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Cruel twist of fate or cosmic justice? You decide.
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And... cosmic justice would be if Bin Laden is killed by a meteorite... not a businessman who never bothered nobody (Ronald McDonald is the one I wanna see dead! ::))
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Ronald McDonald is not a real guy farlander. Never was. This guy didn't sound too bad, he bought in the salads menu they now have which was a smart business move.
I work for domino's pizza australia. I would be sad if the ceo of domino's australia died. I have met him. He is a nice guy, and a good businessman.
Quote from: Farlander on Mon 19/04/2004 14:15:05
I would recommend to put a simple explanation of what we're going to see when clicking an URL. :-\ It's very easy to paste a look and say "click!"
I did, I said "McDonald's CEO Dies of Heart Attack" in the subject. That's pretty much all the article said, so I think it's a decent summary.
QuoteAnd... cosmic justice would be if Bin Laden is killed by a meteorite... not a businessman who never bothered nobody (Ronald McDonald is the one I wanna see dead! ::))
Well, my point was that his food has probably contributed to countless heart attacks across the world, and coincidentally (or possibly not) he died of a heart attack. I wasn't trying to imply he was necessarily evil.
You are INSANE Remixor. EVERYONE knows hamburgers are good for you. You should eat hamburgers. Always eat hamburgers
I was not directly refering to you Remo, sorry for not making myself clear.
On the other hand, now I see your point about the hearth attack... but recognise that the "joke" was twisted... It's overweight which cause heart attacks, and one burger per month does not cause overweight... probably if I were a USA citizen it would had more sense for me, but here in my country people don't really like McDonald's that much to became a health problem... I had undesrstood that there in the USA there is a lot of people who eats McDonald's regularily (let's say 4 or 5 days per week) is that true?
And Pirate Jack... I know Ronald MacDonald is not a real character, if sou, I wouldn't have said I'd like to see him dead... It's like that joke in "Die Hard 2:with a vengeance"
(MCLane is driving a taxi through the Central Park)
Zeus- "Are you trying to kill all that people?"
McLane-"No... Well, the mime, maybe" ;D
Edit: Die hard 3. :P
Where do you think I should go to apply for the job? My local McDonald's, or would a McDonald's in a larger city carry more prestige?
Quote from: Farlander on Mon 19/04/2004 14:52:17
I was not directly refering to you Remo, sorry for not making myself clear.
On the other hand, now I see your point about the hearth attack... but recognise that the "joke" was twisted... It's overweight which cause heart attacks, and one burger per month does not cause overweight... probably if I were a USA citizen it would had more sense for me, but here in my country people don't really like McDonald's that much to became a health problem... I had undesrstood that there in the USA there is a lot of people who eats McDonald's regularily (let's say 4 or 5 days per week) is that true?
It's not so much true in California where I live, which last I heard had the most fit population in the country, but apparently it's a big problem in middle America. I very rarely eat fast food, but McDonald's wouldn't be so huge if people everywhere weren't eating a lot of it.
Coincidental irony.
His death is tragic, of course, as are most deaths.
But I do see the irony.
Whereas Remo points out the irony, there will probably be some idiots who actually try to pin the death on his association with McDonald's.
I would offer up that when I worked for a restaraunt (3 in my past) I hardly ever ate there because I was, after 1 week, already sick of the food!
Heh, I worked at a resturaunt for over a year and a half and never tired of the food.. but it was very good food, and I was a cook.
Ironically enough, remixor, California was quite literally the birthplace of the American fast food obsession. Almost every American chain of restaurants you could name - McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Taco Bell etc - was founded in southern California in the 50s. I'm reading Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (spelled his name wrong) at the moment, and it's fascinating to see just how America's obsession with junk food began.
Oh, and Ronald Mcdonald does exist!! What are you guys talking about he lives about 3 houses down has a wife and 2 kids, I can give you his house, & phone number if you'd like ;D
The concept was founded in the midwest along major highways like Route 66 though. People were in a hurry to drive along and I believe Texas was the state where the first in-car service sprang up. Those were mom & pop resturaunts mostly though, they never franchised and became huge.
Talk about karma.
aga/shbaz: I do know that Jack in the Box, which was founded in my home town of San Diego, California, was the first fast-food place with a drive-through intercom. Why do I know this? I haven't a clue...
History channel better pump up their research.
http://www.jackinthebox.com/pressroom/pressreleases/pr.php?UID=43&Year=2002
You're right. I got my info from an apparently erronous hour long special on American fast food on the History channel.. or maybe I just missed it.
I think the difference was that Texas had the first drive-in, where you drive up and your food is taken to you in your car, whereas California had the first drive-through, where you order from a stationary menu and are given your food to drive off with.
Dig the new avatar ;)
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Hey man, I love hamburgers.
all I can say, is if a heart attack doesn't get you eventually, a brain hemorrhage will, and that's if you don't have an accident . He was 60 which is I guess young by todays standards.
I've heard that kids being born today will have an average life expectancy of 100+ compared to what it is at the moment (not really sure what it is but about late 70's for a male & mid 80's for female)
We already have problems in the world with a growing number of elderly people still kicking on, retired with nothing to do, and eventually have to be looked after and supported financially.
Imagine when everyone is living past 100, having 30 or 40 years after retirement to live, how is everyone gonna have enough money to live that long?
Heart attacks can be caused in many ways, including eating Maccas, but Heredity, lack of excersize and stressful jobs can also cause them.
Of course I can see the Irony, but being a great Soccer player also causes Myocardial Infarctions, look at Diego Maradona.
Quote from: Timosity on Tue 20/04/2004 09:12:10Imagine when everyone is living past 100, having 30 or 40 years after retirement to live, how is everyone gonna have enough money to live that long?
