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Hold the pickles hold the lettuce special orders don't upset us, all we ask is that you let us serve it your way. That's burger Kings slogan, but when you want a small order of fries, they quit selling them. That's starting to contradict the have it your way slogan. I love fries, but they are calory accumulators, and if they aren't there, I'm not tempted by them, well I can eat a small amount if that's all there is, but a large order just begs to be eaten. You either have to eat them and gain 50 pounds or so, or yousave the rest for another day, and they aren't as good warmed over, because all the moisture drains out of them, leaving them dry, or you throw them away, and I hate throwing good food away. I think burger king should either stop using their have it your way slogan, or start selling small fries again.
wonderwoman
What? Burger king no longer sells small fries? That's utterly ridicuulous! However, I'm hardly surprised. I don't kno if you've all seen Super Size Me, but America is totally fat and getting fatter and people eat more and more every year. This is horrible. I can't eat a small fry, let alone a big one! i dont' have that much room.
i don't know how burger king work in the US though the lasest slogan in the UK is "you're the boss!" the boss of what? hmm. I haven't been into a burger king for ages.
I know what you mean, they have it written, at least at our burger king, you have the right to hold the pickles hold the lettuce, you have the right to that big sleepy feeling meal. They should add one extra line in there, but you don't have the right to a small fry. I haven't heard those super size meal advertisements much, but super size sounds like a mans' meal, I mean only men could eat those great big huge meals. No offense guys, I just mean men are usually taller than women and bigger built. It just seems like when they pack those trays full to the brink, those extra fries are just begging, eat me, eat me please, and if you are a french fry lover, how can you resist.
wonderwoman
i don't know how burger king work in the US though the lasest slogan in the UK is "you're the boss!" the boss of what? hmm. I haven't been into a burger king for ages.
I don't go to Burger King really. I prefer McDonalds to Burger King, but I majorly prefer places like In-And-Out or Foster's Freeze to McDonalds. They're much healthier.
I mean, McDonalds' food is so artificial, their fries aren't even made of real potatoes. In and Out's are.
And what kind of message are these places sending ot kids? Kids are eating so unhealthily these days. Sorry I dunno if htat's a word. But seriously. And WW I know what you mean about supersize...but youd' be surprised. Some women can eat it too. THough I dont' know any! Lol.
Hi Dobyn, yeah, If you can't have exactly what you want, even if it's a smaller meal, and costs less money, you aren't the boss, not really, are you? Caitlin, I don't eat at Mcdonalds, because they only serve it one way, pickles, onions, lettuce, the works, and I can't stand any of that stuff. At least they let you know up front they only serve meals one way. Of course, burger king is true to their word that you can have your burger anyway you want it, when they don't get it wrong, that is, but they're going back on their slogan when they refuse to serve small fries anymore, people should have a choice.
wonderwoman
Ok this post didn't go through, so have to post it again. Well I guess you're right Caitlin, though if a man were under 6 feet, like 5 feet, then he couldn't eat as much, where if a woman were 6 feet tall she could eat as much as a man. We use to go to Mcdonlds when I was little, when my mom didn't have the money to go to Skids. For anyone who doesn't know, Skids is local to us, on the other side of town. We go there on Friday and Saturday,then go to burger king on Sunday, because skids is closed on sunday, but I love both places. We'd go to Mcdonalds when I was really young, but that was before I started eating cheese burgers. If I hadn't started eating cheese burgers, I would still like Mcdonlds french fries.
wonderwoman
Hi WW, At McDonalds here I get a plain cheeseburger. I can't stand the other stuff, just like you. That's odd they don't let you get it anyway you want at McDonalds. McDonadls does mess up orders a lot though, as does Burger King I guess. Caitlin
Hi Cait
Well the thing I hate is some places, Mcdonlds' will take your order without telling you they don't take special orders, I think so they can get your money anyway. I mean, you say, I want a cheese burger with mayonaise, and instead of telling you they don't fix them that way, they'll bring you their kind of burger with all that stuff on it, and there you've already payed for the burger and can't do anything about it. Burger king sometimes messes up my order and puts that stuff on it, and that makes me so mad. Mom always thought if she scraped that stuff and just put extra mayonaise on it, I couldn't tell it was there, but once that stuff has been on the burger, it's embedded in there, and no amount of scraping will get the taste out of it.
wonderwoman,
well guess who is going to have problems getting out the door,will you sue when that becomes impossible.
