Thousands Line Up For Last Big Mac In Iceland

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Posted: 10-30-09 09:11 PM

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Reuters:

Thousands of Icelanders lined up at McDonald's restaurants to order their last Big Macs before the U.S. fast-food chain abandons the crisis-hit island at midnight Saturday due to soaring costs.

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Thousands of Icelanders lined up at McDonald's restaurants to order their last Big Macs before the U.S. fast-food chain abandons the crisis-hit island at midnight Saturday due to soaring costs.
Thousands of Icelanders lined up at McDonald's restaurants to order their last Big Macs before the U.S. fast-food chain abandons the crisis-hit island at midnight Saturday due to soaring costs.
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I like the last line of the article "Good riddance," We always export the worst of our "culture" to other countries and Mickey D's falls in to that category.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:31 AM on 11/01/2009

One small step for McDonalds but a giant leap for mankind.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:14 AM on 11/01/2009
- mergina I'm a Fan of mergina 92 fans permalink
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Yet another country falls to obesity.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:58 AM on 11/01/2009
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Fast food chain restaurant burgers are dog food. Period. Years ago, it used to be a guilty pleasure, a greasy but very yummy cheezy and sweet/salty alternative to making "mom" style burgers at home, which seemed plain and boring. But those days are gone. The quality of the beef is incredibly bad. I've had burgers I've had to spit out of my mouth, and when I've looked at the burger, part of it was a different color. There's grizzle in every bite. It's like a bad hot dog now, not a burger. I'm not sure why people know this and yet keep buying it. I stopped a long time ago.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:54 AM on 11/01/2009
- Acleacius I'm a Fan of Acleacius 7 fans permalink

Barflishiously good!

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:43 AM on 11/01/2009
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Hey Icelanders!
McDonald's is doing you guys a HUGE favor!
Besides, I know you guys are smart enough to know how to make your own burgers!

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:13 AM on 11/01/2009
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The funny thing is the photo looks pretty good!

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:58 PM on 10/31/2009
- maggiebeer I'm a Fan of maggiebeer 12 fans permalink

I had the same reaction! Even though in reality I'd have to be near starvation to eat that stuff.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:25 PM on 10/31/2009
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If you were starving that's exactly what the body would want you to do. It would release a chemical in the brain that gives you a craving for exactly this. Food that it can turn to fat cells and store for the next time you are in starvation mode.

Whaalaa, a nation of obesity, heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:57 PM on 10/31/2009
- MajorKong I'm a Fan of MajorKong 401 fans permalink
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I had some very good fish in Iceland (as you would expect) and some of the best lamb I've ever had (and I've eaten a lot of lamb).

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:54 PM on 10/31/2009
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One last trip to McDonalds - to serve as a reminder why they weren't eating there in the first place.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:07 PM on 10/31/2009
- Imzadi I'm a Fan of Imzadi 83 fans permalink
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And Iceland goes back to being a healthy nation once again...

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:05 PM on 10/31/2009
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Yup

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:14 AM on 11/01/2009
- popart I'm a Fan of popart 13 fans permalink
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i think i ate my last Big Mac...righ­t after the first one....nev­er liked them...now The Big Whopper...­..there is a hamburger~~~

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:22 PM on 10/31/2009
- CintiBlue I'm a Fan of CintiBlue 49 fans permalink

I spent a2/3 years ni northern Michigan where a city was 30 miles away and truly, if it's not in front of you all the time

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:28 PM on 10/31/2009
- CintiBlue I'm a Fan of CintiBlue 49 fans permalink

... continuing if it's not in your face you do forget about eating it.

I'm no princess of clean eating, but in MI, I'd go to the city thinking I'd pig out and find myself 3/4 of the way home and the Arches/Bell hadn't even come to mind.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:33 PM on 10/31/2009
- jadedat51 I'm a Fan of jadedat51 3 fans permalink

Next Headline: "Thousands suffering from diarrhea in Iceland"

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:09 PM on 10/31/2009
- jmc42 I'm a Fan of jmc42 2 fans permalink

Great! Iceland will be one more place that I can visit without the obnoxious Mickey D's !!!

A win -win situation!

yeah!

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:11 PM on 10/31/2009

Now, they can get back to skyr and hardfiskur takeouts.

    Reply    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:51 PM on 10/31/2009
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