Have there been protests or anything in Scotland when new McDonald's restaurants opened? I vaguely recalled the McMunchies case, but until today, I'd never heard anything more than generalized grumbling over the "big corporation stole our name" issue.
And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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Hil R. - Feb 02, 2003 8:03:07 pm PST #1592 of 9843
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
P.M. Marc - Feb 02, 2003 8:04:12 pm PST #1593 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
To be honest, I see that combination and think BP.
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§ ita § - Feb 02, 2003 8:07:24 pm PST #1594 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I see the BP combo and I think J'ca, Australia and Brazil and then BP. I find the green/yellow combination very very evocative. But I'm way used to confusing it by now.
Zoe Finch - Feb 02, 2003 8:08:25 pm PST #1595 of 9843
Gradh tu fhein
Have there been protests or anything in Scotland when new McDonald's restaurants opened? I vaguely recalled the McMunchies case, but until today, I'd never heard anything more than generalized grumbling over the "big corporation stole our name" issue.
No nothing so much just a growing feeling of resentment, it might dissapate. People here are feeling less subjugated and more confident since the return of democracy -I think- so are maybe looking less for things to take it out on. I'd be interested to know what MacDonalds accounts look like over the past few years because I think I heard a news story that they are having to close down outlets, people are less interested in eating there these days.
Hil R. - Feb 02, 2003 8:09:22 pm PST #1596 of 9843
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, McDonald's everywhere hasn't been doing too well lately. They posted losses last quarter for the first time ever.
Betsy HP - Feb 02, 2003 8:11:05 pm PST #1597 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
And I for one did a giddy little dance of "take THAT, you tasteless-food-making-bastards!" when the news came out.
Zoe Finch - Feb 02, 2003 8:13:05 pm PST #1598 of 9843
Gradh tu fhein
Has anyone read "Fast Food Nation" cos I did and now it is difficult to eat fast food. I have the list of ingredients for *Strawberry flavour* on my kitchen door out of some kind of peverse fascination,
brenda m - Feb 02, 2003 8:14:58 pm PST #1599 of 9843
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The only refs I'm finding are comments on discussion boards - nothing I would count as definitive. But it's worth noting that all those mentions say that McDonalds [the big American one] lost the case.
Zoe Finch - Feb 02, 2003 8:16:09 pm PST #1600 of 9843
Gradh tu fhein
But it's worth noting that all those mentions say that McDonalds [the big American one] lost the case.
Yay!
brenda m - Feb 02, 2003 8:16:20 pm PST #1601 of 9843
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, that's a fascinating book. I only got halfway through it and then left it at my sister's place, so someday I'll get to finish it I hope. A real eye-opener in several ways.