Adult Happy Meals

originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: Boadicea

I think every town had that. Ours was called JD's Quick Burger. I got the shrimp basket and gave away my fries.

Probably so -- both then and now. We were just commenting about before fast food burgers came along and became an option -- a fast and convenient option.

I tend to think it's the drive-thru window that was the game changer. It certainly wasn't quality!

originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: incoserv

Wow. I don’t know how to feel about that.

If a happy meal is enough to make that dude get out of the house, maybe it’s a good thing.

Or…

Maybe it shows how toxic our culture is that a happy meal is the ONE thing to get that guy out of the house..
Not fresh air, or friends, or a walk, or a zillion other things..

Wow.

I think the latter is the correct analysis.

a reply to: incoserv

Yes.

Go fishing, is what I do.

That dude has smaller hands then Trump.

a reply to: incoserv

I'd have gotten one of those adult happy meals if it had a static 4" Robocop, T-800, Ripley in her power suit, Chunk and Sloth, Doc and Marty. Any iconic 80's character really would justify the price. What they currently offer might be collectible, but it doesn't make me happy.

originally posted by: XL5
I'd have gotten one of those adult happy meals if it had a static 4" Robocop, T-800, Ripley in her power suit, Chunk and Sloth, Doc and Marty. Any iconic 80's character really would justify the price. What they currently offer might be collectible, but it doesn't make me happy.

Amen to Stretch Weller. Sig Weaver not so lucky lucky.

The wife and I went to Cracker Barrel today because
our anni Thursday we'll be busy with radiation planning.

My Happy is a couple boneless chicken breasts and a
Grey Ghost Beretta this Saturday. The food is very much
ok, but there's nothing like an Austrian case queen if you
make it through the gramma machine. [/yawns]

a reply to: Annee
Burger king and wendys have been running the best coupons all year. When we went to airfest back in the spring we stopped at mcdonalds despite my misgivings just because it was the quickest solution to five groggy spawn wishing they were still in bed. For the seven of us the bill came to 64$.

With the BK and Wendys coupons, the same number of us can eat for 35-40$. Arbys runs good coupons too, but too far from home compared to other options.

We like cooking most the week anyways, its much more filling and economical.

Meh. Growing up in the 90s my parents would occasionally get themselves happy meals. Don’t honestly see the problem myself.

Mind you the toys were better back then.

a reply to: JAGStorm

How bad is it that GROWN adults are lining up for a subpar meal just so they can have a “toy”?

It's called nostalgia, you know that it's silly and that's half the fun.

originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: JAGStorm

How bad is it that GROWN adults are lining up for a subpar meal just so they can have a “toy”?

It speaks volumes for the society we now live in , there and over here.

Sign me up, I could use a break from being an adult in 2022.

I often feel nostalgic for the old days of my youth, and I lived in a brutal communist dictatorship. But you had less to worry about back then and your choices in life were simpler. Nobody was trying to tell me that men in dresses were identical to biological women, or that using the wrong pronoun was a hate crime.

We didn't have active shooter drills in school, california didn't catch fire twice a year, and my food wasn't make by frankenstein.

a reply to: JAGStorm

Let people like things, jeesh. You're sounding like the elitist here.

as far as generations go, gen x was marketed with this pitch, too, and as far as i can tell, gen x'ers are really no better than millenials anyway.

originally posted by: Boadicea
a reply to: TerryMcGuire

I still love my Whoppers. And -- here's how weird I am -- I actually enjoy a cold Whopper for breakfast more than a hot Whopper for lunch or dinner!

I love cold Whoppers as well. With lots of onions. Anyway, if I could stomach McDucks more I'd probably get an Adult Happy Meal, just hoping to get a Grimace or Burgular.... those were my fav McDucks characters as a kid. Mind you I didn't go there much as a kid either, it was a special treat.(Mainly got to go get a Happy Meal after I got a shot or blood drawn at the doctors office from Grandma because I hated needles. I would panic, I even kicked and bit a doctor once, lol.) So I think it is a lot of nostalgia.

