Jim Gaffigan (a comedian) talking about how everyone denies eating at
McDonald's.

The last time I was at McDonald's was in 2008. Mom and I had just
visited my dad at the hospital. On the way home Mom decided she wanted
a milk shake. There was a McDonald's on the corner. She said, "Go
through the drive thru." Okey doke. She ordered a small chocolate
shake. (She couldn't believe the price! It had probably been about 20
years since she'd gotten a milk shake from McD's). So yes, I admit to
having been to a McDonald's in 2008.

This is a funny routine about people who deny going to McD's and know
exactly how bad that stuff is for us:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YDTfEhChgw

Jill

On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:19:19 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>Jim Gaffigan (a comedian) talking about how everyone denies eating at
>McDonald's.

<I'll check the link later when I have more bandwidth>

>The last time I was at McDonald's was in 2008. Mom and I had just
>visited my dad at the hospital. On the way home Mom decided she wanted
>a milk shake. There was a McDonald's on the corner. She said, "Go
>through the drive thru." Okey doke. She ordered a small chocolate
>shake. (She couldn't believe the price! It had probably been about 20
>years since she'd gotten a milk shake from McD's). So yes, I admit to
>having been to a McDonald's in 2008.

I admit going to one last summer. Well, it wasn't my choice, my
friend's kids wanted Maccas and we were pressed for time. The store
still smelled the same inside as I remembered it (blechh), I had some
sort of wrap, which pretty much tasted like it looked... enough said.
Before that, I'm not sure when I last set foot in one, but we're
talking about 20-25 years.

>This is a funny routine about people who deny going to McD's and know
>exactly how bad that stuff is for us:
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YDTfEhChgw

On 2015-06-26 22:19, jmcquown wrote:
> Jim Gaffigan (a comedian) talking about how everyone denies eating at
> McDonald's.
>
> The last time I was at McDonald's was in 2008. Mom and I had just
> visited my dad at the hospital. On the way home Mom decided she wanted
> a milk shake. There was a McDonald's on the corner. She said, "Go
> through the drive thru." Okey doke. She ordered a small chocolate
> shake. (She couldn't believe the price! It had probably been about 20
> years since she'd gotten a milk shake from McD's). So yes, I admit to
> having been to a McDonald's in 2008.


I am one of those who will not go to McDonalds. One day last summer I
was supposed to meet someone to go hiking and I stopped at a nearby
McDonalds for a coffee because a number of people told me it was good.
It was okay, nothing special.

I had not eaten a meal from McDs' since the early 1980s because I didn't
like it and it went through me like grain through a goose. One night at
the end of a very hot dusty afternoon shift I stopped at a McDs on my
way home to get a milkshake. I did the drive thru. There was one car
ahead of me. I waited patiently at first and became increasingly
impatient because it was taking so long. They finally filled that order
and I rolled up to the window and was told they could not get me a
milkshake because the machine was broken. I had been sitting there
waiting all that time for nothing. When I told a co-worker about my
experience he told me they say that on night shifts so they won't have
to clean the machine.

A few years later I gave them another try. It had been another long hot
afternoon shift and I thought a milkshake would be cool and refreshing.
I placed my order, waited to pick up my order, finally got to the
window and was told the machine was broken. Based on the location of
our office at the time, that was more than 20 years ago.

On 6/27/2015 8:01 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

>
> A few years later I gave them another try. It had been another long hot
> afternoon shift and I thought a milkshake would be cool and refreshing.
> I placed my order, waited to pick up my order, finally got to the
> window and was told the machine was broken. Based on the location of
> our office at the time, that was more than 20 years ago.
>
>

They did you a favor. McD milkshakes are nothing like a real one made
with milk and ice cream.

On 2015-06-27 22:28, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

>
> They did you a favor. McD milkshakes are nothing like a real one made
> with milk and ice cream.


True. But like I said, both times were at the end of a late shift on
very hot days. It was about 1:30 am and there were not a lot of options.

