Wednesday, August 22, 2007

What ever happened to American Esskultur?

You knew it was going to come to this, just admit it. In what is clearly a not-so-secret attempt to undermine wholesome American fast-food world domination, and after having carefully established a bridgehead of McCafés to help facilitate their diabolical and subversive plans, a group of some 30 German McDonald’s restaurants has now begun “experimenting” with serving cereal yogurts, vegetable sticks with humus, Indian and Thai curry and - I cannot believe that I am typing this - soup. Friggin’ Russian soljanka at that.



Many customers were “pleasantly surprised” by the new products, a spokesman for the group is reported to have said. Yeah, right. Pleasantly surprised to have found anything real to eat at all, you mean. So are you going to Souper Size Me now, or what?

I remember a time when you could walk into a McDonald’s, look the kid straight in the eye and order a damned hamburger. Without having to lower your voice, I mean (actually, I would always order four or five). But, then again, I still remember a time when a space shuttle landing wasn’t a news item and when “July 4th was a whole week in July… For you see, I used to be one hell of a woman.” Okay, trivia time: Who said that?

It doesn’t matter who said that. What matters now is that we undertake something. Immediately. I, for one, plan to go underground and join that anarchist fringe wacko anti-McDonald’s group in Kreuzberg. If they will still let me, that is.

Ich hätte gern einen McSojaburger mit Griessgnocchi Pestosauce zum mitnehmen.

Kommentare auf Deutsch? Logisch.

Posted by clarsonimus at 07:44:01 | Permanent Link | Comments (11) |
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1 - Burger King rules! That's what kings do. (Comment this)

Written by: Indeterminacy at 2007/08/22 - 08:48:17
2 - Indeterminacy, there's still Wendy's, too. I hope. (Comment this)

Written by: clarsonimus at 2007/08/22 - 08:58:33
3 - Wendy said it? Who knew? (Comment this)

Written by: letters at 2007/08/22 - 12:34:08
4 - letters, naw. It's an old Albert Brooks comedy record. (Comment this)

Written by: clarsonimus at 2007/08/22 - 21:11:36
5 - Wendy's in Germany ? Where?
P.S.: I like Soljanka, bring it on McDoof (Comment this)

Written by: Volker at 2007/08/23 - 14:47:57
6 - Volker, well, not in Germany (not that I know of, Wendy's), but somewhere else, maybe. (Comment this)

Written by: clarsonimus at 2007/08/23 - 20:52:14
7 - There used to be a thing called the Liberty Bell! Oh, all right, maybe it's still there, but what about Texas? and Brooklyn? and Iwo Jima? Are they still there too? (Comment this)

Written by: Bud Harpur (Cheryl's dad) at 2007/08/24 - 01:52:21 in reply to: 4
8 - Bud, I KNEW I could count on you. Took you awhile, though. Watch it. Jeez, the beach stinks today. (Comment this)

Written by: clarsonimus at 2007/08/24 - 08:49:17
9 - Tim Curry, who else? (Comment this)

Written by: Pat Patterson at 2007/08/26 - 06:53:00
10 - Tim Curry, who else? (Comment this)

Written by: Pat Patterson at 2007/08/26 - 06:53:02
11 - Ok, if you want to get technical, Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Well, how about that? (Comment this)

Written by: Pat Patterson at 2007/08/26 - 06:55:55
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