McDonaldland

I was thinking about those little plastic toys that you get with children’s meals at fast food restaurants. You know – those toys that draw children into the restaurant, and encourage them to eat trans-fat filled foods that contribute to childhood obesity (or so I hear). In the film Supersize Me all children in an elementary school classroom could identify Ronald McDonald – but I remember other characters. In a search online I discovered all of the McDonaldland residents. There is something Supersize Strange about McDonaldland. First – why is it called McDonaldland when Ronald McDonald is not even the mayor or founder? Thy mayor was Mayor McCheese. All of the other residents of McDonaldland had creative names: Hamburglar, Birdie the Early Bird and the Fry Kids (I’m sure the inspiration for the Fly Girls), with one exception – Grimace. What type of name is Grimace? Grimace has to be the most uncreative and useless character in McDonaldland. A big purple cone with arms and legs with a name that explains how you feel when you discover the mystery of the McDonald’s secret sauce.