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Default Talking of Macca's...

On Dec 2, 12:36�pm, Nancy2 > wrote:
> On Dec 2, 4:23�am, Welsh Dog > wrote:
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> > Well this *is* a food group and Macdonald's *is* food... sort of...

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> > Anyway...

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> > ... I rented an Orange Juice Barrel from the local McDonalds the other
> > night. We had a district camp fire organised for the local Girl Guide
> > group and they needed some refreshment so it seemed a reasonable
> > idea... wrong!!

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> > They took a $100 deposit, and supplied it half full of ice so I just
> > added syrup and water and served it up to 200 Girl Guides.

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> > Unfortunately... when I emptied it at the end of the evening out
> > flowed the rest of the juice... along with several dead cockroaches,
> > assorted dead flied and detritus, one very dead spider... and one
> > *very* alive, if bedraggled, spider the size of my thumb desperately
> > clinging to an ice-cube!

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> > We threw the poor thing out into the bush figuring it'd had enough
> > trauma to last it it's short lifetime without being squashed as well.

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> > Next day I took the barrel back to Macca's and let them know in no
> > uncertain terms what I thought of their (lack of) hygiene!

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> > Obviously they apologised, but otherwise that was it.

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> > Luckily nobody has come down with food poisoning... yet... but we're
> > waiting for feedback from the parents just in case!!!

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> > Welshdog
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> > News and views... for people like youse!!

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> > Australian Opinion
> > Now finally athttp://australianopinion.com.au

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> Likely, nobody will get sick - other cultures eat those weird critters
> all the time, to say nothing of that Bizarre Foods guy (Zimmer).
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> Next time, tell them that you want to inspect the empty container
> before they fill it with ice.


Next time fill your own beverage cooler... Igloo makes them all types/
sizes.

http://www.customigloos.com/igloobeveragecoolers.asp