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06-23-2010, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel
It is so wrong, but I kind of want to try a bite.
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A bite?! I want the whole dang thing!
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06-23-2010, 01:05 PM
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WTF?! WHY?!
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I suspect it's more of a "why not"
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06-23-2010, 01:08 PM
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I suspect it's more of a "why not"
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That's how the best and the worst of the strangest food combos were created.
Some of my very own food indulgences came from "why not?" 
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06-23-2010, 01:11 PM
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This is really ridiculous. The happy meal is actually better than the alternative, feeding children the full sized adult versions of the McD's hamburgers. Having a toy in the meal does not make children fat. Having parents make McD's the major part of their childrens' diets is what is making children fat. Good try, though.
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06-23-2010, 06:20 PM
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I'm still  at the babysitter my kids had that taught them Happy Meals can come with fries and soda. I had them fully convinced that Happy Meals = nuggets, apples (with no sauce), and milk.
Still, when they insist they want fries, I get one with apples and one with fries and the kids split the apples and fries. The soda is still a NO. Also, it's probably been 4 months since we've been to McD's. Taco Bell, on the other hand...well...
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06-23-2010, 06:40 PM
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I'm still at the babysitter my kids had that taught them Happy Meals can come with fries and soda. I had them fully convinced that Happy Meals = nuggets, apples (with no sauce), and milk.
Still, when they insist they want fries, I get one with apples and one with fries and the kids split the apples and fries. The soda is still a NO. Also, it's probably been 4 months since we've been to McD's. Taco Bell, on the other hand...well... |
You should tell them that only SOME McD's have fries and cokes with their happy meals! Kids can be pretty dumb. 
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06-23-2010, 06:43 PM
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You should tell them that only SOME McD's have fries and cokes with their happy meals! Kids can be pretty dumb. |
Oh man, when they catch on though. They try to school you. "You're so dumb, we went to the McDonalds by grandma and and you said they didn't have coke. AND THEY DID!!"
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06-23-2010, 06:48 PM
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Oh man, when they catch on though. They try to school you. "You're so dumb, we went to the McDonalds by grandma and and you said they didn't have coke. AND THEY DID!!"
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And I'd say, "You were dumb enough to believe me! Ha!" This is why I don't have kids...I could never let them win.
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06-23-2010, 07:03 PM
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And I'd say, "You were dumb enough to believe me! Ha!" This is why I don't have kids...I could never let them win.
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Ha! I'd be sitting there going "Nuh uh" "Uh HUH" "Nuh UH" "Uh HUH" with them for hours.
You know, that could be effective, they'd get bored at some point.
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06-23-2010, 07:19 PM
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Looking at that made me throw up and shart.
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06-23-2010, 10:58 PM
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lol
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Everyone knows that fish is good for you, right? A local restaurant around here used to serve a Fish Club Sandwich. Sorry, no picture is available, but it had a piece of fried fish on toast, cheese, another piece of toast, then tuna salad, lettuce, tomato and a last piece of toast. It sounds disgusting, but was really good (if they left the tarter sauce out). It was taken off of the menu when people started asking "where's the bacon?" because everyone just knows that a Club Sandwich has bacon on it! 
As for the Happy Meal, why are so many people unwilling to parent their own kids? Have kids become accessories to a family, so that nobody ever has to say no, or because it's not good for you, or (heaven forbid!) you will not embarrass me? I knew "the look" before I was three, and for the life of me, I cannot understand parents who lost their spine with the afterbirth!
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06-23-2010, 11:58 PM
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I can feel my arteries hardening just looking at that.
We've got sandwiches like this and KFC's "Double Down" (a sandwich with two fried chicken filets instead of bread?!?) and we wonder why so many Americans - children and adults - are obese.
Of course the Happy Meals are marketed to children, and the toys are part of that. So the children "nag their parents to bring them to McDonald's" to get the toys. There's a wonderful little word that all parents should learn well: NO.
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06-24-2010, 08:34 AM
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Personally, I don't think advertising should be able to be marketed to kids under 10. I'm more than willing to parent my kids, and have no trouble saying no, but I don't think kids under 10 are an appropriate market. At that age, parents should be making the buying decisions - market to THEM.
Plus the ads are annoying.
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