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monkeyfunk

Capitalism 0, The People 1.

Jun 12, 2003 13:31

So, those who have been reading my LJ for a long time, like a year or more, will know that when I went to America last year, there was a furore in the town in which Kerry lives at the prospect of McDonald's setting up shop less than 100yards from Kerry's house, on a derelict lot. Derelict for sure, for much less of an eyesore than a fire engine red ( Read more... )

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thesneakerpimp June 12 2003, 06:03:10 UTC

I haven't eaten at McDonald's in about a year. I only eat there if there's really no alternative.

It's a proven fact that they put small amounts of anti-emetics in their food. An anti-emetic is a drug to prevent nausea and vomiting. Thus, even if the McDonalds food is so filth-ridden and poisonous that your body wishes to eject it, it won't - so that you won't know you just ate rat shit, and won't be able to blame McDonalds or complain.

kitchenwitch June 12 2003, 07:46:28 UTC

Oh, pfft. Cite your sources.

Especially ridiculous because there've been plenty of instances when people have thrown up after eating Mc Donald's - and not because of the food, necessarily, but because they were sick.

bridge_troll June 12 2003, 11:54:53 UTC

I kind of hope that's true...I suffer terribly with motion sickness and if I thought that a patty of fried animal slurry might help, I'd gobble a few down before every bus journey.

ex_thekiller358 June 12 2003, 06:40:54 UTC

flipping heck. that was a year ago?

and surely even if they don't have a Mcdonalds within 50 miles of there town, they would still have Mcdonalds packaging scattered all over.

jenandtonics June 12 2003, 08:20:13 UTC

when you were on the news, did you yell out, "Hi Kerry's mom and dad!!"?

daz71 June 12 2003, 08:39:57 UTC

I don't know how effective the boycots are, there's rarely enough people that join them to make a difference :0(

obscurek June 12 2003, 09:51:54 UTC

This whole issue has baffled me since I first read about it in your journal last summer. Why wouldn't someone want the greatest food on earth conveniently located 100 yards from their house? I wish they'd build a drive thru inside my apartment for Pete's sake. McDonald's... the finest dining. The place I would choose to have my last meal brought from before my execution. I love you Golden Arches!

monkeyfunk June 12 2003, 10:00:03 UTC

I guess priorities change when you have a child and you think of all the pollution. Especially as nothing was said to Kerry when she bought the house (and the plans were in the pipeline at that point).

I guess McD's are OK for the city, but when you try to force one into a small community, you're asking for trouble.

obscurek June 12 2003, 11:00:58 UTC

Heh... I don't know man. I've been thinking about this for a few minutes now and I've realized something. First she's anti-McDs and then she's anti-Christina. She's clearly not girlfriend material at all. I think it's time you start looking around at options. Maybe that filthwizard or some guy from a chat room.

(My initial comment was meant jokingly and of course so was this one. Well... ok... I still have a hard time understanding the anti-McDs lobby.)