If you think this is bad, just wait until what the younger generations decide to do with the older generations when they're fed up with their back in my day macho bs.

originally posted by: MacSen191

I love cold Whoppers as well. With lots of onions.

A kindred spirit! I love it!!!

And yes -- I agree, the onions really do make it pop.

Anyway, if I could stomach McDucks more I'd probably get an Adult Happy Meal, just hoping to get a Grimace or Burgular.... those were my fav McDucks characters as a kid. Mind you I didn't go there much as a kid either, it was a special treat.(Mainly got to go get a Happy Meal after I got a shot or blood drawn at the doctors office from Grandma because I hated needles. I would panic, I even kicked and bit a doctor once, lol.) So I think it is a lot of nostalgia.

Your poor doctor

My daughter once threw such a tantrum getting her shots, and then refusing to remove the adorable gown with the puppy on it, that the doctor said, "She can keep it" -- but laughing the whole time. (I was mortified!) I hope your doc was just as pleasant about it.

Looking back, I think I like that it was Nana that bought my kids Happy Meals, just like your Grandma. It was a special thing between you all and your grandmothers, and that's what makes the nostalgia so special. (and the toys of course!)

originally posted by: worldstarcountry
a reply to: Annee
Burger king and wendys have been running the best coupons all year. When we went to airfest back in the spring we stopped at mcdonalds despite my misgivings just because it was the quickest solution to five groggy spawn wishing they were still in bed. For the seven of us the bill came to 64$.

With the BK and Wendys coupons, the same number of us can eat for 35-40$. Arbys runs good coupons too, but too far from home compared to other options.

We like cooking most the week anyways, its much more filling and economical.

Yes, you're right. We usually end up at Burger King and sometimes Wendy's.

I started him on coupons to teach him about money. LOL -- now he won't go anywhere unless he has a coupon.

MCD doesn't really have good coupons. They do have points we use sometimes.

originally posted by: Iconic
a reply to: JAGStorm

Let people like things, jeesh. You're sounding like the elitist here.

as far as generations go, gen x was marketed with this pitch, too, and as far as i can tell, gen x'ers are really no better than millenials anyway.

Don’t even come at Gen X it won’t go well for you.

originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
a reply to: JAGStorm

Certain Happy Meal toys from days gone by are worth serious dinero.

Collectors markets are insane.

Same as with Dinky Cars and the original Star Wars figures.

Because (nearly) all those toys were played with, broken and thrown away.

However, current toys (marketed as collectable) are (nearly) all saved in pristine condition (by those who also pay silly money for the older toys)

Guess what won't be worth a ha'penny in 20 years time .....

Meanwhile, the next generation will be mortgaging their homes to buy a rare example of something else that today everyone throws away and hasn't yet thought of collecting.

originally posted by: CloneFarm1000
If you think this is bad, just wait until what the younger generations decide to do with the older generations when they're fed up with their back in my day macho bs.

Threats??? LOL!!!

Before or after the SHTF and the younguns with no life skills are begging the old folks to teach them the life skills they learned back in the day?

Asking for a friend of course...

originally posted by: Boadicea

originally posted by: CloneFarm1000
If you think this is bad, just wait until what the younger generations decide to do with the older generations when they're fed up with their back in my day macho bs.

Threats??? LOL!!!

Before or after the SHTF and the younguns with no life skills are begging the old folks to teach them the life skills they learned back in the day?

Asking for a friend of course...

If this generation thinks GEN X is expecting them to care for them in old age that is F….. HILARIOUS.

All Gen X wants is to not have to take care of OTHERS in our old age. Is that so much to ask?

a reply to: JAGStorm

If this generation thinks GEN X is expecting them to care for them in old age that is F….. HILARIOUS.

Definitely! With all due respect to their generation, I'm pretty sure most of the older generations don't even trust them to take care of us!!!

All Gen X wants is to not have to take care of OTHERS in our old age. Is that so much to ask?

Nope. Hell -- I don't even want to live long enough that others have to take care of me. That ain't living.