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mark occomore
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 Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:13 pm Post subject: Prince Charles Takes On McDonalds |
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The Prince of Wales has appeared to criticise fast food chain McDonald's at the launch of a public health campaign in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
During a tour of a diabetes centre in Abu Dhabi, he told a nutritionist that banning the restaurants was "key".
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Maybe he needs to take a lesson out of his mothers book and keep his opinions to himself. It's not the first time he's criticised.
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A spokes person for McDonald's said it was "disappointed", adding that other royals "have probably got a more up-to-date picture of us".
( Edited to make it sound correct for the Royalists of the country )
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:24 pm Post subject: Re: Charile Takes On McDonalds |
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| mark occomore wrote: | The Prince of Wales has appeared to criticise fast food chain McDonald's at the launch of a public health campaign in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
During a tour of a diabetes centre in Abu Dhabi, he told a nutritionist that banning the restaurants was "key".
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I'm not sure if "banning" is the key. Surely education and moderation is the key.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:40 pm Post subject: Re: Charile Takes On McDonalds |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | During a tour of a diabetes centre in Abu Dhabi, he told a nutritionist that banning the restaurants was "key". |
No - he didn't say that at all.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I'll have a double sausage & egg McMuffin with three hash browns - lovely. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:26 pm Post subject: Re: Charile Takes On McDonalds |
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| Ella Sailyour wrote: | | mark occomore wrote: | | During a tour of a diabetes centre in Abu Dhabi, he told a nutritionist that banning the restaurants was "key". |
No - he didn't say that at all.
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Tell that to the BBC then! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6401223.stm
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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You'd be probably better off eating the packaging and throwing away the burger - more nutricious.... 
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| SantaFefan wrote: | | I'll have a double sausage & egg McMuffin with three hash browns - lovely. |
Love the sausage egg muffins. Coffee can taste strong even with a lot of milk in. I must admit the burgers don't always look as nice as some of the advertising posters, that can be misleading. I suppose Prince Charles should just turn up un announced to a Mac d's one day to taste it for himself? |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| mark occomore wrote: |
I must admit the burgers don't always look as nice as some of the advertising posters, |
You should get Michael Douglas to order for you 
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:56 pm Post subject: Re: Charile Takes On McDonalds |
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| Ella Sailyour wrote: | | mark occomore wrote: | | During a tour of a diabetes centre in Abu Dhabi, he told a nutritionist that banning the restaurants was "key". |
No - he didn't say that at all.
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Buckingham Palace said that did they? Oh blimey!!! he's human and has an opinion, so what it wont kill the crown. The royals are not robots like the royalist think they should be. |
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BTW - who is "Charile"? Another Princess? A member of a royal concubine, perhaps?
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And if it's in the Daily Wail it must be true! (Actually, Helen Mirren is an actress and not the monarch).
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| Ella Sailyour wrote: | And if it's in the Daily Wail it must be true! (Actually, Helen Mirren is an actress and not the monarch).
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Thanks for pointing out the obvious. And you complain about Mark 
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Macdonalds are rubbish and I think Charles is right to give his opinion about them. Lets face it he's never been backward in coming forward has he?  |
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Ella Sailyour wrote: | BTW - who is "Charile"? Another Princess? A member of a royal concubine, perhaps?
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I dont give to hoots, I can shorten his name. I an't a royalist. Prince Charles / Prince Of Wales, if you need it to be said right? |
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| Ella Sailyour wrote: | BTW - who is "Charile"?
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You know, that Chaz bloke, the one who is married to Millie |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Toggy tea slurper wrote: | | Ella Sailyour wrote: | BTW - who is "Charile"?
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You know, that Chaz bloke, the one who is married to Millie |
Don't wind ella up, he /she might send you to the tower |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | Don't wind ella up, he /she might send you to the tower |
I can't order such an act personally........
......... but I know someone who can!
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:49 am Post subject: |
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 May one have a Big Mac?  and a Cheeseburger for one's other half...
 and 15 Bacon & Egg Mc Muffins.
 oh, and three Corgi Burgers too my good man. |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:42 pm Post subject: Prince Charles takes on McDonald's |
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Did he enjoy Morgan Spurlock's DVD 'Super Size Me' then?
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:46 pm Post subject: Re: Prince Charles takes on McDonald's |
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| pickle wrote: | | Did he enjoy Morgan Spurlock's DVD 'Super Size Me' then? |
Or "Super Size One" as the royal version was called.