Living to the age of 100 is more common these day than it used to be. But, if it was rarely heard of for a person to die of natural causes before the age of 100... I think the people who control the Social Security/retirement may adjust the age range for retirement. Kinda like how companies adjust the prices of their products and wages for their employees to compensate for inflation or depression.
Quote from: Dr. Jekyll?~MR. HYDE! on Tue 20/04/2004 08:32:11
All I'm going to say is, "Hell yeah!... you can't beat a good hamburger!" Even if it is an artery clogging, fatness-causing slab of horse meat like they sell at McDonald's.
That's my two-cents.
The horse meat has been considered during ages like the best because its lack of fat and "sportive life of its previous propietaries"...
Just my two-cents...
Quote from: Dr. Jekyll?~MR. HYDE! on Tue 20/04/2004 09:29:03
I think the people who control the Social Security/retirement may adjust the age range for retirement. Kinda like how companies adjust the prices of their products and wages for their employees to compensate for inflation or depression.
I guess it's already starting to happen with people going into semi retirement and working till they're older than 65, but a lot of people are also retiring earlier by being forced out of their jobs and being made redundant.
It's going to cause a much larger unemployment, along with a lot more retirees, this future is not planned for at all, and although the rich will be fine with all thier zillions of dollars, the average person (most of the population) wont be able to afford it.
Retirement funds will have to improve, but in this day and age, they're really not looking at helping people (unless they're rich), just being the richest company.
So it comes down to either being rich or inherritance to being able to live well and comfortable.
well, I guess all you really need is some food and someone to love. (and that's hard to find, well maybe not the food so much)
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Probably soy substitute rather than cardboard.. I hope.
I repeat... It the Mc's hamburgers really have more horse than beef, they hve more quaility than just oanother made by beef...
Another thing should be: 5% beef, 5% horse, 50% rat and 40% cat... ;D
But I'm sure that the bad quality of the MaCDonald's food is a urban legend... I think that it must be the most controlled food company in the world, with all that of the mad cows and all that "teeth of rat in my hamburger" stories going around...
I think your friend was making stuff up so he could seem like an 'insider.' I can't imagine why he'd *want* to be...
Supposedly, McDonald's uses 100% Ground Beef, specifically 80% Lean Beef Chuck. What I'm guessing is that it's 100% Beef but only by counting Beef Heart & other strange beefy bits.
I worked there for a month & 1/2 in my teens and the hamburgers were stored as unwrapped patties in a freezer until they were cooked. When we re-stocked the freezer, it was with patties frozen and wrapped in plastic. These arrived at the restaurant in cardboard boxes with no more ingredient listing than: McDonald's 1/4 Lb. (Or 1/10 Lb.) Hamburger Patties, 100% Ground Beef. Worst job I've had, hands-down.. and I've had a few.
In Aus the Maccas Hamburgers are made with "100% Australian Beef" - but apparently that's just the name of an American company, it's very sly, I wonder how they get away with it. It's false advertising.
I'd say most people wouldn't eat many things if they actually knew what they were really eating, lucky we don't have to kill the animals too, there'd be a lot more vegetarians.
I eat Maccas every now & then, tastes ok, but if I want a real Hamburger I'll go to the local milk bar.
Most countries have banned the importation of American Beef following the Mad Cow discovery. I doubt Australia is an exception.
The cows are actually australian they are just owned by an american company so we don't import the beef & don't think we ever have?
That company might have changed though now, I'm not really up to date (or really care)
Maccas are trying to be open about what is actually in all their products, and I saw a sign yesterday saying 100% real beef or something along those lines, but then again it's still processed beef.
There's a lot of rumours about what's in their products, as long as I'm not eating too much spit, semen or urine, I'll be happy
The way meat packing factories work, and the number of injuries, amputations and death that happen every year, I think whipping it out and jacking off onto/pissing on the meat is the least of the workers' concerns...
YEUCH! God, is anyone else hungry after reading this thread? *goes to the bathroom to throw up and vows for the 20th time in his life that he'll go vegitarian, and for longer than a week this time!*
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QuoteOh, and Ronald Mcdonald does exist!! What are you guys talking about he lives about 3 houses down has a wife and 2 kids, I can give you his house, & phone number if you'd like
Jesus, thats creepy. Little red-haired McDonald kids running around with white face faces, big painted red lips, over-sized shoes and bright yellow one-piece suits. Yup, I'm having nightmares tonight...
QuoteIn Aus the Maccas Hamburgers are made with "100% Australian Beef" - but apparently that's just the name of an American company, it's very sly, I wonder how they get away with it. It's false advertising.
Damn straight! If I'm going all the way to Australia for a burger, I don't want to eat american crap. I want Kangaroo and Walabee in my Mac!
QuoteThere's a lot of rumours about what's in their products, as long as I'm not eating too much spit, semen or urine, I'll be happy
TOO MUCH??............exactly how much spit/semen/urine are you actually OKAY with on your burger? I hope you don't request the special sauce. :-X
[btw, I am never eating McD's again in my life (and havn't for the last 3 years) I'll only eat Subway, so you better not say anything nastey about them cause its the only fast food place I have left.)
Damn. And there I was about to tell you about Subway's faults...
I'm a Subway fan too, although I'm no Jared Fogle.
Yeah, me too. I've always been abnormally thin, like a stick. :P 140, and thats pretty thin for a guy who is 5'11 ft tall. I somtimes think that I must have like a tape worm in my stomach or somthing because I never gain weight. :S Its not really a pretty thing to think about, but its been a phobia of mine ever since my highschool biology when we talked about animals that live inside the stomachs of other animals.........a little off topic, I'll admit. But I thought it was valuable information that you all should know. ;)