Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:11 PM

coalition_unwilling (14,180 posts)

Why the fuck?

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Why the fuck? (Original post)	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	OP
K & R nt	abelenkpe	Jul 2012	#1
Well, it could have been Chick-Fil-A. nt	Recovered Repug	Jul 2012	#2
Because both are full of steroids.	HopeHoops	Jul 2012	#3
good one!	unblock	Jul 2012	#4
Get 'Em Jean Luc!	cbrer	Jul 2012	#5
K&R	patrice	Jul 2012	#6
I seriously doubt any athletes eat there.	HappyMe	Jul 2012	#7
Me too. The high fat and caloric content (and low fiber) make	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#11
Well....actually....	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Jul 2012	#33
geez	riverbendviewgal	Jul 2012	#8
all that delicate prose to hype a fucking coffee cup as the environmentalist second coming.	HiPointDem	Jul 2012	#23
Have you ever eaten British Food?	itsrobert	Jul 2012	#9
That is an inaccurate national stereotype, imo. In London, the best	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#12
I lived in England for 4 years	itsrobert	Jul 2012	#17
I'm no big fan of Anglo cuisine, finding it a bit on the bland side. But the Indian	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#20
i was in Birmingham almost 10 years ago and the food was horrible , the soda was really bad also	JI7	Jul 2012	#36
Because death is profitable. Greasy food saves insurance companies money by killing people early and	Lint Head	Jul 2012	#10
That is such a dark vision that I'm sure it's true. Oh, brave new	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#14
Long may Aldous Huxley's last LSD trip live.	Lint Head	Jul 2012	#26
Because they're the highest bidders	lunatica	Jul 2012	#13
I'm sure that's the literal answer, but the juxtaposition of	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#15
Only rational answer in the thread...	cherokeeprogressive	Jul 2012	#18
Because nothing says British cuisine like an American fast food chain	DJ13	Jul 2012	#16
LOL - Good one! - n/t	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#19
McDonald's is a Global Company	itsrobert	Jul 2012	#22
founded & headquartered in the USA.	HiPointDem	Jul 2012	#24
Apparently they skipped the early qualifying rounds.	Gidney N Cloyd	Jul 2012	#21
Blimey...they wuz winded after the 4 Big Macs..	SoCalDem	Jul 2012	#25
Because they were willing to pay more than anyone else for the title.	Stinky The Clown	Jul 2012	#27
What do they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in London?	Gidney N Cloyd	Jul 2012	#28
Probably something that sounds like shit on a shingle	lunatica	Jul 2012	#29
A heart attack on ice...n/t	monmouth	Jul 2012	#31
A scene that shall forever live in infamy. Thanks for the	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#32
that's easy	barbtries	Jul 2012	#30
$$$$	toddwv	Jul 2012	#34
Because corporations own the planet?	Rex	Jul 2012	#35
It should be	Aerows	Jul 2012	#37

Response to coalition_unwilling (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:12 PM

abelenkpe (7,118 posts)

1. K & R nt

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:13 PM

Recovered Repug (1,518 posts)

2. Well, it could have been Chick-Fil-A. nt

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:13 PM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

3. Because both are full of steroids.

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Response to HopeHoops (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:14 PM

unblock (23,759 posts)

4. good one!

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Response to coalition_unwilling (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:17 PM

cbrer (1,831 posts)

5. Get 'Em Jean Luc!

Pointing out the absurd...from deep space!

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Response to coalition_unwilling (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:17 PM

patrice (47,372 posts)

6. K&R

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Response to coalition_unwilling (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:19 PM

HappyMe (11,823 posts)

7. I seriously doubt any athletes eat there.

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Response to HappyMe (Reply #7)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:24 PM

coalition_unwilling (14,180 posts)

11. Me too. The high fat and caloric content (and low fiber) make

McD's a very unhealthy nutritional choice. Even if you buy one of their salads, the fat in the dressings pretty much neutralizes any nutritional advantage gained from the salad ingredients.

