I've made up my mind

Mid last year, Maccas in Australia launched Make Up Your Own Mind, a slickly produced vehicle the company used (to great effect) to dispel myths about fingers in milkshakes, burgers made of un-beef and other assorted urban legends. To be fair, there was a lot of good, reasonable information about the company on the site, even if the spin made you feel a little dizzy at times.

Even though the Australian version was widely lampooned here by groups such as The Chaser, it seems that McDonald’s in the UK have decided to launch their own version of the site. The twist? This time, they’ve decided to answer customer’s questions. Every, single, one of them.

Highlights include:

Is it true you put cow ears in your milkshake?

1. No, this is not true.

The brilliant:

Do you think macdonalds shoulds be banned?

1. No, McDonald’s doesn’t think so.

And of course the eloquence and grammatical finesse in gems such as:

It seams to me that you have removed something from the buns as they just dont have any taste or have that little crunch that i enjoyed has gone can you explain? if a change was made please dont say it was because it made it healthier as do gooders has spoilt enough in mac donalds as it is

1. Sorry to hear that you are enjoying the buns a little less – but nothing has been removed from, or added to, McDonald’s burger buns.

There’s hours of fun to be had, dig in.

Posted in Gastros on Tuesday June 19, 2007.