Monday, May 01, 2006
sweet sixteen
i am back in ottawa for the summer now. but the joy of being home has been overshaddowed by the sorrow of my latest discovery. a discovery in which i wish is not true but all strong men must face reality. it is that macdonalds no longer has mcdeal meals. tears. in the past five days i have been to mcdonalds six times; that is a lot, i know, and my stomach hurts because of it, infact i just got back from there now. i was there with my sister anne. (anne you made my blog, happy birthday). macdonalds has replaced their mcdeal meals with what i can only discribe as we-want-to-be-like-wendies-menu. now for those of you who go to mcdonalds on a regular basis, or are considered as super-size-me would cal;l heavy users. you might be a lot put out. because the daily mcdeal meals were the greatest things macdonalds has done since the invention of the big mac: big extra mondays, big mac tuesdays, mcchicken wednsdays, and so on. if you are one of the many who only go to macdonalds on tuesday for the big mac you will be very upset, because it will no longer cost you 4.27 with tax, but over six dollars. first mcdonalds jumps on the deli sandwich wagon, next they want to be like wendies with there super value little bugers menu. has macdonalds forgotten the power of the golden arches, that they were the best, the biggest fast food resturant in the world, the american icon. this is as i have said before a sad and desperate time. but my question for all of you is what will macdonalds copy next. will they start, like coffee time a flip to win contest, or will they start getting rid of frills to get lower prices. will they give ronald a red belt to match his shoes or have justin timberlake write a song about them, oh wait they did that. who knows though the possiblities are endless. we already know they will copy anyone. so if you have any ideas of how to make it more obvious that mcdonalds is copying other companies let us know. this blog was written under the influence of a big extra, jimmy hendrix and c.s. lewis's the problem of pain.
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thanks matt for putting me in there. Lets all cry and say good bye to bigmac tuesdays. Tear.....
I know that i was also quite "put out".
I appreciated your interweaving of themes from previous blogs.
Have a good summer, Matt!
no, i just don't get it. did they think we wouldn't notice? this is just getting ridiculous. i mean, come on, these new "value-meals" are like kids meals, minus the toy and milk, for the same price as our beloved mcdeal meals. i especially appreciated the "show-your-student-card-and-you-can-get-any-mcdeal-meal-you-want", and now that that's over, i don't know what i'll do when my mom decides to put together random leftover ingredients and call it a cassarole. what is this world coming to?
Congrats Matt. You managed to put out a decent blog even though you are home again. Tell you mom I say good job with the editing. Glad to have you back, and keep em coming. I look forward to see what a wonderful stories come from Ottawa, and Laser Electric.
i really think they should apologize to you, seeing as you are oooohhhhh so special (lol)
it sorta seems as though you were either banished to the basement from the oval office for unknown atrosities...either that or you are hiding out cuz you blew someone up. ah well. anyway, i hate mcdonalds. what goes in inevitably goes out...the same way it went in. but i feel for you. i can imagine your pain, and all i can say is go out! go out and buy shoes! and a matching belt! then you shall feel better:P
This blog is McCrap. For a blog that is McSweet, check out frewdan.blogspot.com. Yes, it's still going.
I'd just like to take this time to appologise for calling Matty's blog McCrap. It's not McCrap. I don't know why I even said that. Forgive me please?
Your Friend,
Dan
Hugs and Kisses
shay, i'll have you know that i edited my blog this time, emily glad to see you commenting, dan i forgive you, you are a friend
Matt-Matt! oh how i miss editing your blog... it looks like you could have used it here. i will say, though, that it was probably the funniest one yet. good job. <3
Matty,
I have three comments in relation to this blog:
a)if McDonalds is the American icon, that's really, really sad.
b)stop eating there! especially not 6 times in 5 days--haven't you seen Supersize me??
c)companies always copy each other...most of them are owned by the same people anyways!
And I'll throw in a fourth one because most of those seem like I'm critsizing...
d)I thought you did an excellent editing job and I found it amusing that you actually remembered the exact price of a big mac.
cheers!
hey now, i don't want to look like a jerk here. while i love your blog, it is rife with spelling and grammatical errors.
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