I do think that comment is rather funny actually! The Americans have, unfortunately, developed a penchant for the courts when they find that their self-inflicted torture has resulted in some self-inflicted damage! This explains why I couldn't get a cup of hot, not warm, but hot coffee for love nor money when I went to the US, because of some fatuous law suit by a cretin with nothing better to do than to cause trouble and as Basil fawlty once said in that famous sitcom, 'This is exactly how Nazi Germany started!'. You guys need to get down to prete a manger, or somewhere like that, to get your healthy options. Or how about a good old Vindaloo, Lamb Mhadrass or something of that sort with a few beers.....actually on second thoughts, stay away from the curry houses in case the litigious time-wasters think a curry's a good idea and sue when it's too hot, spoiling it for the rest of us.
actually I thin that the episode of Fawlty Towers in which Basil fawlty said that this was exactly how Nazi Germany started was one about an american guest at the hotel, funnily enough! he was clearly a time-wasting cretin as well, asking for a waldorv salad when he knew it wasn't on the menu. to quote from him again, "what is a waldorv anyway! A walnut that's gone off? If he'd asked for a packet of sliced hippopotamus in suitcase sauce we'd have had more luck!"
Great episode that, you folks across the pond should see it. I say across the pond from my point of view of course.
I've heard of that show, yeah. Anyway, I do think it is a little wacky that the small fries have been taken off the menu, though I don't really know if they have since I don't eat at many fast food places that much; living in New YOrk I don't need to, many more pleasant places to eat. Anyway this only shows well, what it shows is pretty obviousl that people want more empty Calories. And yeah, I don't like McDonalds not one bit simply because of their burgers; they are so mind meltingly thin I wonder how people think they can be called burgers. All it takes is one trip down to the local diner/bar and grill to see what a burger really is, heck maybe even a delly.
James
Yeah I agree with James, I don't eat at fast food much, especially Burger King, but I hadn't heard about thsi small fry binge until WW brought it up and I just think it's soooo stupid! And distrubing too.
Then sue, just like everyone else seems to in the US even if they are themselves to blame. You could claim to have suffered psychiatric harm following the unexpected disappearance of the small fries from Burger King's repertoir perhaps? And even better than that, claim that this psychiatric harm has rendered you unable to work or have children or look after your children. the US courts should swallow that claptrap or at least they're just as likely to swallow it as they were to swallow the nonsense about the coffee that was too hot...and we all know what happened there, don't we?
well, law lord, did I say I was going to sue burger king? This is an entirely different thing from the coffee being too hot. Why must you make everything in to a legal argument? I defy you to find onepost where I said burger king should be sued. I simply said people should have achoice between large fries and small fries.
wonderwoman
I should take it to the European court of human rights if I were you WW....I mean yes, we should have a choice and our voices should be heard!!!!!! You couldn't possibly just leave some could ya?
A post about the right to eat large or small fries...come on its a pointless argument as the guzzlejunkies will always choose the bigger portion...
Wonderwoman you take things way way way too seriously. But if you haven't thought of suing yet, then why not? Unfortunately, Freya, though the European Convention on Human rights covers a lot of ground, it doesn't protect the right to choose or the right to small fries....and in any case if it did, it would say that the right to small fries could be restricted so far as it was necessary for the protection of morals, health, public life, or if there is a pressing social need necessary in a democratic society....Oh there I go again turning everything into a legal argument eh? To be honest I wouldn't miss small fries too much if they were abolished over here. More for the rest of us eh?
Ok law lord, my apologies if you meant it in a different way. Anyway, I'd have to be a millionaire to sue burger king for something people would think is a stupid law suit. The lawyer would have to be assured he'd get payed a huge sum for representing me, and if I didn't win my law suit, impecunity would prevent me from being able to fulfill my monitary obligation to him.
wonderwoman
Right that's it! I'm going to sue burger king for serving small fries. small fries should be abolished.
May God help them!..smile ....If one needs to be a millionaire then I wonder how those disgusting 30 stoners are coping, while suing Macdonalds ect, for making them morbidly obese, surely that's impossible without the necessary financial clout needed to tempt,sorry appoint, a ruthless lawyer .....
It's because brainless jurors are selected, and these cretinous morons are awarded millions and millions in punitive damages. Thank god that i nenglish tort law we don't have punitive damages, nor in scotts law I'm fairly certain.
Scot with 1 T pal if you don't mind cheers..And I agree however the trend is for Britain to adopt anything American, no matter how damaging and unnecessary,fortunately we wouldn't stand for that ambulance chasing nonsense in Scotland we'er a very pragmatic race...
I do think Scotland should adopt the English legal system though.
I thought some fast food joints were getting rid of the Super Size option. And it well could be that the small order of BK fries just didn't sell. I don't know how things work elsewhere, but in America, if something doesn't make a decent amount of sales, it gets pulled. I wonder if BK has a press release about it on their website.
hmm possibly, but I wouldn't have thought it was terribly high on the news agenda. Anyway small fries should be abolished, pure and simple. Bleedin' rip off they are.
