McDonalds Adverts
Posted by: garyi on 02 May 2004
The TV seems full of adverts from McDonalds telling us about the sassy new young women that frequent their 'restaurants'
When I go in for the occasional sausage and egg muffin all I see is Chavs and Fat people.
Where are these restaurants of which they speak?
When I go in for the occasional sausage and egg muffin all I see is Chavs and Fat people.
Where are these restaurants of which they speak?
Posted on: 02 May 2004 by Mick P
Swindon
Posted on: 02 May 2004 by Martin D
Bristol
Posted on: 02 May 2004 by J.N.
quote:
Chavs
Que?
Posted on: 02 May 2004 by sideshowbob
quote:
Originally posted by Mick Parry:
Swindon
Mick, gentlemen don't go to McDonalds. Please tell me you haven't ever set foot in one.
-- Ian
Posted on: 02 May 2004 by Tarquin Maynard - Portly
What is "MacDonalds", my good man? And by the way, would you expand on this "TV" thingy?
Regards
Mike
Spending money I don't have on things I don't need.
Regards
Mike
Spending money I don't have on things I don't need.
Posted on: 02 May 2004 by J.N.
OK; a 'young person' with whom I work has told me what a 'chav' is.
From what does the term derive?
From what does the term derive?
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by Brian OReilly
quote:
Originally posted by garyi the charver:
When I go in for the occasional sausage and egg muffin all I see is Chavs and Fat people.
Huh? I thought that's where you worked Burger Boy
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by Mekon
A geordie I went to uni with used to call chavs 'charvers' (sp?). I definitely hadn't heard 'chavs' said before '97. Is it a northern thing?
I still only hear it rarely, as in Brighton the Burberry / Elizabeth Duke wearers are inevitably 'scoomers'.
I still only hear it rarely, as in Brighton the Burberry / Elizabeth Duke wearers are inevitably 'scoomers'.
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by DAVOhorn
McDonalds has always tried to promote itself as a resaturant whose clientelle are all young and sassy and in work and live in nice homes etc .
Trouble is if you dont eat at the table at home then going to a real resteaurant will be a shock so:
Despite the advertising and what it suggests the true clientelle of the McD resteaurant busines is a fat smoking LCD who does not know what a knife and fork are for or what table manners are.
Hence piling food into mouth while trying to shout abuse at their loved ones.
If i have to eat and have no time then a quick refill at McD is of necessity.
For many LCD it is a meal in a resteaurant.
MIIIIAAAAAOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW
I do not see those protrayed in the adverts in my local McD but i do see mainly LCD or feckless youfff.
regards
Trouble is if you dont eat at the table at home then going to a real resteaurant will be a shock so:
Despite the advertising and what it suggests the true clientelle of the McD resteaurant busines is a fat smoking LCD who does not know what a knife and fork are for or what table manners are.
Hence piling food into mouth while trying to shout abuse at their loved ones.
If i have to eat and have no time then a quick refill at McD is of necessity.
For many LCD it is a meal in a resteaurant.
MIIIIAAAAAOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW
I do not see those protrayed in the adverts in my local McD but i do see mainly LCD or feckless youfff.
regards
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by Mick P
I have only set foot in a beefburger place twice in my entire life and I hope to God there will never be a third occassion.
I went into one in Paddington years agowhen all the trains were delayed. I cannot understand why people eat in these dismal dumps.
Two years ago I went into one whilst in Florida just to see what an American joint was like. It was bloody awful, full up of overweight teenage Yanks who talked very loud.
Mrs Mick makes her own beefburgers for the BBQ which bears no resemblance to the greasy muck one buys in these places.
Regards
Mick
I went into one in Paddington years agowhen all the trains were delayed. I cannot understand why people eat in these dismal dumps.
Two years ago I went into one whilst in Florida just to see what an American joint was like. It was bloody awful, full up of overweight teenage Yanks who talked very loud.
Mrs Mick makes her own beefburgers for the BBQ which bears no resemblance to the greasy muck one buys in these places.
Regards
Mick
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by garyi
Indeed Mick, and doe right a burger can be fantastic. I like Angus Beef mince for this, crush onions, ( in a food processor) an oxo and seasoning.
Make into patties, BBQ and serve in a nice bread with blue cheese a roquette, Ok not really a burger but bloody good stuff!
Make into patties, BBQ and serve in a nice bread with blue cheese a roquette, Ok not really a burger but bloody good stuff!
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by Rasher
quote:
Originally posted by Mekon:
'scoomers'.
or "Hawker's"
McDonald's on the London Road is a classic hangout for them
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by Rasher
quote:
Originally posted by Mick Parry:
I have only set foot in a beefburger place twice in my entire life........ Mrs Mick makes her own beefburgers for the BBQ which bears no resemblance to the greasy muck one buys in these places. Mick
Excuse me Mick, but you talk with great authority on a subject you claim to know nothing of. You either assume they are all greasy muck, or you pop in twice a week when Mrs Mick puts you on your diet
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by Alex S.
Its worked for Mcdonalads on the Old Kent Road!
Their sassy, classy restaurant no longer being peopled by fat, working class oiks and little britain teenagers but stuffed full of super-models sniffing lettuce. I've booked a table for next Sunday. I know the set menus are fabulous value but we'll go a la carte: a crispy coated Poulet de Bresse starter with piquant sauce, prime fillet steak hache with sauce Bernaise avec pommes frites, tarte aux pommes avec McFleurie coulis.
Their sassy, classy restaurant no longer being peopled by fat, working class oiks and little britain teenagers but stuffed full of super-models sniffing lettuce. I've booked a table for next Sunday. I know the set menus are fabulous value but we'll go a la carte: a crispy coated Poulet de Bresse starter with piquant sauce, prime fillet steak hache with sauce Bernaise avec pommes frites, tarte aux pommes avec McFleurie coulis.