On 6/27/2015 6:07 PM, wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 20:01:00 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2015-06-26 22:19, jmcquown wrote:
>>> Jim Gaffigan (a comedian) talking about how everyone denies eating at
>>> McDonald's.
>>>
>>> The last time I was at McDonald's was in 2008. Mom and I had just
>>> visited my dad at the hospital. On the way home Mom decided she wanted
>>> a milk shake. There was a McDonald's on the corner. She said, "Go
>>> through the drive thru." Okey doke. She ordered a small chocolate
>>> shake. (She couldn't believe the price! It had probably been about 20
>>> years since she'd gotten a milk shake from McD's). So yes, I admit to
>>> having been to a McDonald's in 2008.
>>
>>
>> I am one of those who will not go to McDonalds. One day last summer I
>> was supposed to meet someone to go hiking and I stopped at a nearby
>> McDonalds for a coffee because a number of people told me it was good.
>> It was okay, nothing special.
>>
>> I had not eaten a meal from McDs' since the early 1980s because I didn't
>> like it and it went through me like grain through a goose. One night at
>> the end of a very hot dusty afternoon shift I stopped at a McDs on my
>> way home to get a milkshake. I did the drive thru. There was one car
>> ahead of me. I waited patiently at first and became increasingly
>> impatient because it was taking so long. They finally filled that order
>> and I rolled up to the window and was told they could not get me a
>> milkshake because the machine was broken. I had been sitting there
>> waiting all that time for nothing. When I told a co-worker about my
>> experience he told me they say that on night shifts so they won't have
>> to clean the machine.
>>
>> A few years later I gave them another try. It had been another long hot
>> afternoon shift and I thought a milkshake would be cool and refreshing.
>> I placed my order, waited to pick up my order, finally got to the
>> window and was told the machine was broken. Based on the location of
>> our office at the time, that was more than 20 years ago.
>>
> It's been thirty years since I was in McDogs - I was in Florida with
> two grandchildren and made the mistake of taking them there for
> brekkie. I ordered just a coffee, it was undrinkable, after that we
> always hit Denny's - that pleased them and me.

Ah Denny's, the former home of racism.

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/25/us...ias-suits.html

Surprised they even served "black" coffee.

On Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 7:08:03 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 20:01:00 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >On 2015-06-26 22:19, jmcquown wrote:
> >> Jim Gaffigan (a comedian) talking about how everyone denies eating at
> >> McDonald's.
> >>
> >> The last time I was at McDonald's was in 2008. Mom and I had just
> >> visited my dad at the hospital. On the way home Mom decided she wanted
> >> a milk shake. There was a McDonald's on the corner. She said, "Go
> >> through the drive thru." Okey doke. She ordered a small chocolate
> >> shake. (She couldn't believe the price! It had probably been about 20
> >> years since she'd gotten a milk shake from McD's). So yes, I admit to
> >> having been to a McDonald's in 2008.
> >
> >
> >I am one of those who will not go to McDonalds. One day last summer I
> >was supposed to meet someone to go hiking and I stopped at a nearby
> >McDonalds for a coffee because a number of people told me it was good.
> >It was okay, nothing special.
> >
> >I had not eaten a meal from McDs' since the early 1980s because I didn't
> >like it and it went through me like grain through a goose. One night at
> >the end of a very hot dusty afternoon shift I stopped at a McDs on my
> >way home to get a milkshake. I did the drive thru. There was one car
> >ahead of me. I waited patiently at first and became increasingly
> >impatient because it was taking so long. They finally filled that order
> >and I rolled up to the window and was told they could not get me a
> >milkshake because the machine was broken. I had been sitting there
> >waiting all that time for nothing. When I told a co-worker about my
> >experience he told me they say that on night shifts so they won't have
> >to clean the machine.
> >
> >A few years later I gave them another try. It had been another long hot
> >afternoon shift and I thought a milkshake would be cool and refreshing.
> > I placed my order, waited to pick up my order, finally got to the
> >window and was told the machine was broken. Based on the location of
> >our office at the time, that was more than 20 years ago.
> >
> It's been thirty years since I was in McDogs - I was in Florida with
> two grandchildren and made the mistake of taking them there for
> brekkie. I ordered just a coffee, it was undrinkable, after that we
> always hit Denny's - that pleased them and me.
>
McDonald's has decent coffee these days. Their "skakes" are crappy. They
are not milkshakes, and don't fit the legal definition of milkshake. In
addition to their coffee, McD's has 2 other good items, their parfaits and
their smoothies.

Jack in the Box, which has rather crappy food, makes *real* milkshakes. So
does Hardee's/Carl's Jr. and their burgers aren't even half bad. Steak'n
Shake also has real milkshakes, and very good burgers. BK has bad "shakes"
like McD's but decent burgers.

A couple days ago, I took my son and his friend on an outing. We went hiking
off trail in the hills, then got BK on the way to a skatepark about a half
hour away (I skateboarded a bit too), then we got BK after that on the way
home. He told me that it was one of the best days he'd had in a very long
time because it included hiking, skateboarding, and eating at BK twice.
>
--Bryan

On 6/27/2015 9:28 PM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> McDonald's has decent coffee these days.

Two words.

Dunkin Donuts.

On Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 10:30:55 PM UTC-5, La Mirada wrote:
> On 6/27/2015 9:28 PM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> > McDonald's has decent coffee these days.
>
> Two words.
>
> Dunkin Donuts.

I don't usually eat donuts, but I do stop at McD's along the Interstate to
get coffee. In August I'm taking my son and friends to Chicagoland for a
skatepark tour, and I anticipate stopping a few times on the 5 hour drive
to buy coffees that will be predictably adequate.

On 3 days, I will be eating crappy breakfasts. We're staying at a La Quinta
where we've stayed 3 times before that is super clean, but their free
breakfast...well, it's free, and 3 nights with me and three 13-14 YO boys
are only costing $161.xx, including the crappy breakfast, which they will
probably like. The coffee there is pretty bad, like the food, but it is what
it is.

--Bryan

On 6/27/2015 10:06 PM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> On Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 10:30:55 PM UTC-5, La Mirada wrote:
>> On 6/27/2015 9:28 PM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
>>> McDonald's has decent coffee these days.
>>
>> Two words.
>>
>> Dunkin Donuts.
>
> I don't usually eat donuts, but I do stop at McD's along the Interstate to
> get coffee. In August I'm taking my son and friends to Chicagoland for a
> skatepark tour, and I anticipate stopping a few times on the 5 hour drive
> to buy coffees that will be predictably adequate.
>
> On 3 days, I will be eating crappy breakfasts. We're staying at a La Quinta
> where we've stayed 3 times before that is super clean, but their free
> breakfast...well, it's free, and 3 nights with me and three 13-14 YO boys
> are only costing $161.xx, including the crappy breakfast, which they will
> probably like. The coffee there is pretty bad, like the food, but it is what
> it is.
>
> --Bryan

DD has some marginally acceptable breakfast sammiches.

I'm not saying they're great, but their coffee is good.

You pick and choose.

On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 20:28:56 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> wrote:

>On Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 7:08:03 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>> On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 20:01:00 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On 2015-06-26 22:19, jmcquown wrote:
>> >> Jim Gaffigan (a comedian) talking about how everyone denies eating at
>> >> McDonald's.
>> >>
>> >> The last time I was at McDonald's was in 2008. Mom and I had just
>> >> visited my dad at the hospital. On the way home Mom decided she wanted
>> >> a milk shake. There was a McDonald's on the corner. She said, "Go
>> >> through the drive thru." Okey doke. She ordered a small chocolate
>> >> shake. (She couldn't believe the price! It had probably been about 20
>> >> years since she'd gotten a milk shake from McD's). So yes, I admit to
>> >> having been to a McDonald's in 2008.
>> >
>> >
>> >I am one of those who will not go to McDonalds. One day last summer I
>> >was supposed to meet someone to go hiking and I stopped at a nearby
>> >McDonalds for a coffee because a number of people told me it was good.
>> >It was okay, nothing special.
>> >
>> >I had not eaten a meal from McDs' since the early 1980s because I didn't
>> >like it and it went through me like grain through a goose. One night at
>> >the end of a very hot dusty afternoon shift I stopped at a McDs on my
>> >way home to get a milkshake. I did the drive thru. There was one car
>> >ahead of me. I waited patiently at first and became increasingly
>> >impatient because it was taking so long. They finally filled that order
>> >and I rolled up to the window and was told they could not get me a
>> >milkshake because the machine was broken. I had been sitting there
>> >waiting all that time for nothing. When I told a co-worker about my
>> >experience he told me they say that on night shifts so they won't have
>> >to clean the machine.
>> >
>> >A few years later I gave them another try. It had been another long hot
>> >afternoon shift and I thought a milkshake would be cool and refreshing.
>> > I placed my order, waited to pick up my order, finally got to the
>> >window and was told the machine was broken. Based on the location of
>> >our office at the time, that was more than 20 years ago.
>> >
>> It's been thirty years since I was in McDogs - I was in Florida with
>> two grandchildren and made the mistake of taking them there for
>> brekkie. I ordered just a coffee, it was undrinkable, after that we
>> always hit Denny's - that pleased them and me.
>>
>McDonald's has decent coffee these days.

....

I will give them this, a LOT better than the atrocious coffee flavored
water they used to serve too hot!! I always said McCraps should have
been sued for making atrocious coffee, even when fresh! :-(

John Kuthe...

