No more Happy Meals for you!

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:35 pm

I know that NONE of us EVER eats at fast-food restaurants, but...

They don't give catsup away for free anymore. There was a time when they asked whether you wanted catsup or not. Now they don't even ask that, and you have to demand it. Then they ask how many packets you want. I say "three" and they give me FOUR!

The bastards!

By the way, Carl Jr's Santa Fe Chicken Burger with criss-cut fries is fast-food heaven!

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:38 pm

Bounce530 · Post by **Bounce530** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:47 pm

yeah, taking the toys out of happy meals is going to make the kids want a salad huh?
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-h ... 5743.story

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:51 pm

go to taco bell, you can order 2 burritos and get 16 packets of hot sauce (or spicey catsup) without even asking

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 1:10 pm

Fire Sauce! (I think it's got chipotle peppers)
The ancient Romans used fish sauce like what you find in SE Asian cuisine, and mixed it with grape pulp.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 1:11 pm

Uh, I donnow about that hot stuff.

I really dont like the end results.

Trishntek · Post by **Trishntek** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:58 pm

So now they are called "Pleasant Meals?"

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:55 pm

Trishntek wrote:So now they are called "Pleasant Meals?"

Meh, I got nothin'.

ragabashpup · Post by **ragabashpup** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:16 pm

I am trying to wrap my mind around blaming the toys and not the parents. Since it is the toy that makes the decision to purchase itself for the child that eats fast food way to often.
I tell my daughter quite often that no she can't have a happy meal and only gets to eat one once or twice a month. She doesn't throw a fit when she doesn't get one she just proceeds along to the next train of thought.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:00 am

yeah, RGP, you got it, and do it right.

so many people want to blame fast food for being fat.........not wanting to take responsibility for their decisions. No one has to eat there.
and, no one has to take their kids there. It's a pure choice.

Which, is not meant to imply, anyone over weight is that way due to fast food.
But, for the most part, it is a matter of choices.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:20 am

Ever try to fill up on a happy meal? It's kids' size portions.
You wander in there with your cubs and they're going to fill up with something that's going to keep them from squeezing out the doorway.
Ya, don't blame a piece of plastic. Blame the kids that are saying, "take me to the junk food! Waahhh!"
Like to see Fresh Choice offer toys with their salad bar. And require the kids to run a mile in 6 minutes flat first.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:50 am

"Happy Meals" (and most food from those large fast-food chains) are packaged poison designed to seduce children with fat and sugar that humans crave, because they were so rare and yet so necessary while we were evolving. A huge industry with lots of political and cultural clout is predicated on feeding people unhealthy food. Sometimes parents are outnumbered. It's not like raising children is so easy that you never have to resort to the expedient, rather than the best.
In my fishy opinion.

GutteralRetch · Post by **GutteralRetch** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:54 am

Stupid McDonalds.. smart Santa Clara County. I love where I live :D

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:56 am

i like fried clowns.

makes me happy.

http://providencerestaurant.net/629837

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:58 am

theCryptofishist wrote:It's not like raising children is so easy

it's as easy as not having them

Trishntek · Post by **Trishntek** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:54 am

theCryptofishist wrote:"Happy Meals" (and most food from those large fast-food chains) are packaged poison designed to seduce children with fat and sugar that humans crave, because they were so rare and yet so necessary while we were evolving. A huge industry with lots of political and cultural clout is predicated on feeding people unhealthy food. Sometimes parents are outnumbered. It's not like raising children is so easy that you never have to resort to the expedient, rather than the best.
In my fishy opinion.

It is evident you share the dislike of the quality of fast food. You can go into any grocery store and find equally poor quality food. The only difference is you prepare it yourself. But I do not see the outcry against the child TV dinners with prizes in them or the outrageous carbohydrate loads in breakfast foods.

OMG! what next? no more CRACKER JACKS?????

While we raised our children, now with families of their own, we also raised gardens. We exposed our children to fresh food and where it comes from to develop an appreciation for what real food tastes, looks and smells like. When given the choice of a "happy meal" for fast food or something from the deli across the parking lot, they would make their own decisions. Sometimes for one and sometimes for the other. That is called freedom of choice. To take choices away from children while limiting their exposure to real food inhibits their ability to make healthy decisions based upon knowledge. When choices are removed by statute freedom is diminished.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 12:57 pm

GutteralRetch wrote:Stupid McDonalds.. smart Santa Clara County. I love where I live

will you be as happy when they "outlaw" something you like?

it's a slippery slope............

well, beer can make you fat, and, D.U.I. is dangerous...........

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:01 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:"Happy Meals" (and most food from those large fast-food chains) are packaged poison designed to seduce children with fat and sugar that humans crave, because they were so rare and yet so necessary while we were evolving. A huge industry with lots of political and cultural clout is predicated on feeding people unhealthy food. Sometimes parents are outnumbered. It's not like raising children is so easy that you never have to resort to the expedient, rather than the best.
In my fishy opinion.

I'd like to see a drive-thru restaurant chain providing meals from the Paleo Diet. KFC barely suffices, with grilled chicken and cole slaw. It's gotta happen sooner or later.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:33 pm

Fire_Moose wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:It's not like raising children is so easy

it's as easy as not having them ;)

It's much easier. And I'm a zero to negative population growth person. But I also think our children (in so much as they are part of our society) deserve a childhood where they aren't heavily advertised to and can grow up with their own experiences and opinions rather than what they got off the Fritos Website.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:34 pm

Yeah, we have a food crises everywhere. But starting small is better than sitting there bewailing the facts.

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:04 pm

a friend of mine, somewhat older than me, used to get happy meals because she liked the toys, which she used to decorate her office.

methinks a bit of fast food can be both convenient for adults and fun for kids, as well as an inexpensive restaurant excursion.

this is absurd .... and, as trishntek said, a tiny little notch of freedom taken away from us, something that is being whittled away bit by bit. when i was little there were no happy meals, but it was STILL fun to go to macdonalds. eliminating toys will do exactly nothing, i suspect, but remove a bit of fun from life.

but hell, who needs fun? let's all be super healthy and never drink or take drugs or have unprotected sex or do anything that isn't pure and safe and healthy.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:14 pm

littleflower wrote:a friend of mine, somewhat older than me, used to get happy meals because she liked the toys, which she used to decorate her office.

methinks a bit of fast food can be both convenient for adults and fun for kids, as well as an inexpensive restaurant excursion.

this is absurd .... and, as trishntek said, a tiny little notch of freedom taken away from us, something that is being whittled away bit by bit. when i was little there were no happy meals, but it was STILL fun to go to macdonalds. eliminating toys will do exactly nothing, i suspect, but remove a bit of fun from life.

but hell, who needs fun? let's all be super healthy and never drink or take drugs or have unprotected sex or do anything that isn't pure and safe and healthy.

yes, and, luckily, we have the gov. to tell us what is pure and safe and healthy.........after all, "they're here to help"........

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:08 am

....And they only have our BEST interests in mind

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:32 am

*feeling warm and fuzzy now*.........

safe, in the loving arms of gov., I will be protected, provided, and not have responsibility for anything.

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:10 am

DVD Burner wrote:Uh, I donnow about that hot stuff.

I really dont like the end results.

Well, stop rimming then

Trishntek · Post by **Trishntek** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:38 pm

Sail Man wrote:
DVD Burner wrote:Uh, I donnow about that hot stuff.

I really dont like the end results.
Well, stop rimming then

We do have some remedies for that, but I'm thinkin' it's more like figging than rimming.

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:44 pm

figjam?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat May 01, 2010 11:02 am

theCryptofishist wrote:
Fire_Moose wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:It's not like raising children is so easy

it's as easy as not having them ;)
It's much easier. And I'm a zero to negative population growth person. But I also think our children (in so much as they are part of our society) deserve a childhood where they aren't heavily advertised to and can grow up with their own experiences and opinions rather than what they got off the Fritos Website.

By which I meant not having children is much easier than raising them. The other is simply a monstrous statement.

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Sun May 02, 2010 2:14 pm

FIGJAM wrote:figjam?

better then toejam?

Fire_Moose · Post by **Fire_Moose** » Mon May 03, 2010 8:11 am

What about Earl?