Michael Stuart Kelly Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 McDonald's RIPSometimes something happens that is just so unfriggin' believable, you have to wonder if there is a God of Wacky Chaos on the loose...Just look at this:McDonald's hires ex-Obama press secretary as communications headby Sruthi RamakrishnanJune 9, 2015ReutersFrom the article:McDonald's Corp said it hired Robert Gibbs, U.S. President Barack Obama's press secretary during his first term, as its chief communications officer.. . .Chief Executive Steve Easterbrook laid out plans in May to overhaul the company's businesses and management as part of efforts to make the fast-food chain a "modern, progressive burger company."McDonald's, which on Monday reported its 12th straight decline in monthly same-store sales, is fighting to lure back customers lost to more nimble rivals and increasing demand for fresh, less-processed food.Gibbs, fer gawdssake!What a screw-up.Rather than tell a story about the joys of eating, you only have one life so go for it, taste makes life worth living and so on, more recently McDonald's, the sow's ear, has tried to become a silk purse of optimal nutrition and it is killing the company.Ah shit... I like to indulge at times. Now I'm going to have to get a lot of progressive propaganda in my face just to eat a fucking Big Mac.Can I have raw organic cauliflower fries and a burger from non-farting tofu cows on a toasted quinoa bun with my social experiment?RIP McDonald's.It was a great run until the end...Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 "...a 'modern, progressive burger company.'"There are no words sufficient to even attempt to explain that phrase!!!!A... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 Adam,What's worse, if I were a progressive, I would be highly offended.Fast food corporatism killing people with obesity and heart attacks just to make a buck?Under the banner of progressivism?Shit... I would raise hell.But I'm not a progressive and I'm highly offended.I think McDonald's is hitting the sweet spot of pissing off just about everybody on all sides of all issues.Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikee Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 "...a 'modern, progressive burger company.'"There are no words sufficient to even attempt to explain that phrase!!!!A...".modern, progressive" means exactly the opposite of what you wanted. Burgers with no meat; but they come with a gold star for helping save the planet. You're still hungry but you feel good anyway, you're just a better person than your neighbors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 "...a 'modern, progressive burger company.'"There are no words sufficient to even attempt to explain that phrase!!!!A...".modern, progressive" means exactly the opposite of what you wanted. Burgers with no meat; but they come with a gold star for helping save the planet. You're still hungry but you feel good anyway, you're just a better person than your neighbors.For that I can get Chinese food...just a different slant on this...or another different slant ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merjet Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/spinmeister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 It is the Golden Arches of the Absurd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I think Adam has it right. Progressive? Gibbs? To complete the revolution will we get a Lenin Red Meat Burger, A Stalin's Gulag Salad, and a Trotsky's Chicken Sandwich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I think Adam has it right. Progressive? Gibbs? To complete the revolution will we get a Lenin Red Meat Burger, A Stalin's Gulag Salad, and a Trotsky's Chicken Sandwich?It would be Trotsky Tofu salad;Gluten Gulag Green Gazpacho;Stalin's Sauteed Soviet Stew; andLenin's Lemon Grass Linguini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backlighting Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Several yrs. ago I got food poisoning after eating a egg mcmuffin. Nasty.Haven't eaten there since.-J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Several yrs. ago I got food poisoning after eating a egg mcmuffin. Nasty.Haven't eaten there since.-JI have never understood how folks would want to eat that white hockey puck for breakfast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Several yrs. ago I got food poisoning after eating a egg mcmuffin. Nasty.Haven't eaten there since.-JI have never understood how folks would want to eat that white hockey puck for breakfast... Hunger.I'll buy it if it's cheap, but not that one.I make better breakfast and burgers at home, for much less money. What MCD does is save you time. For taste I prefer almost any other joint. My fav is Jack in the Box (JACK), for one sandwich they make, the Sourdough Jack. What I really crave is the old-fashioned drugstore milkshake or malted made with real ice cream and they gave you the balance in the steel container it was mixed in so you could refill your glass. And you got to sit at the counter here in Tucson (the Church is still there, the store is gone)--Brantthat's how I learned to read--not at school so much--hustled for religion by a Baptist who couldn't top the Adventists and the Adventists didn't work for me in spite of a year of Saturdays starting at 7yo living with my grandfather in Columbus who was a retired minister of that faith (born in Russia though of German stock in 1871, he voted for Grover Cleveland for President after going along for the ride on the Oklahoma land rush at 17 or 18) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Brant wrote, ". . . they gave you the balance in the steel container it was mixed in so you could refill your glass." Gosh, that brings back memories. I loved it when the soda jerk (Doc Whitacre actually filled in at the soda counter, but he was the owner and pharmacist too) checked to see if you had any left over milk shake to pour into your glass. Chocolate, malted milk was my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 "...a 'modern, progressive burger company.'"There are no words sufficient to even attempt to explain that phrase!!!!A...100 billion burgers served!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Chocolate, malted milk was my favorite.Such a racist .... Probably has a black cat just to have it dependent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Troy Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I likes chocolate malted milk too but I also used to add my own cinnamon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I think the Egg McMuffin is the best breakfast sandwich that exists. They promised to start selling them at all hours and I hope they do because if I get a dinner sandwich I will get two Egg McMuffins for our breakfast the next day. One problem I have with McD's is their food has too much salt. I sometimes order a double quarter pounder with no cheese and ask that no additional salt be used. Avoid or limit the fries you eat. I think they will be around for another century because it is just decent, good food, sold at a very reasonable price.Although I sometimes order the following two items, I don't like pressed recycled meat in the McNuggets or in an Arby's roast beef sandwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Troy Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Arby's is disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 White Castle is perfection...Rolling in at 2 AM with my football team mates and ordering 50 cheeseburgers, tons of onion rings and enough french fries...go back to the house and pig out...Commerce freely transacted is America...A... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Aren't those called "Sliders"?I ate once or twice at W C when I was living in the NE.--Brant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Troy Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I cannot lie, I found Harold and Kumar goes to White Castle an amusing movie. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 Why are we talking about good-tasting laxatives?Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Wait a minute. MacDonald's is still in business!!! The Golden Arches have not collapsed yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Aren't those called "Sliders"?I ate once or twice at W C when I was living in the NE.--BrantBack then it was just burgers and fish sandwhiches - now they have sliders also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Why are we talking about good-tasting laxatives? MichaelOL gets the laxatives it deserves.--Brant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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