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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Mar 7 21:48:45 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 21:37:36 2010. And REAL Irish take the day off. :) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Mar 7 21:49:16 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 21:40:00 2010. So stir in some broken glass, and it's all good. :) |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 21:50:19 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 21:44:21 2010. My local McDonalds is slow and there's always a line. I usually hit up Carls instead, but I only eat breakfast maybe one day a week. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 21:51:19 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 7 21:48:12 2010. Cinco de Mayo is much bigger in LA with Hispanics than the actual independence day. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 7 21:51:23 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 21:40:00 2010. I never said that. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 21:51:36 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 7 21:48:12 2010. Cinco de Mayo is much bigger in LA with Mexicans than the actual independence day. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 21:51:45 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 7 21:48:12 2010. Cinco de Mayo is defintely plugged more on the radio than St Patricks, but only probably because it has to be plugged to remind people of it....again, it's mostly plugged by businesses trying to attract 20-somethings to go out and drink that night.... They don't need to plug St Patricks day, as people go out whether it's plugged or not, and people of all ages. So many firehouses and churches out here on the Island has corn beef and cabbage dinners, and stuff like that. Bars have specials, etc. It's not just the 20-somethings going out on St Patricks like it is on Cinco de Mayo. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 21:52:42 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 21:43:37 2010. You have a lot more hispanics than we do here. I would assume it's big in Hispanic neighborhoods. Hint: Brentwood. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 21:53:43 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 7 21:51:23 2010. You're denying saying it, but not denying that it's accurate. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 21:55:00 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 21:50:19 2010. That's the only thing I can compliment McDonald's on, as their food sucks....they are usually clean. (Carl's standards are not as high). In fact, aside from Wendy's, I don't think any fast food place comes to the cleanliness standards of McDonalds.And my McDonalds is QUICK. Even if there is a long line at the drive thru, it takes seconds. They almost throw the food into you car as you drive past it's so fast. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 7 21:56:09 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 21:52:42 2010. It's a Mexican holiday. Puerto Rican Day parade Sunday might be a bigger deal on Long Island. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 21:56:16 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 21:55:00 2010. ...I did go inside for lunch one day because I "had" to see about this stupid shake..... That's when the girl looked at me like I had two heads when I asked if they had it. |
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Posted by jimmymc25 on Sun Mar 7 21:57:04 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 20:46:33 2010. Every now & then they're great!Jimmymc25 |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 7 21:57:11 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 21:53:43 2010. I'm saying that it does not bother me. |
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Posted by jimmymc25 on Sun Mar 7 22:01:22 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 21:55:00 2010. We forgot about the hash brown's here....those are damm good!!!However, with the grease, if I ate them everyday I'd be dead in a few years. Jimmymc25 |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 22:01:25 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 21:55:00 2010. Yeah I agree that it's generally cleaner than other fast food spots. Other places can be as clean, but they are hit and miss. Most Carls are dirtier than most McDonalds most of the time.I don't get why some McDonalds are so fast and others are slow. Some near me are consistently faster than normal. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 22:02:34 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 21:51:19 2010. I don't think it is here. Even when I lived int he city, and a lot of Hispanics were around, it wasn't even a small fraction of Independence day. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 22:03:42 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 22:02:34 2010. Really? Mexican independence day? |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 7 22:05:35 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 21:51:19 2010. what do you mean by "bigger"? Are there parades? I know there are big festivals held by Univision. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 22:05:39 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 7 21:56:09 2010. But it's not that big (again, perhaps in Brentwood it may be). I never even know when it's Puero Rican Day parade sunday week on Long Island....I only know it is if I go to the city and see all the flags on the windows. I never saw anything happen anywhere around here. