The results of the Grimace research
Last night we had dinner with some friends, and there was a fascinating discussion about Grimace. You know, the big purple guy at McDonald’s. One of the guy said, you know, obviously the Fry Guys are fries and Birdie the Early Bird for breakfast food and the Chicken McNuggets represent . . . well, Chicken McNuggets. And we’ve got Mayor McCheese and the Hamburglar. But what does Grimace represent? I immediately guessed cookies, because 1. The cookies are shaped like Grimace and 2. It’s fun to yell “COOKIES!” Everyone gave me a look like, “What are you, four?” One of the guys said he thought Grimace was supposed to represent a milkshake. At the end of the evening, I was insisting that Grimace=COOKIES! so they told me to research it. I am here to present the results of my five minutes of “research.”
The consensus seems to be that Grimace represents milkshakes. Apparently, before 1975, he used to have more arms (creepy!) and he’d steal everyone’s milkshakes.
His extra arms have mysteriously disappeared (Mayor McCheese? Maybe not as nice as he appears, but the crime rate is lower, so who can complain), so now the theory is that he just represents what a milkshake free of its cup would look like. Or perhaps Grimace is what you and I would look like if we drank too many shakes. Either way, it looks like I was wrong. Grimace is not equal to COOKIES. He’s a petty thief tortured into submission by an evil dictator.
Now those are some great role models for kids.
July 22nd, 2004 at
considering our recent conversation.. I find this post completely disturbing..
WE are apparently more AWESOME than we first thought…
July 22nd, 2004 at
I would like to point out that Mayor McCheese has not been around for a long time….yet, the Hamburgler remains.
Coincidence? I think not.
July 22nd, 2004 at
Yes, Trey, VERY DISTURBING. Why would you bring up Grimace today of all days? Do you have spyware on my computer?
Mayor McCheese is busy running crime rings elsewhere. He’s so corrupt, he let the Hamburglar take over.
July 22nd, 2004 at
on your computer.. pshh.. I have you whole house bugge… uhh.. wait.. I mean.. no.. coinsciendence.. completely.. I swear…
July 22nd, 2004 at
I’m at work. You’ve got the library bugged, too?
Persistence. I admire that.
July 22nd, 2004 at
if nothing else.. I am desperat.. I mean.. persistent…
July 23rd, 2004 at
i always thought grimace represented regularity. you know — prune-ish as he is.
and mayor mccheese is just the hamburglar with his fake hamburger head on. he only steals the hamburgers so he can sew their perfectly sized bodies into a “skin” which he can wear. duh! i saw it on csi.
July 23rd, 2004 at
Wow, Tami, I wish I had known that you are so wise in the ways of McDonaldland. hehe.
July 23rd, 2004 at
tami.. thats just scary.. truly..
July 23rd, 2004 at
thank you :takes a bow: thank you
July 23rd, 2004 at
i remember the old mcd’s playground used to have a big mayor McCheese that you could climb into, and then you got up to the hamburger and it was just like a small jail. i don’t know what that says about mcdonaldland’s crime rates though.
and i’ve found out recently from a lady friend that there really is a hamburger university. when she said it the first time, i said “you mean that’s a real place?” apparently it is.