On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 10:19:24 PM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
> Jim Gaffigan (a comedian) talking about how everyone denies eating at
> McDonald's.
>
> The last time I was at McDonald's was in 2008. Mom and I had just
> visited my dad at the hospital. On the way home Mom decided she wanted
> a milk shake. There was a McDonald's on the corner. She said, "Go
> through the drive thru." Okey doke. She ordered a small chocolate
> shake. (She couldn't believe the price! It had probably been about 20
> years since she'd gotten a milk shake from McD's). So yes, I admit to
> having been to a McDonald's in 2008.

I eat at McDonald's every 5 or 10 years. My last was about a year
ago. My mother was in the hospital, and I didn't get a chance to
have lunch until I was on my way home. I was ravenous, and Mickey D's
was quick and convenient.

It kicked off a streak of having a pickle slice (or three) on my homemade
burgers. I always wish I could find a small jar of really thinly sliced
hamburger dills, but I've only been able to find them by the gallon, which
is way too much pickle for me.

Cindy Hamilton

On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 04:02:23 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 10:19:24 PM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
>> Jim Gaffigan (a comedian) talking about how everyone denies eating at
>> McDonald's.
>>
>> The last time I was at McDonald's was in 2008. Mom and I had just
>> visited my dad at the hospital. On the way home Mom decided she wanted
>> a milk shake. There was a McDonald's on the corner. She said, "Go
>> through the drive thru." Okey doke. She ordered a small chocolate
>> shake. (She couldn't believe the price! It had probably been about 20
>> years since she'd gotten a milk shake from McD's). So yes, I admit to
>> having been to a McDonald's in 2008.
>
>I eat at McDonald's every 5 or 10 years. My last was about a year
>ago. My mother was in the hospital, and I didn't get a chance to
>have lunch until I was on my way home. I was ravenous, and Mickey D's
>was quick and convenient.
>
>It kicked off a streak of having a pickle slice (or three) on my homemade
>burgers. I always wish I could find a small jar of really thinly sliced
>hamburger dills, but I've only been able to find them by the gallon, which
>is way too much pickle for me.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

Buy a small jar of whole pickles and slice them yourself.

On Sunday, June 28, 2015 at 1:10:48 PM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 04:02:23 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Friday, June 26, 2015 at 10:19:24 PM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
> >> Jim Gaffigan (a comedian) talking about how everyone denies eating at
> >> McDonald's.
> >>
> >> The last time I was at McDonald's was in 2008. Mom and I had just
> >> visited my dad at the hospital. On the way home Mom decided she wanted
> >> a milk shake. There was a McDonald's on the corner. She said, "Go
> >> through the drive thru." Okey doke. She ordered a small chocolate
> >> shake. (She couldn't believe the price! It had probably been about 20
> >> years since she'd gotten a milk shake from McD's). So yes, I admit to
> >> having been to a McDonald's in 2008.
> >
> >I eat at McDonald's every 5 or 10 years. My last was about a year
> >ago. My mother was in the hospital, and I didn't get a chance to
> >have lunch until I was on my way home. I was ravenous, and Mickey D's
> >was quick and convenient.
> >
> >It kicked off a streak of having a pickle slice (or three) on my homemade
> >burgers. I always wish I could find a small jar of really thinly sliced
> >hamburger dills, but I've only been able to find them by the gallon, which
> >is way too much pickle for me.
> >
> >Cindy Hamilton
>
> Buy a small jar of whole pickles and slice them yourself.

I'll consider that in 5 or 10 years when the desire for pickles
on burgers overtakes me again.

Thanks,

Cindy Hamilton

On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:19:19 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>Jim Gaffigan (a comedian) talking about how everyone denies eating at
>McDonald's.
>
>The last time I was at McDonald's was in 2008. Mom and I had just
>visited my dad at the hospital. On the way home Mom decided she wanted
>a milk shake. There was a McDonald's on the corner. She said, "Go
>through the drive thru." Okey doke. She ordered a small chocolate
>shake. (She couldn't believe the price! It had probably been about 20
>years since she'd gotten a milk shake from McD's). So yes, I admit to
>having been to a McDonald's in 2008.
>
>This is a funny routine about people who deny going to McD's and know
>exactly how bad that stuff is for us:
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YDTfEhChgw
>

I've been boycotting McCraps for years!! I hold them as the bellwether
of everything that's WRONG with FastFood in the world!! And I see
wherepeole have finally caught up to me and McCraps is losing market
share and closing stores! Yay! :-)

John Kuthe...