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by matthewr
"A geordie I went to uni with used to call chavs 'charvers' (sp?). I definitely hadn't heard 'chavs' said before '97. Is it a northern thing?"
'Charvers' is a northern thing and is a generic term for a bloke or blokes without a definite or clearly defined social position and with various underclass associations. The classic use was to refer to itineratn labour, as in "We need to get a couple of charvers in to shift all this junk".
IIRC Both words have their routes in the original Romany: Chav probably comes word "Chavi" meaning child; Charver is, oddly given its male association now, a Romany word for prostitute.
Other regional variants include "Neds" (Scotleand), "Steeks" (Belfast), "Moaks", "Scallies", "Kevs", etc.
On the Guardian sites the prejorative term "p*key" was used until it was banned as many people find it deeply offensive. In particular it was used as a term of abuse against Irish immigrants into the UK in the 50s and 60s and is now considered impolite.
After it was banned the Guardianistas started to talk about "Predatory Freshwater Fish" instead when discussing the audience on Trisha and the like. This got shortened to "Preds" which is now the favoured term despite being directly derived from a racial epithet.
Matthew
'Charvers' is a northern thing and is a generic term for a bloke or blokes without a definite or clearly defined social position and with various underclass associations. The classic use was to refer to itineratn labour, as in "We need to get a couple of charvers in to shift all this junk".
IIRC Both words have their routes in the original Romany: Chav probably comes word "Chavi" meaning child; Charver is, oddly given its male association now, a Romany word for prostitute.
Other regional variants include "Neds" (Scotleand), "Steeks" (Belfast), "Moaks", "Scallies", "Kevs", etc.
On the Guardian sites the prejorative term "p*key" was used until it was banned as many people find it deeply offensive. In particular it was used as a term of abuse against Irish immigrants into the UK in the 50s and 60s and is now considered impolite.
After it was banned the Guardianistas started to talk about "Predatory Freshwater Fish" instead when discussing the audience on Trisha and the like. This got shortened to "Preds" which is now the favoured term despite being directly derived from a racial epithet.
Matthew
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by Not For Me
Another yawning reality gap advert vs the actual eating experience.
Mind you, I wouldn't mind lunch with Sensible Charlotte.
DS
OTD - Ater Ego - Nude Restaurant
[Somewhat appropriate?]
Mind you, I wouldn't mind lunch with Sensible Charlotte.
DS
OTD - Ater Ego - Nude Restaurant
[Somewhat appropriate?]
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by garyi:
I like Angus Beef mince for this, crush onions, ( in a food processor) an oxo and seasoning.
Make into patties, BBQ and serve in a nice bread with blue cheese a roquette, Ok not really a burger but bloody good stuff!
Don't forget the egg to bind it together.
Home made burgers on the barbecue - yum. My stomach is now rumbling!
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by garyi
Um, normally this is not an issue with a decent bit of beef, however it does require a bit of fat in it. If its like 100% lean then you have a problem on your hands. The trick is to get that balance between what is in fact a burger but also something that falls apart in your mouth, an egg will tend to give you very much the texture you expect from a supermarket.
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by bigmick
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. Me and the missus read it about 3 years ago and barring regular shish from our local Okackbasi, none of our family have darkened the doorway of any fast fooderie ever since. A shocker.
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by Doug Graham
That was close "bigmick"
Doug
Doug
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by Dan M
Mr. Mick P.,
I see yet another dig at America -- is this concious? It seems as though over the last few months you've rarely let an opportunity go by where you haven't taken a pot shot. Do you really despise U.S. culture and "yanks" that much? Just curious,
cheers,
Dan
I see yet another dig at America -- is this concious? It seems as though over the last few months you've rarely let an opportunity go by where you haven't taken a pot shot. Do you really despise U.S. culture and "yanks" that much? Just curious,
cheers,
Dan
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by Paul Gravett
A good source of information on MuckDonald's, the fast food industry and multinationals
www.mcspotlight.org
www.mcspotlight.org
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by Mick P
I do not despise Americans and in many ways I respect their patriotism and get up and go approach. I also admire GW Bush for having the guts for doing what he is doing. I also like the idea of being allowed to pump a burglar full of lead which you cannot do over here.
I suspect that you are recalling my thread on entry into the USA as a tourist or "terrousist".
My complaint was that I have to leave my suitcase unlocked whilst unattended and I hardly think that is an attack on the USA.
I do, however, think your beefburgers are awful.
Regards
Mick
I suspect that you are recalling my thread on entry into the USA as a tourist or "terrousist".
My complaint was that I have to leave my suitcase unlocked whilst unattended and I hardly think that is an attack on the USA.
I do, however, think your beefburgers are awful.
Regards
Mick
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by ErikL
Fellas,
You might enjoy Super Size Me, the new film based on a guy driving across the US and eating 3 McD's meals each day. It's a Michael-Moore-like attack on the fast food industry and should prove entertaining.
You might enjoy Super Size Me, the new film based on a guy driving across the US and eating 3 McD's meals each day. It's a Michael-Moore-like attack on the fast food industry and should prove entertaining.
Posted on: 03 May 2004 by Dan M
quote:
Originally posted by Mick Parry:
I do, however, think your beefburgers are awful.
No argument there - I haven't eaten a fast food burger (here or there) in at least a decade. It just struck me you enjoy a little yank bashing - remember the discussions about wine, food, American phrases...
FWIW, the latest "I'm lovin it" campaign has joined my list of hated expressions. Be very thankful if it has not made it to the UK.
cheers,
Dan