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Wednesday, August 07, 2002
A CRAZY MCDONALD'S COMMERCIAL.
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On my TV screen appears a picture of a Big Mac followed by a cartoon smile. Then, a picture of a super-sized order of french fries, followed by a cartoon smile. Next, a picture of a large regular Coke followed by the smile. A cheerful announcer asks, "What could make you happier than a Big Mac Extra Value Meal? An appetizer before it. Like our cheesy mozzarella sticks [pictured, deep fried] or a tasty fajita [pictured, dripping with cheese]. Happy now?" And then the cartoon smile integrated with the McDonald's logo, and the word "smile". Now, I'm not one of those people who tell other people what they should eat (although I certainly used to be). But this is nuts! A Big Mac, super-sized fries, and large coke already has about as much fat and sugar as I normally eat in a week. But apparently, if I want to SMILE and BE HAPPY, then I also should let them take some breaded cheese, and deep fry it, and eat that first, in order to whet my appetite for all that other stuff. And another thing: a fajita is not an appetizer! You know, when I heard about that guy suing all the fast food places because fast food was bad for him, I was not very sympathetic, but that commercial really made me think that maybe something should be done. I mean, there's probably hundreds of very obese people who saw that ad, who are going to start ordering some fried mozzarella sticks to go with their Big Mac Extra Value Meal from now on, because a commercial told them that that was an okay thing to do in order to feel happy. And they're not going to understand why they are so obese when they are just eating the same stuff it says in the commercial that it's normal to eat.
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