Definitive proof that the French hate freedom:
via Gawker:
A pack of robbers armed with baseball bats beat and robbed 60-year-old Geoffrey McDonald) and his wife in their villa in the south of France.
McDonald’s is in Eygalières, a village in Provence where Brangelina recently purchased a $15 million mansion. The thugs stole $360,000 in cash, jewelery, and passports [...]
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McDonald’s heir beaten by French
Why does French espresso suck?
It is no secret why French coffee sucks. It is because instead of brewing it properly they use the instant variety. But if you ask a Frenchmen about this, he will most likely reply that real French don’t drink “weak American-style coffee,” they drink espresso. The Nescafe Instant Coffee in every store, he’ll say, is [...]
McDonalds.com circa 1996
McDonald’s. It is just about the definition of ubiquitous.
Its beloved golden arches blanket the country from coast to coast. It spends tens of millions of dollars a year on advertising. With 2 million monthly visitors, its corporate website is one of the top 1000 most-visited websites in the county. It has nearly 2 million facebook [...]
Eat your Big Mac quickly [photos]
I saw this sign in a McDonald’s in Ferndale, Michigan.
I’m not sure when McDonald’s started enforcing time limits on lunch, but if widespread, such a policy would seem to counteract their efforts to establish themselves as a coffee house by offering free WiFi and premium drinks.
Though I suppose the most American thing to do would [...]
Why our meat is so cheap [chart]
If there is one thing that McDonald’s taught us, it is that Prosperity doesn’t taste like Tofu—it tastes like meat.
Perhaps this is why the most prosperous nation in the world spends so much money subsidizing the cost of meat. What, after all, is the good of all our riches if every man, woman and child [...]
Defeating Communism with a Big Mac [McDonald’s]
When people think of the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, it is typically images of jubilant Germans tearing down the Berlin Wall that spring to mind. And of course, we celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall last November.
But last nail in coffin of [...]
Lego Big Mac
I wonder what costs more, the Lego bricks required to build this or a Big Mac Meal itself? Either way, it is making me hungry.
Also, a series of kits to build Lego McDonald’s items would make great Happy Meal toys.
[lets-brick via designboom]
Prosperity is not made from Tofu [McDonald’s]
The recession has been long and hard. Many people have had to give up things or change their consumption habits. But just in case you’ve forgotten, the good times taste like beef.
At least that is the message that McDonald’s is sending.
In honor of the Chinese New Year, McDonald’s has rolled out a new line of [...]
My least-favorite state
Over the last 6 months (since I installed Google Analytics), Free Refills & Why I Love America has had thousands of visitors from nearly every corner of the globe. Hits came from 6 continents, 75 countries and 49 states. Virtually every nation and state that is home to a McDonald’s sent visitors to this blog, [...]