On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 21:08:20 -0500, John Kuthe >
wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:19:19 -0400, jmcquown >
>wrote:
>
>>Jim Gaffigan (a comedian) talking about how everyone denies eating at
>>McDonald's.
>>
>>The last time I was at McDonald's was in 2008. Mom and I had just
>>visited my dad at the hospital. On the way home Mom decided she wanted
>>a milk shake. There was a McDonald's on the corner. She said, "Go
>>through the drive thru." Okey doke. She ordered a small chocolate
>>shake. (She couldn't believe the price! It had probably been about 20
>>years since she'd gotten a milk shake from McD's). So yes, I admit to
>>having been to a McDonald's in 2008.
>>
>>This is a funny routine about people who deny going to McD's and know
>>exactly how bad that stuff is for us:
>>
>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YDTfEhChgw
>>
>
>I've been boycotting McCraps for years!! I hold them as the bellwether
>of everything that's WRONG with FastFood in the world!! And I see
>wherepeole have finally caught up to me and McCraps is losing market
>share and closing stores! Yay! :-)
>
>John Kuthe...

I will happily admit that I go to McDonald's occasionally. But not for
their food.

We did a cross-country road trip last summer, and we stopped at a
McDonald's at least a couple of times a day so we could (a) use the
bathrom, (b) buy a drink (usually water), and (c) take advantage of
the free wi-fi.

Doris

On Sunday, June 28, 2015 at 10:16:49 PM UTC-5, Doris Night wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 21:08:20 -0500, John Kuthe >
> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:19:19 -0400, jmcquown >
> >wrote:
> >
> >>Jim Gaffigan (a comedian) talking about how everyone denies eating at
> >>McDonald's.
> >>
> >>The last time I was at McDonald's was in 2008. Mom and I had just
> >>visited my dad at the hospital. On the way home Mom decided she wanted
> >>a milk shake. There was a McDonald's on the corner. She said, "Go
> >>through the drive thru." Okey doke. She ordered a small chocolate
> >>shake. (She couldn't believe the price! It had probably been about 20
> >>years since she'd gotten a milk shake from McD's). So yes, I admit to
> >>having been to a McDonald's in 2008.
> >>
> >>This is a funny routine about people who deny going to McD's and know
> >>exactly how bad that stuff is for us:
> >>
> >>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YDTfEhChgw
> >>
> >
> >I've been boycotting McCraps for years!! I hold them as the bellwether
> >of everything that's WRONG with FastFood in the world!! And I see
> >wherepeole have finally caught up to me and McCraps is losing market
> >share and closing stores! Yay! :-)
> >
> >John Kuthe...
>
> I will happily admit that I go to McDonald's occasionally. But not for
> their food.
>
> We did a cross-country road trip last summer, and we stopped at a
> McDonald's at least a couple of times a day so we could (a) use the
> bathrom, (b) buy a drink (usually water), and (c) take advantage of
> the free wi-fi.
>
In other words, you are a freeloading vagrant.
>
> Doris

--Bryan

On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 20:22:24 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> wrote:

>On Sunday, June 28, 2015 at 10:16:49 PM UTC-5, Doris Night wrote:
>> On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 21:08:20 -0500, John Kuthe >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:19:19 -0400, jmcquown >
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >>Jim Gaffigan (a comedian) talking about how everyone denies eating at
>> >>McDonald's.
>> >>
>> >>The last time I was at McDonald's was in 2008. Mom and I had just
>> >>visited my dad at the hospital. On the way home Mom decided she wanted
>> >>a milk shake. There was a McDonald's on the corner. She said, "Go
>> >>through the drive thru." Okey doke. She ordered a small chocolate
>> >>shake. (She couldn't believe the price! It had probably been about 20
>> >>years since she'd gotten a milk shake from McD's). So yes, I admit to
>> >>having been to a McDonald's in 2008.
>> >>
>> >>This is a funny routine about people who deny going to McD's and know
>> >>exactly how bad that stuff is for us:
>> >>
>> >>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YDTfEhChgw
>> >>
>> >
>> >I've been boycotting McCraps for years!! I hold them as the bellwether
>> >of everything that's WRONG with FastFood in the world!! And I see
>> >wherepeole have finally caught up to me and McCraps is losing market
>> >share and closing stores! Yay! :-)
>> >
>> >John Kuthe...
>>
>> I will happily admit that I go to McDonald's occasionally. But not for
>> their food.
>>
>> We did a cross-country road trip last summer, and we stopped at a
>> McDonald's at least a couple of times a day so we could (a) use the
>> bathrom, (b) buy a drink (usually water), and (c) take advantage of
>> the free wi-fi.
>>
>In other words, you are a freeloading vagrant.
>>
>> Doris
>
>--Bryan

And you make that sound like a bad thing, Mr. ate the donuts I'd put
on top of the dumpster for him?;-)

John Kuthe...