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The Gentleman Scamp

^ I never said it wasn't increasing in popularity, but I find it worrying that it is. The world is being taken over by greedy billionaires who create destructive products.

It's a very valid topic fatty; there's pages and pages of hidden info and debate on the net and a film was even made on the subject.

You're hardly famous for your interllectual, thought provoking topics and have taken this thread as a subliminal attack on GWB.

On the ground floor of Fortune Town there is a McDonalds and a KFC - neither supply a toilet - that space can be used to seat people = more money, this is no surprise as this is the case in many other of their 'restaurants' - I found it fustrating that there was nowhere I could have any real food, it was difficult enough finding a bottle of water - for that it was either Watsons or Tesco Lotus.

Save it - take the kids to McDonalds.

Exactly, there's something not right about it. I had a good friend who died in 2006 from cancer age 32... A non drinker and smoker - lived in Oxfordshire and loved his MacDonalds. Wasn't a fat guy but fast food made up half his diet from what I can remember.

I have said before that the unseen evils of this world love the word 'Conspiricy' because it's almost fictional - but that doesn't mean that the unbelievable doesn't go on - we just accept it as the norm, we've become accustomed to it.

If I ever had children I would educate them from as early an age as possible about the evil behind fast food.

A man from Satchi & Satchi once admitted that McDonalds advertising is aimed at 3-5 year olds... He didn't want his face shown on Tv.

I can also remember having my 6th birthday at a McDonalds in Portsmouth and getting a Happy Hat and a tour through the kitchen. For a short time it was my ambition to work at McDonalds - (along with being a hovercraft pilot and a stuntman) - an ambition that came true in 1990 when I got myself a job at one in Aylesbury just so I could do my own investigation and fuck everything up for them.

I was of course fired after about 9 days having told my fellow employees my plan.

Texpat

Now we're getting somewhere.
They simply failed to see the latent talent, right? The smooth transitions from ketchup to mustard bottles, the pickle placement with dramatic flair, coaxing along that all-beef patty to its sizzled perfection.

They can't cook with 5% of your passion.

The Gentleman Scamp

My hatred of the company does not stem from being fired 18 years ago so no need to seem so pleased with yourself. If you hadn't skimmed the post to get to the personal bit you'd have seen that my dislike for the company was not only established long before any employment but was my incentive for working there in the first place.

Texpat

Easy champ, just pokin' a little fun.

You're allowed to dislike anything you wish.

I absolutely hate blue eye shadow!

The Gentleman Scamp

^ On yourself or on ladies?

I guess it's threadworthy.

stroller

kinda opens up two tangible, specific ways in which you could improve your life, doesn't it (apart from dropping xanax)?
So why do you keep eating the crap and complain about the 'plastic' Thai people?
Oh, I forgot - couldn't possibly eat that disgusting, healthy Thai food.
And what excuse do you have?

The Gentleman Scamp

I started this thread because I had a McDonalds the other day.

It is a rare event and will only happen if options are scarce.

Options shouldn't be scarce - in a city centre or mall it is harder to get cheap healthy food than it is to get rubbish.

sabang

Some of the burgers I've had in Thailand are such crap that McDonalds tastes OK in comparison. I prefer Burger King, but might have a Mcmeal a couple of times a year.

I just wish they didn't add sugar to everything. At least you can order your Happy Meals with an orange juice (still sweet) instead of that ghastly coke.

Got to admire them as a well run company though.

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Driventowin

Just so you know, if you haven't been to a real Mickie D's everything here is microwaved and starts out frozen after being shipped a verrrry long distance.

There is a far cry from what is the real thing in the States and where I visited in Europe too compared to what is here...

When they're fresh off the grill they taste much better, a microwaved burger will always be crap...

AntRobertson

Well that's true but I'm not sure where you get the idea McD's here is microwaved, most certainly isn't in CM.

Plan B

It's obvious isn't it. Poo hasn't had the huge marketing campaign that Macca's has. It needs to be sold to the public. A nice slogan and a smiling model wil sell more units.


Let's do lunch...

Let's do poo!!!
insert scat picture here.

unkleblacky

This is from the FHM UK guide to the internet:

'Without stopping to think about it, the fast food giant has built a public forum site to answer nutritionally dopey questions at Burgers - What's in the food? - McDonald's UK. The result? Thousands of folk like us posting things like: "I read in the paper that some burger contains poo, Is this really true? If so, what proprtion of burgers contain poo?" Which theyre duty-bound to answer.'

Go nuts

Texpat

Any company that would entertain questions like that doesn't have the business sense to run a som-tam stand.

Whiteshiva

Moderation is the key - having a burger once in a blue moon isn't going to hurt a normally healthy individual - and I doubt That street food is any healthier - although it tastes better.

peterpan

I went through the McDonalds university, a massive area includes its own on campus hotel. Every time you went past a bust or photo of 'ol Ray everybody dropped to their knees in reverence.
It sort of reminded me of East Germany, 30 yrs ago as any implied, even slight critisism of the product or company was treated as blasphemy. No doubt its shit food but hey! most of the population are shit people and they like it. You can't go wrong catering for the trailer trash mob.

stroller

What?
Sure som tam with sticky rice and a grilled fish beats a burger and fries hands down.

Texpat

You have full and absolute control over what you stuff down your pie-hole. Nobady makes you eat anything. I don't understand the controversy. If you like it, eat it. If you don't eat something else.

The last time I went to McDonald's, I think I ordered one of these.



The last time I was in London, I think I ordered one of these.



Please remind me again which one is ruining my health.

Marmite the Dog

This one.

Redrocket

I like Big Macs.
I'll kick in 500 baht for the Scampy poo eating vid.

buriramboy