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Lovin' It? Thai Students Happily Work at McDonald's in US
Every Summer thousands of Thai college students come to the US and change into McDonald's uniforms. They not only do it with a smile, they pay money for it.
The reward?
Ronald McDonald Is a Perv
Also, what's with the weird overplucked brows? I never noticed them until now.
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McMuffin Top
I've heard of ass-vertising, but gut-vertising? I don't think Micky D's would be pleased.
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You Will Get a Medal if You Watch This to the End
Sadly, it will be given to you by a person who is also holding a straitjacket.Morning News Anchors Drink McDonald's Coffee (For Cash)
Each morning news anchors on Fox's Las Vegas affiliate sit in front of very visible McDonald's iced coffee cups, part of a product-placement deal. The fast-food chain sponsors the two-hour morning news-and-lifestyle segment, but instead of commercial breaks, the advertisement happens during the news.
Since advertisement dollars already influence networks, I think the product-placement deal raises some old conflict of interest concerns.
WTF Is Sweden On?!
A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a nonsensical Swedish McDonald's commercial. Today, I stumbled across six nonsensical Swedish McDonald's commercials. They're all part of the same funked-up ad campaign.
WTF?!
I'm not sure what this this surreal television ad for McDonald's in Sweden is getting at. Are those moaning blobules a creative reenactment of what happens to your stomach after eating one of their dirt sandwiches? Cuz if so, I'm lovin' it.
Public Service Graffiti
I'm lovin' it.
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My Hero!
Two things I love in a man: a British accent, and the ability to stuff an entire Big Mac in his mouth and swallow it in one bite. (The sad awesome thing is, I could totally do this, too!)
Olympic Sponsors Responsible for Human Rights Violations?
Pro-Tibet groups are joining together to call out the corporate sponsors of the Beijing Olympics. The groups say that unless the companies use their influence to pressure China, they are complicit in a humanitarian disaster.
Twelve global sponsors, including Coca Cola, General Electric, McDonald's, Visa, Johnson & Johnson and Omega have paid a combined $80 million for the four year exclusive sponsorship deal.
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