2012

[Phox]

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.

Oh, I never doubted that. Low-grade meat combined with various chemicals, however...

[Kai]

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.

As a current maintenance employee of a certain food franchise, I am quite aware of this. However, let me present the evidence.

A:


B:


Image A is of a fossil of the Australian Ediacaran fauna known as Dickinsonia, which existed in the Pre-Cambrian, ~560 mya.

Image B is of the Recent (Ca. ~50 ya) and extant McRib.

See a resemblance?

After observing the McRib for an extended period, I've come to the conclusion that they contain amino acids, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, lipids, and electrolytes of all kinds necessary to sustain life. In addition, and despite their stationary nature, I've noticed a curious congealing effect that occurs after heating and cooling. The lipid particles seem to migrate to the surface and form a protective phospholipid layering, just as was suspected to occur with the first cells. This suggests that after a sustained period of sunlight, the circulating biochemicals within the McRib will self organize and form replicating units, id est, life.

Prospective binomial is Riberiatus mcdonaldi. Phylum, Kingdom and Division unknown.

[Suu]

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

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.

From what I've read this year, in fact, the cause of death seems to be impact with the ground.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

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.

As a current maintenance employee of a certain food franchise, I am quite aware of this. However, let me present the evidence.

A:


B:


Image A is of a fossil of the Australian Ediacaran fauna known as Dickinsonia, which existed in the Pre-Cambrian, ~560 mya.

Image B is of the Recent (Ca. ~50 ya) and extant McRib.

See a resemblance?

After observing the McRib for an extended period, I've come to the conclusion that they contain amino acids, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, lipids, and electrolytes of all kinds necessary to sustain life. In addition, and despite their stationary nature, I've noticed a curious congealing effect that occurs after heating and cooling. The lipid particles seem to migrate to the surface and form a protective phospholipid layering, just as was suspected to occur with the first cells. This suggests that after a sustained period of sunlight, the circulating biochemicals within the McRib will self organize and form replicating units, id est, life.

Prospective binomial is Riberiatus mcdonaldi. Phylum, Kingdom and Division unknown.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Kai wins the thread... 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]