I agree. If I'm going to eat fries, why restrain myself? And if I do overeat and gain weight, I'll not sue anyone. I don't have a lawyer anyhow.
LL.How would that monumental change help us... I can tell you pal the phrase "brought into line with England" should be used sparingly and with great caution, especially in Glasgow.
All you have to tell them is to give you the child’s size of fries. I do that all the time.
Oh so they still have the Child's size? Well that's arelief! As for suing ... did you all hear about those two teenaged girls that sued McDonalds? They said they didn't know eating mcDonalds food every day would make them fat and unhealthy. Do you believe that? How coudl you eat McDonalds every day? Ewe!
They should be drowned in the sea! Anyway, Goblin, when I advocated bringing scots law into line with English, I was expressing not only my view, but the view of a number of Scottish law comissioners.
Hey Brandywine, that's a good idea, I didn't know they still made the childs size, and wow, Caitlin, looks like some people will bring any kind of lawsuit, as long as it gets money. I'm surprised a lawyer even took a case like that.Of course, there's the possibility their families may had enough money that they could afford to pay him, even if they lost the case.
wonderwoman
Ya I think they did lose the case. But wow...Some people! Suing for somethign as trivial as that. And they should have known McDonalds would make them overweight. It's common sense.
Yeah, might as well sue the makers of corn chips, potato chips, and chocolate candy bars, for being too good not to eat, then making them gain weight, lol.
wonderwoman
Totally! I mean ... okay, use logic here! You eat McDonalds every day. McDonalds is fast food. McDonalds is fatty. So you get unhealthy and gain weight! Lol? Isnt' that obvious?
You would think that someone with well advertised soft bones would need to lessen her fat intake or risk ending her days in a chair and as my mate Stevie, {who is fantastically fit} would tell you operating a chair adequately is far from easy with a big gut in the way...
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And those bones wont tolerate the weight of 200+ pounds for long,also the heart and arterial problems are mounting daily,not to mention diabetes, which if neglected causes nerve damage,compramises circulation, which in turn can lead to multiple amuptations..and kidney failure nice eh...
right little ray of sunshine aren't you? That last post reads like an expert's report in one of those cases against Mcdonalds! Why is it that one of Goblin's mates always seems to have the answer, whatever the topic on the zone is?
Eating McDonalds once in awhile's fine and all well and good but certainly not every day. And I don't think any zones eat McDonalds everyday, or Burger King either, so there!
As much as I would like to have a cheese burger and fries from either skids or burger king, I know I can't do that. We asked for the childs' fry at burger king today and got it. She tried to give me a kids meal, but mom told her we just wanted the child size french fries. She explained I was very short, 4 foot 11, actually I'm 4 feet 9, but she forgets sometimes. Anyway, they gave us the small child's fry, but they put some sort of toy inside, haha. Guess they thought I was a little kid because I'm so short, but it was the osteogenesis that stunted my growth some.
wonderwoman
Hehehehe Wonderwoman! I'm short too! And people always give me crayons and stuff in restaurants still. I'm like just under five feet as well, don't think I'm quite five foot yet, and I supposedly have a pretty young looking face lol! But yeah, I can relate to you there. I still get the Kids' Meals myself. I'm the type who eats little meals and snakcs throughout the day, not a big meal three times a day.
Caitlin
this discussion gets more nauseatingly medical every time I look. Why don't you try some of those little guide horses deep fried and wrapped in breadcrumbs.
I'm a bloody goth diseases their symptoms and effects, fascinate me,and in reponse to your query Stevie is a Gemini he wont quit until he has an answer.. smile.
He must get frustrated quite often then.
Curries are supposed to be good for you if you're pregnant apparently.
Well Caitlin, I eat a chocolate pop tart for breakfast, then I have a good dinner, but I don't have supper, just one snack.
wonderwoman
Ah so you're kinda like me in a way WW ... small meals a day kind of? Heehee?
LL I would never eat a hrose ... man! And plus none of us is pregnant here riht? Lol. Caitlin
Caitlin, you have no subtlety. Did I say that curries were good for you if you're pregnant, but not if you aren't? I certainly did not. I only said that curries wre good for your if you're pregnant apparently. so the fact that you're not pregnant has no bearing on the matter. We'll make a lawyerly draftsman of you one day young lass.
And as for those pop tart things, they're a bleedin' rip-off. Bacon and eggs for breakfast any time.
LL.smile He does the word tenatious springs to mind ..the guy has never heard of the word no!
...pop tarts uurggh full of fat sugar additives and who knows what else, a complete waste of time!..
give me a good bowl of ready brek a fruit smoothie and a pot of nambarrie tea....
Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee.