filet o' Fish has four syllables. Adding a 'Mc' syllable would just be unwieldy. So maybe 'Mc' actually only applies to older items with names of two or less syllables.

One of the very few things that makes me believe in an out of touch urban elite is when I see people acting like McDonald’s and its ilk are utterly inedible garbage that’s unfit for canine consumption. No, it’s not great, but it’s almost always acceptably fine.