Ugh, is all I can say.

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Response to HappyMe (Reply #7)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 10:47 PM

ProudToBeBlueInRhody (10,319 posts)

33. Well....actually....

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/olympian-weighs-in-on-eat-like-olympians/

http://www.refinery29.com/olympian-diets

As Much McDonald's As Athletes — And Spectators — Can Handle
Michael Phelps has publicly refuted the joke rumor that he eats 12,000 calories a day, but teammate Ryan Lochte, on the other hand, is known to have a bit of an obsession with fast food. While competing at the Beijing Olympic Games in '08, Ryan apparently only ate McDonald's throughout his entire two-week stay. He publicly announced backing off of the greasy goods in preparation for London, but we wonder how he'll fare with the world's largest Mickey D's parked just outside the Olympic Arena. If he does choose to slip into his old ways, it shouldn't be too hard to keep the energy up — after all, it'll only take 21 and a half Big Macs to meet Phelps' minimum.

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Response to coalition_unwilling (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:20 PM

riverbendviewgal (2,461 posts)

8. geez

I do not eat at Mcdonalds

interesting piece here though on the design of McDonald restaurants

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/design-architecture/is-mcdonalds-winning-the-olympics-of-chic-fast-food-design/7929

McDonald’s is the official restaurant of the 2012 London Olympics–and, perhaps counter-intuitively, the chain could be the winner in an unofficial competition to be the world’s most stylish, design-conscious fast-food company.

This month, McDonald’s unveiled its second collaboration with elegant Parisian designer Patrick Norguet: free, reusable ceramic coffee cups that will be offered in France. The cups are nothing like the paper or styrofoam vessels emblazoned with the McDonald’s logo that most of the world is used to seeing. Norguet’s new McDonald’s cups are minimalistic and feature foam bands in a rainbow of lovely colors that aren’t brand compliant–they come in colors other than that of the golden arches: pink, blue, orange, even in gray and black. The McDonald’s logo appears in a very subtle way on the foam band and discreetly on the bottom.

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Response to riverbendviewgal (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:38 PM

HiPointDem (16,931 posts)

23. all that delicate prose to hype a fucking coffee cup as the environmentalist second coming.

fuck mcdonalds.

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Response to coalition_unwilling (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:21 PM

itsrobert (9,069 posts)

9. Have you ever eaten British Food?

There's your answer.

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Response to itsrobert (Reply #9)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:26 PM

coalition_unwilling (14,180 posts)

12. That is an inaccurate national stereotype, imo. In London, the best

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restaurants I ate at were Indian and Pakistani (run by the children and grandchildren of former colonial wards of the British Empire). Outside London, the 'Ploughman's Lunch' and other pub grub is really good and pretty cheap (or was back in the 80s when I was last there).

It ain't no Italy in cuisine, but British cuisine is a fuck of a lot better than McShite.

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Response to coalition_unwilling (Reply #12)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:31 PM

itsrobert (9,069 posts)

17. I lived in England for 4 years

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The average pub/restaurant is pretty bad. You maybe able to point to a few exceptions to the rule.

I also spent some time in Italy. And they know how to cook!

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Response to itsrobert (Reply #17)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:35 PM

coalition_unwilling (14,180 posts)

20. I'm no big fan of Anglo cuisine, finding it a bit on the bland side. But the Indian

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and Pakistani curries and other yummies more than compensated for it. I also really loved traditional fish and chips and the vinegar thing they do. Really cool tasting to my midwestern taste buds.

But, yeah, the Italians and French are really good cooks. (Although, weirdly, the best food I ate in Paris was at Vietnamese restaurants on the Left Bank, but I was a poor student so couldn't do the haute cuisine thing there.)

