The nuggets may be packed full of beaks, the burgers may be, mostly, squashed intestine and the chips may be soaked in beef flavouring, but there are rare, if no, cases of food poisoning.

January 17, 2005 6:12 PM

Ten Reasons --from going to McDonald's (Did you know that Happy Meals are a loss leader?) to becoming a miser (It's a weightloss plan that really works) and more. From AK13, a great little brit web mag.
posted by amberglow (23 comments total)

(fixed link)
posted by cheaily at 6:23 PM on January 17, 2005

oops--sorry. : >
posted by amberglow at 6:24 PM on January 17, 2005

Reasons for: 10.
Reasons against: 20,893.
posted by rafter at 6:27 PM on January 17, 2005

That is, for going to McDonald's.
posted by rafter at 6:28 PM on January 17, 2005

nice link amberglow! Some interesting articles there.
posted by mlis at 6:29 PM on January 17, 2005

I'm an unabashed lover of fast food, and even I consider Mickey D's near the bottom of the pile, just above Hardee's. Go to the Castle instead. Ask for a "Surf & Turf." It's an off the menu item, a fish filet jammed between the layers of a double cheeseburger. Not good for everyday, but a nice treat on a drunken night out.

According to the counter lady, it was invented in Jersey. Figures.
posted by jonmc at 7:13 PM on January 17, 2005

Reason 11: When yer broke and semistarving, $ for two double cheeseburgers from the McDonald's within walking distance is a nice break from a steady diet of coffee and dry granola.
posted by alumshubby at 7:19 PM on January 17, 2005

Oops. $2.
posted by alumshubby at 7:20 PM on January 17, 2005

Semi-related update: Remember the McD's CEO who resigned 'cause he was battling colorectal cancer? He lost.
posted by wendell at 7:36 PM on January 17, 2005

Ugh. I'll do (franchise - there's a Vietnamese noodle joint around here that rocks) fast food when I'm pissed, stressed and mean.
Every burger I've gotten from McChokes (since we've called it from HS) from the last few years have *dripped* grease. I like Wendy's, though - never a drip of grease.
posted by PurplePorpoise at 9:27 PM on January 17, 2005

wendell, it might not have made it to international teev... but it seems like only yesterday that Charlie Bell was appearing on Australian TV, doing an anti-"Supersize Me" advert and telling us that everything was OK and it was safe to eat at McDonald's.

The ad started with a mischievous looking Charlie Bell saying something like, "you may have seen a certain movie recently featuring McDonald's..."

Can't believe he fell off the perch so quickly.

(Didn't the previous CEO go toes-up at a McDonald's meeting or something?)
posted by uncanny hengeman at 9:51 PM on January 17, 2005

Bugger. Forget that last post of mine. I think it was McDonald’s Australia CEO, Guy Russo, who starred in its anti-Spurlock advertising campaign.

Not the late Charlie Bell.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 10:07 PM on January 17, 2005

I'm an unabashed lover of fast food, and even I consider Mickey D's near the bottom of the pile, just above Hardee's. Go to the Castle instead. Ask for a "Surf & Turf." It's an off the menu item, a fish filet jammed between the layers of a double cheeseburger. Not good for everyday, but a nice treat on a drunken night out.

That sounds terrifying.
posted by The God Complex at 4:27 AM on January 18, 2005

I have to take issue with #1--anyone who's ever had (or even seen) a full fry-up breakfast (baked beans, fried eggs, sausage, tomatoes, and all balanced on top of a massive hunk of deep-fried bread) as eaten by an alarming number of Britons would laugh in the face of a slightly greasy hashbrown and three mingy pancakes. Plus Mickey D's also provides real orange juice, good luck getting *that* at your local!
posted by hugo at 6:13 AM on January 18, 2005

I have to say McD's does make great pancakes for some reason.
posted by Scoo at 7:08 AM on January 18, 2005

They should start marketing the McD's pancakes as sponges, as they seem capable of absorbing an infinite amount of syrup.
posted by The Card Cheat at 7:43 AM on January 18, 2005

I liked the ten reasons you don't matter.
posted by nofundy at 8:28 AM on January 18, 2005

Yes, those Golden Arches may operate a virtual monopoly on the cheap restaurant market, with 43 per cent of America's fast food consumers and a large chunk of the world biting into its chewy bun daily.

By virtual monopolity they mean less than half the market?
posted by srboisvert at 9:01 AM on January 18, 2005

One of their arguments is that McDonald's is CLEAN?!?!

Hahahahaha.
posted by agregoli at 10:41 AM on January 18, 2005

From Ten Reasons To Become A Miser: "The more chewed-up your chair, the more people will believe you are romantic, precious and boast a blue blood line back to Ethelred the Unready."

The way my chair looks, people will think I'm King Arthur himself.

*attempts to pull sword from rock; fails*
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 10:52 AM on January 18, 2005

the link was worth it to me for Nick Cave's Fridge alone.
posted by geckoinpdx at 3:12 PM on January 18, 2005

*pulls sword out, pokes Fuzzy with it* ; >

It really is a great site--lots of quality stuff.
posted by amberglow at 4:17 PM on January 18, 2005

"...the McDonald's brand to suit local markets..."
Here in New Zealand, some years ago, we had the McDonald's KiwiBurger. It was, IIRC, a cheeseburger with a fried egg and a piece of tinned beetroot. It did very well I believe, which says something about either McDonald's, New Zealand, or DDB Needham.
posted by TiredStarling at 12:04 AM on January 19, 2005