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Old 25 June 2007, 04:34 AM
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Comment: My Mom sent this e-mail with what looks to be a McDonald's Ad. I cannot believe they would make this ad. Is it a hoax? 'Cuz it is really funny!!

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Old 25 June 2007, 04:38 AM
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That's funny. Seems a little dark for a McDonald's ad. I don't remmeber ever seeing it..
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Old 25 June 2007, 05:53 AM
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This seems to be refering to the commercial.
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Old 25 June 2007, 06:34 AM
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I have never seen this before! I love it.
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Old 25 June 2007, 06:39 AM
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I have never seen this before! I love it.
Don't you mean "i'm lovin' it"?
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Old 25 June 2007, 06:49 AM
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McDonalds has done a lot of battle-of-the-sexes jokes in their ads, so I could see this being real.
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Old 25 June 2007, 08:49 AM
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Perhaps they're spruiking an Unhappy Meal?
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Old 25 June 2007, 10:30 AM
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But surely the fish, having tasted one McDonald's Meal, would not want want another?
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Old 25 June 2007, 11:04 AM
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But surely the fish, having tasted one McDonald's Meal, would not want want another?
Fish have a short memory.
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Old 25 June 2007, 11:13 AM
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That's pretty funny and McDonald's is awesome. I have no opinion about the validity of it though.
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Old 25 June 2007, 12:32 PM
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But surely the fish, having tasted one McDonald's Meal, would not want want another?
Fish eat worms, maggots and dead bodies - you expect them to have taste?
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Old 25 June 2007, 12:55 PM
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But surely the fish, having tasted one McDonald's Meal, would not want want another?
Jeremy Hardy once said that the world's most pointless question was

"Have you been to a Harvester before?"

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Old 25 June 2007, 02:33 PM
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But surely the fish, having tasted one McDonald's Meal, would not want want another?
Well Morgan Spurlock did, why not the fish?

I don't get how he got the woman to come to the dock.
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Old 25 June 2007, 11:05 PM
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I see that "" Everytime A Good Time" was apparently a slogan used my McD's in 01/02. Never heard it but I'm not from New Zealand... also not sure how they take their advertized but apparently it bugged someone.
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Old 26 June 2007, 04:56 AM
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Yep - I am from New Zealand originally and I saw that ad on TV. I Can't remember when it was but more than 2 and a half years ago because that's when I left NZ.
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Old 27 June 2007, 12:31 AM
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I'm from NZ. I remember seeing it, but can't confirm it was TV. I could have seen it on the net, I could have seen it on one of those "world's best ads" type of shows. I don't recall if it was definitely used or not.

My colleague beside me does not recognise it, he arrived in the country four years ago.
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Old 27 June 2007, 04:07 PM
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Well Morgan Spurlock did, why not the fish?

I don't get how he got the woman to come to the dock.
I was wondering that too We'veBeenHad.
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