$1.29 Filet O' Fish Fridays
I couldn't resist, and I refuse to apologize for it.
Besides, there are few acts as exclusively American as being handed a paper bag through a window, turning out of a drive-through lane, and then reaching into the bag for that first finger-burning fry. It made me think back to when I was first allowed to drive a car alone to high school. I'd wake up ten minutes earlier than usual. My mom thought it was so I could take the long way to school, which was safer than the windy, intensely foggy mountain road close to our house. Actually, it was so I could pick up a biscuit and some honey at McDonald's and eat it while driving down aforementioned mountain road while steering with one hand. Ah, the recklessness of youth. I don't have much use for McDonald's these days, but its nostalgic value is undeniable. Anyone else have McD's stories?
Besides, there are few acts as exclusively American as being handed a paper bag through a window, turning out of a drive-through lane, and then reaching into the bag for that first finger-burning fry. It made me think back to when I was first allowed to drive a car alone to high school. I'd wake up ten minutes earlier than usual. My mom thought it was so I could take the long way to school, which was safer than the windy, intensely foggy mountain road close to our house. Actually, it was so I could pick up a biscuit and some honey at McDonald's and eat it while driving down aforementioned mountain road while steering with one hand. Ah, the recklessness of youth. I don't have much use for McDonald's these days, but its nostalgic value is undeniable. Anyone else have McD's stories?posted by Pei at
11:43 PM
9 Comments:
Fish Fridays?! Since when are you Catholic?
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claire, At
3/17/2007 10:20:00 AM
And yes, many of my initial "I have a car" jaunts were to McD's for some fries.
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claire, At
3/17/2007 10:20:00 AM
No! They're $1.29 on Fridays and double that price every other day! Maybe McD's is secretly run by the Catholics.
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Pei, At
3/17/2007 05:28:00 PM
Dood, you remember the Accolade guys and the $0.29 hamburgers? Or the $0.79 chicken nuggets? Yeeeeeessssssss
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William, At
3/17/2007 08:04:00 PM
When I could drive, we would get 3 supersize fries and maybe 20 piece chicken nuggets to split 3 ways. Freedom = fast food whenever we wanted.
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She-Hulk, At
3/18/2007 07:02:00 PM
Split three ways! I remember when I could eat all twenty on my own. Of course, my mother never let that happen. We'd have to beg her just to let us all share a box of twenty.
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Pei, At
3/18/2007 08:55:00 PM
i used to drive to school while eating breakfast too. my road was only gently curvy, but my breakfast was cereal. (i sometimes steered with my knee, and i only spilled once in 2 yrs).
youth is darwin's last chance to cull the herd. somehow, a few oddballs still slide through.
moooo.
ed
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Edward, At
3/21/2007 10:53:00 AM
and hey, where are there foggy mtn. roads in la?
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Edward, At
3/21/2007 10:55:00 AM
Oh! Pei… I can't believe you still eating Filet O’ Fish Sandwiches from all places McDonalds. I was just saying to our friend PH when we refuse to eat cheap, full of sugar cookies, you taught us better. How sad…lc
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Anonymous, At
3/21/2007 01:21:00 PM
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