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Old news now I know, but what p's me off about all this is why is the target always McDonalds?? what about Burger King? (now they are yuk!)
and also, why not bang on about Pizza Hut and for that matter, Fish & Chip shops?? or are they healthy....
they're not healthy - - right?
just checking.. |
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I think the problem is not attributable to one brand - it's all the international conglomerates whose aim is global domination and maximum profit at the expense of quality. No matter what you buy - whether it's burgers, pizza or that "coffee" that's 90% air and huge profit - it's all pretty bland. No wonder there's a foodie backlash at the moment. Maybe our grannies were right after all.
I've never, ever, spent any money in McDonald's and I never will - and if I want decent pizza I'll wait til I'm next in Naples. There's no better pizza on the planet! Forget about the rubbish on offer in American-branded pizza joints that's laced with salt to encourage you to buy coca-cola, "bud" beer (another name for Cats-Pee) and other gut-rot.
I agree in essence with Prince Charles' sentiment, although I wouldn't go so far as to suggest "banning" it, since there are too many people who are hooked on this junk. Let 'em rot, that's what I say. At least their disgusting habits keep people in jobs!
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| Quote: | | I think the problem is not attributable to one brand - it's all the international conglomerates whose aim is global domination and maximum profit at the expense of quality. |
Well isn't that the aim of most high flying companies? quality is a thing of the past anyway, it's sell 'em cheap and throw 'em away now.
But that's my point, why is McDonalds singled out every time?
| Quote: | | No matter what you buy - whether it's burgers, pizza or that "coffee" that's 90% air and huge profit - it's all pretty bland. |
Is it though? some of McDonalds products are actually nice and, people do buy them, in their millions so it must be what some people want.
| Quote: | No wonder there's a foodie backlash at the moment. Maybe our grannies were right after all.
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I agree with that too, some modern foods and most drinks definitely do not taste as nice as they did years ago, I'm convinced of that.
I look at my elderly residents in their 80's and 90's. They ate all the stuff that's supposed to be bad for you but they're still here. Of course there's always a counter argument to that...
| Quote: | | I've never, ever, spent any money in McDonald's and I never will - and if I want decent pizza I'll wait til I'm next in Naples. There's no better pizza on the planet! |
How do you know what it tastes like?
I love the sausage & egg burgers and the hash browns are great too. The apple pies are nice and the Big Mac isn't at all bad. One of the nicest commercial salads I've tasted came from McDonalds a few years back too.
Don't know about Pizzas, don't like them.
I'm not hooked on McDonalds and have no sympathy for those morons who are. Once a month maybe, or a snack whilst on the road, it's ok.
But ban it? no way... |
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| SantaFefan wrote: | quality is a thing of the past anyway, it's sell 'em cheap and throw 'em away now.
But that's my point, why is McDonalds singled out every time? |
Because they (as an organisation) symbolise everything that's bad about the "stack 'em high and sell 'em cheap" food industry.
| SantaFefan wrote: | | some of McDonalds products are actually nice and, people do buy them, in their millions so it must be what some people want. |
A lot of people choose to give their money to corporations like McD (and their franchisees) simply because it's perceived to be acceptable to their peers. McD's marketing is hugely successful because of this. It's the power of "brand" - and stupid people don't seem to be aware of the power it has over them.
| SantaFefan wrote: | | How do you know what it tastes like? |
I've no desire to learn, and nor do I have any desire to part with my money in the organisation's favour. I prefer to support locally sourced produce prepared by people who really care - and who have a vested interest in locally-sourced produce. I really have no care for corporations like McDonalds at all.
| SantaFefan wrote: | | Don't know about Pizzas, don't like them. |
A pizza made in a Neopolitan family restaurant is like no other. By comparison, the stuff Pizza Hut serves up, er, sucks (to use a fashionable vernacular).
| SantaFefan wrote: | I'm not hooked on McDonalds and have no sympathy for those morons who are. Once a month maybe, or a snack whilst on the road, it's ok.
But ban it? no way... |
That I do agree with. let 'em eat cake!
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McDonalds does get a bad rap. Some of it is unfair. The other mulitples and local fish & chip shops never get picked on even though their collective sales are much greater. I'm sure there is some anti-American sentiment driving the criticism from some quarters.
As with SantaFe Fan I would eat in McDonalds roughly once a month. Even the I sometimes would only have a coffee and a muffin (btw their coffee is much better than some of the alleged coffee specialist shops)
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