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 22:07:10 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by jimmymc25 on Sun Mar 7 21:57:04 2010. Agreed...I can have one once every 4 or 5 months I can go for a Big mac... |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 22:08:28 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by jimmymc25 on Sun Mar 7 22:01:22 2010. Yeah, I can agree with that.... |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 22:12:20 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 22:01:25 2010. Yeah I agree that it's generally cleaner than other fast food spots. Other places can be as clean, but they are hit and miss. Most Carls are dirtier than most McDonalds most of the time.Yeah, as I said, McDonalds are CONSISTENTLY clean. No matter where you go, 99% of the time, they are clean. I think Carls food blows McD away (in fact, I think almost all of the others blow McDonalds away), but Carls were all pretty dirty, at least the ones I have been in in California. Jack's were also usually pretty bad. White Castles usually were bad too. Arby's used to be, but most of the ones I have been in recently are clean now...but still not quite McDondalds levels. Burger Kings are usually cleaner than Jacks or Carls in my experience, but also BK is hit or miss too, I have been in some really clean ones, but also been in some really dirty ones. In my experience, Jacks and Carls were some of the dirtiest fast food places I have been in....and McDonalds and Wendy's the cleanest, but McDonalds still winning. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 22:15:48 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 22:03:42 2010. No 4th of July. I thought Cinco de Mayo was Mexican independence day, no? |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 22:19:08 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 22:15:48 2010. No, Sept 16. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 7 22:19:45 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 22:15:48 2010. Sept 16th is Independence Day in Mexico. It's a huge national holiday. But Cinco has been so commercialized in the US, mainly by the old Tichenor Radio Group who wanted a big holiday for advertisers, so it's big in the US as a result. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 22:20:29 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 22:19:08 2010. Got me....it's almost zero. I never even knew there was such a day. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 22:29:11 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 7 22:20:29 2010. Ok. FTR I was never discussing the US independence day in any of my posts. I mentioned independence day in response to Luch posting Sept 16. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 7 22:31:28 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 22:29:11 2010. De la Hoya loves to promote a big fight for Sept 16. I wonder what he'll come up with this year? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Mar 8 00:28:47 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 7 21:48:12 2010. They don't have a salsa shake for Cinco de Mayo, though. (Imagine that? Almost as bad as chocolate bubble gum.) |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Mar 8 00:44:49 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 1 01:55:29 2009. A picture's worth a thousand slurps . . . |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 8 01:32:41 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by Olog-hai on Mon Mar 8 00:44:49 2010. I'm going to be in the Poconos this week enjoying the Brodheadsville or Stroudsburg/611 location. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Mar 8 01:42:25 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 8 01:32:41 2010. Hope you can deal with the traffic at either location. 209/715 intersection at Brodheadsville is still a disaster, as much as North 9th and Bridge Streets in Stroudsburg . . . |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 8 02:25:28 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by Olog-hai on Mon Mar 8 01:42:25 2010. LOL. That's funny. 209/715 is a joke compared to what I see in Queens and Manhattan.North 9th's needs a better traffic light. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Mar 8 02:38:49 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 8 02:25:28 2010. 209/715 is a joke compared to what I see in Queens and ManhattanSometimes it's backed up for miles on 209 westbound, before the 715 traffic light. And even worse, it's a two-lane highway. However, they aren't planning a Brodheadsville bypass in the same way 209's supposed to get a bypass around Marshalls Creek. North 9th's needs a better traffic light Needs better synchronization, to be sure, at Bridge Street. Their selective widening of the highway from two to four lanes in short stretches isn't helping either. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Mar 8 02:43:28 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by Olog-hai on Mon Mar 8 02:38:49 2010. You're right about 209 s/b being backed up going into Brodheadsville. Still, I don't find it to be stressful compared to what I know Queens and Manhattan to be like.I went to Mt. Effort shopping center last week, and could not believe how depressed it is. It's just a pizza joint and Chinese food. Everyone else is gone. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 8 08:14:37 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake McDonald's Commercial, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 7 22:29:11 2010. Yes, I didn't realize that. When I heard "Independence Day", I thought OURs. I never heard anyone celebrating any other "Independence Day", as it just doesn't happen around here, so I didn't thin anything else. I wouldn't have even known when Mecico's Independence Day is. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 14 18:56:30 2010, in response to Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Feb 28 23:59:20 2009. Still can't find anything in NYC, so I brought four Shamrock Shakes down from Stroudsburg. Everyone enjoyed them.I asked IHOP why they purposely moved "Pancake Day" back a week. I asked if they were afraid that non-Christians or atheists would complain or feel alienated. They said it was moved back in order to obtain sponsors for charity. |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Sun Mar 14 20:13:26 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 14 18:56:30 2010. This year they have it in Flemington. I saw the sign on the marquee yesterday promoting it... |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 14 20:22:57 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 14 18:56:30 2010. I asked if they were afraid that non-Christians or atheists would complain or feel alienated. They said it was moved back in order to obtain sponsors for charity.The waitress must have looked at you like you have two heads. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 14 20:25:22 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 14 20:22:57 2010. I called headquarters in California. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 14 20:27:00 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Sun Mar 14 20:13:26 2010. Yup. And they probably donate to the Ronald McDonald House for every Shamrock Shake purchase. That's what they are doing in Pennsylvania.I guess political correctness is more important than raising money for a good cause. |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 14 21:57:11 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 14 18:56:30 2010. I'm almost afraid to say Luch might actually be right about Shamrock Shakes in NYC. While I was out doing a photo shoot yesterday, I looked in the McDonalds on 39th/8th, 42 bet. 7th/8th, and on my way up to another studio, 70/Broadway, just to test Luch's theory. None of them had Shamrock Shakes, and the McDonalds nearest my house, Springfield/Linden, doesn't carry them, either. I'm still looking. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 14 22:00:50 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 14 18:56:30 2010. So the sponsors were nervous about sponsoring the event at the earlier date? |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 14 22:04:41 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 14 22:00:50 2010. The guy on the phone just said that they needed to line up the sponsors b/c pancake day is a fundraiser for charity. He denied my accusation that IHOP is concerned about political correctness, and told him that I'll be watching next year. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 14 22:04:59 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 14 21:57:11 2010. He is right, there are basically no Shamrock shakes in the NY Metro area, perhaps 3-5 out of the whold metro area have it.Why that is the case is up for debate, but there's no doubt they don't do it here. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 14 22:07:19 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 14 21:57:11 2010. Yup. Political correctness is ALWAYS a concern for Mickey D's. And in a city like NY, you can bet someone will have an opinion against Shamrock and Eggnog shakes.The black Barbie doll story is a good example of how there are people who find everything offensive. |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 14 22:20:13 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 14 22:07:19 2010. Interestingly, the "black Barbie doll" was actually first marketed by Mattel in the '70s as "Cara" and sold at the same price as Barbie. IIRC, there was even a 1970's United Airlines cross-marketing scheme, Barbie's Friend Ship, a plane on which Barbie was a stewardess--this was before the term "flight attendant" came into use--and Cara was included in this campaign. I clearly remember seeing old issues of Ebony with Cara and the Friend Ship around the holidays. The Mattel action figure for boys, "Big Jim" also had a plane set, but it wasn't cross-marketed with an airline, if memory serves... |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 14 22:27:13 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 14 22:20:13 2010. The outrage now is over Walmart selling black dolls for much less than a white Barbie doll. That's the kind of PC policing that McDonald's is aware of when banning Shamrock and Eggnog Shakes in NY and other "diverse" markets. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Mar 14 22:32:33 2010, in response to Re: Shamrock Shake @ McDonald's, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 14 22:04:59 2010. These things ARE "participating restaurant" deals ... I'd bet that at least within the city, has to do with traffic volume and having to take a blender out of service for the one item and the volume actually sold doesn't justify the downtime. But it'd be an interesting question for Wolf Blitzer to put up on the big screen. Hell, Glenn Beck could probably flap his gums for a whole hour on this one. :) |
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