2012

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Hey hey hey

I celebrated the New Year THE RIGHT WAY, by walking down to Swan Island Industrial Park with a friend and getting a McRib (we had never had one before and HOLY SHIT WHAT IS THIS ABOMINATION?) and then walking the beach.

[Nast]

Hey hey hey

I celebrated the New Year THE RIGHT WAY, by walking down to Swan Island Industrial Park with a friend and getting a McRib (we had never had one before and HOLY SHIT WHAT IS THIS ABOMINATION?) and then walking the beach.

That sounds simultaneously pleasant and awful.

[Suu]

There is something frightful about that which is the McRib...However, the combination of MSG and pickles makes it oddly tasty to my fucked up palette.

[Bruno]

Hey hey hey

I celebrated the New Year THE RIGHT WAY, by walking down to Swan Island Industrial Park with a friend and getting a McRib (we had never had one before and HOLY SHIT WHAT IS THIS ABOMINATION?) and then walking the beach.

Fun fact about the McRib: the longer it sits under the heat lamp, the better it gets. McDonalds workers will claim one a couple of hours before their lunch break and stash it out of the way. Other employees know not to touch it.

Or, at least, that's what I heard from a friend that worked at McDonalds circa 1990. The McRib may have evolved since then.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It was one of the most disgusting things I have ever put in my mouth.

[EK WAFFLR]

Or, at least, that's what I heard from a friend that worked at McDonalds circa 1990. The McRib may have evolved since then.

The ones claimed, then forgotten probably have, at least.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Or, at least, that's what I heard from a friend that worked at McDonalds circa 1990. The McRib may have evolved since then.

The ones claimed, then forgotten probably have, at least.

They seem to have evolved a bit... from what I can tell looking on the internet, the shape is now more rectangular (for some reason writing that made me shudder) than it used to be.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Another rain of dead birds! It's getting to be a New Year's tradition. http://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-blackbirds-fall-sky-beebe-arkansas-years-eve/story?id=15269793#.TwFLiUqp1I4

[Cain]

Biologists said last year's kill was caused by birds who were spooked off their roosts by the loud explosions and began flying into homes, cars, telephone poles and each other.

Around this same time last year, thousands of dead fish also turned up in the Arkansas River, prompting conspiracies about the end of the world, poison and environmental catastrophe.

Taylor and Duke both agree, though: it's probably just the fireworks in Beebe.

And who says ABC News don't have a sense of humour?

Also, we don't know that they actually rained down after dying.  The cause of death may be their raining down.  Think about it.

[Cain]

The other explanation, of course, is that birds are traditionally seen as enemies of snakes.

Do we know any snake deities associated with 2012?  I believe we do.  HE COMES!

[Pæs]

FFFFFF-
Cain's logic is undeniable.

[Kai]

There is something frightful about that which is the McRib...However, the combination of MSG and pickles makes it oddly tasty to my fucked up palette.

Speaking from first hand experience of the discarded end product, /you should avoid it at all costs/. It is NOT good for your body. Just saying.

Or, at least, that's what I heard from a friend that worked at McDonalds circa 1990. The McRib may have evolved since then.

The ones claimed, then forgotten probably have, at least.

They seem to have evolved a bit... from what I can tell looking on the internet, the shape is now more rectangular (for some reason writing that made me shudder) than it used to be.

Yes they have. Not for our betterment, either. They're not exactly /sentient/, but they definitely have some level of awareness. As they breed and become even more inedible, eventually they'll be poisonous. On that day, I forsee a great exodus of pre-cambrian style flatworm slithering out the doors and dumpsters of Micky D's everywhere. I don't think they'll see vengeance, just ecological residence. Probably the bottoms of the collecting ponds for large parkinglots and effluent channels for water treatment plants. In any case, you'll know they're there because when a McRib gets wet you can smell it from hundreds of feet away.

[Suu]

There is something frightful about that which is the McRib...However, the combination of MSG and pickles makes it oddly tasty to my fucked up palette.

Speaking from first hand experience of the discarded end product, /you should avoid it at all costs/. It is NOT good for your body. Just saying.

I never said I eat them regularly (I think I had one last year when they brought them back for shits and giggles) . In fact, since I've cut beef and some pork out of my diet, I can't have one. They do, however, remind me of Christmas. That and Monopoly, which they don't do at Christmastime anymore.

[Phox]

I seem to recall hearing somewhere that they were removed from the menu at one point because they didn't meet FDA standards for human consumption. And then they lobbied to have the FDA's standards changed. Note that I cannot find any indication that this story is actually true, and indeed, it seems like a rather unlikely scenario, I would not, in fact be surprised if this was indeed the case, because I always thought that they were barely edible. 

^ reiterating that I cannot find any evidence for this story and am merely repeating hearsay.

[Suu]

Despite what everyone says about McDonald's or other fast food chains, they do really have to use real meat* in their food. It is real chicken, beef, and pork, and it's also surprisingly regulated. That doesn't make the industry any less gross.






*-Real as defined it came from some edible part of an animal, but not necessarily Grade A.