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Response to itsrobert (Reply #17)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 01:57 AM

JI7 (40,076 posts)

36. i was in Birmingham almost 10 years ago and the food was horrible , the soda was really bad also

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i don't know if it was just the place we went but the soda was flat. it was really hot at the time which made it worse.

i was really hungry so at the airport we went to a burger king but they seemed to be out of most food and got some soda there which tasted like shit .

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Response to coalition_unwilling (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:21 PM

Lint Head (10,438 posts)

10. Because death is profitable. Greasy food saves insurance companies money by killing people early and

makes a lot of money for drug companies who sell deadly drugs to people with high cholesterol and heart disease. Also the weight loss folks are making a killing. The Olympics is about money and money always wins. The gold goes to McDonalds.

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Response to Lint Head (Reply #10)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:27 PM

coalition_unwilling (14,180 posts)

14. That is such a dark vision that I'm sure it's true. Oh, brave new

world, eh?

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 05:45 PM

Lint Head (10,438 posts)

26. Long may Aldous Huxley's last LSD trip live.

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Response to coalition_unwilling (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:27 PM

lunatica (28,842 posts)

13. Because they're the highest bidders

Why the fuck else would they be?

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Response to lunatica (Reply #13)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:29 PM

coalition_unwilling (14,180 posts)

15. I'm sure that's the literal answer, but the juxtaposition of

athletic vitality against McShite (and the look on Picard's face) is what prompted me to do the OP.

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Response to lunatica (Reply #13)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:32 PM

cherokeeprogressive (14,950 posts)

18. Only rational answer in the thread...

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Response to coalition_unwilling (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:30 PM

DJ13 (21,340 posts)

16. Because nothing says British cuisine like an American fast food chain

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Response to DJ13 (Reply #16)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:32 PM

coalition_unwilling (14,180 posts)

19. LOL - Good one! - n/t

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Response to DJ13 (Reply #16)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:37 PM

itsrobert (9,069 posts)

22. McDonald's is a Global Company

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The British Empire has a good number of them that do very big business.

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Response to itsrobert (Reply #22)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:41 PM

HiPointDem (16,931 posts)

24. founded & headquartered in the USA.

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Response to coalition_unwilling (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:36 PM

Gidney N Cloyd (10,449 posts)

21. Apparently they skipped the early qualifying rounds.

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:43 PM

SoCalDem (99,715 posts)

25. Blimey...they wuz winded after the 4 Big Macs..

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 05:53 PM

Stinky The Clown (51,304 posts)

27. Because they were willing to pay more than anyone else for the title.

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:08 PM

Gidney N Cloyd (10,449 posts)

28. What do they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in London?

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Response to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #28)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:47 PM

lunatica (28,842 posts)

29. Probably something that sounds like shit on a shingle

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:57 PM

monmouth (21,078 posts)

31. A heart attack on ice...n/t

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 10:38 PM

coalition_unwilling (14,180 posts)

32. A scene that shall forever live in infamy. Thanks for the

trip down McMemory Lane

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Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:54 PM

barbtries (15,011 posts)

30. that's easy

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

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Mon Jul 30, 2012, 01:25 AM

toddwv (2,054 posts)

34. $$$$

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Mon Jul 30, 2012, 01:49 AM

Rex (34,646 posts)

35. Because corporations own the planet?

And you thought it would be the Borg, silly biped.

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Mon Jul 30, 2012, 02:05 AM

Aerows (13,852 posts)

37. It should be

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Taco Bell. Only because I'd probably die of depression if I didn't eat from there once a week. When Hurricane Katrina came and washed/blew everything away, it was like fine dining when a Taco Bell finally opened 30 miles away. We journeyed there like it was ambrosia from the heavens come to earth.

You can have your McDonald's, you can have your Burger King. I will not miss Wendy's, and I will not miss Domino's. I'm not giving you KFC, because I like to eat from there sometimes, but if I had to give it all up for one, DO NOT TAKE MY BELL.

Eating a damn taco after not having one for months was glorious. I still get a little thrill every time I open a packet of hot sauce and bite into a Taco Supreme.

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