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post Mar 15 2005, 08:38 PM
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okay... so after clicking on ads and links and all this stuff.. (yes, i was bored.. and still am) i stumbled upon some mcdonalds facts that i just thought were kinda interesting to know.

i actually found these at i-am-asian.com which is actually a mcdonalds site focused on the mcdonalds of asia... anywho..

Fascinating Facts About McDonald's

-The smallest McDonald's restaurant measures only 492 square feet and is on the Ginza in Tokyo, Japan.

-Ronald McDonald® speaks more than 25 different languages.

-The sun never sets on The Golden Arches®.

-McDonald's opens a new restaurant every four hours.

-The oldest structure to house a McDonald's restaurant is located in Shrewsbury, England. One of the restaurant's exterior walls dates back to the thirteenth century.

-McDonald's first restaurant in China opened in 1990.

-Every day, McDonald's serves more than 46 million people.

-McDonald's has sold well over 100 billion hamburgers.

-Ronald McDonald speaks more than 25 languages, including Cantonese, Portuguese, Hindi, Tagalog and Russian.

-McDonald's largest market outside the U.S. is Japan, with more than 3,000
McDonald's restaurants.

-Ronald McDonald is "Donald McDonald™" in Japan because it makes pronunciation easier for the Japanese. In Singapore he's known as "Uncle McDonald."

-Antarctica is the only continent that does not have a McDonald's restaurant - yet.

-The busiest international McDonald's restaurant is located on Pushkin Square in Moscow, which serves 40,000 people every day.

-The largest McDonald's restaurant internationally measures more than 28,000 square feet and is located in Beijing, in the People's Republic of China.

-Ten of the busiest McDonald's in the world are located in Hong Kong.
McDonald's is located in the world's tallest building, in the Kuala Lumpur Tower in Malaysia.

-McDonald's restaurants in India are our only restaurants in the world where you cannot buy beef. You can purchase an all-lamb version of the Big Mac called the "Maharaja Mac™."

-The shoe size of Ronald McDonald is 14 1/2 -- or, as Ronald likes to say, "extra long, by extra wide, by extra red."

-McDonald's international restaurants occasionally develop other items which appeal to local tastes, such as a grilled salmon sandwich with dill sauce in Norway, rice dishes in Japan, a Samurai pork burger in Thailand, frankfurters and beer in Germany, a McHuevo™ (a hamburger with a poached egg on top) in Uruguay, and McSpaghetti™ in the Philippines.


and yes i am a fan of mcdonalds. happy.gif

edit// crap. i should have put this in foods. can anybody move it?
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 08:51 PM
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haha, that's very interesting and the site is hilarious ... how come in india, you cant buy beef ?
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 08:56 PM
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WOW! Thats a lot of facts.

-The shoe size of Ronald McDonald is 14 1/2 -- or, as Ronald likes to say, "extra long, by extra wide, by extra red."

LOL! thats a big foot.
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 08:59 PM
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thats very interesting...
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 09:08 PM
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wow that's pretty cool =D the sun never sets on the golden arches? i dont get that one
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 09:09 PM
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haha, that's very interesting and the site is hilarious ... how come in india, you cant buy beef ?
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Because it's against most of their religions.
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 09:10 PM
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QUOTE(krnxswat @ Mar 15 2005, 6:09 PM)
Because it's against most of their religions.
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how is it against their religion ?
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 09:15 PM
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wow, a new restaurant opens every 4 hours?? that's crazy!
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 09:15 PM
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QUOTE(aznxboredxperson @ Mar 15 2005, 9:10 PM)
how is it against their religion ?
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because msot of them like worship cows in some sort of way.
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 09:19 PM
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-McDonald's opens a new restaurant every four hours.


well i kind of thought about that.. if that fact is true that means there is 6 mcdonalds built a day, right? that's a whole big lot of mickey d's.. soon there will be an overload if that fact continues, which i doubt
 
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how is it against their religion ?
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Go ask your Indian friends, dummy.
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 09:30 PM
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moved to foods

the one about mcdonalds opens a new restraunt every four hours was a shocker to me.
i mean holy crap. wow.
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 09:37 PM
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QUOTE(sharpieaddicteD @ Mar 15 2005, 6:30 PM)
moved to foods

the one about mcdonalds opens a new restraunt every four hours was a shocker to me.
i mean holy crap. wow.
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Same here. Gosh, four hours.....that means 42 restaraunts open up every week pinch.gif Imagine in a month, year, etc.
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 09:39 PM
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Think of all the dead animals that are killed to supply McDonald's.
Hell, we're not even including Wendy's or Burger King.

I love the pickle's they put on the hamburgers.
I always pick them off and eat them first.
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 09:57 PM
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some guy found a mouse in his burger at a somewhat close local mcdonald's.
 
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post Mar 16 2005, 12:43 AM
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QUOTE(smilz2dasun @ Mar 15 2005, 5:38 PM)
-The shoe size of Ronald McDonald is 14 1/2 -- or, as Ronald likes to say, "extra long, by extra wide, by extra red."

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that made me chuckle.
 
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-Ten of the busiest McDonald's in the world are located in Hong Kong.
McDonald's is located in the world's tallest building, in the Kuala Lumpur Tower in Malaysia.

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QUOTE(aznxboredxperson @ Mar 16 2005, 1:10 PM)
how is it against their religion ?
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they beleive the cow is their gods
 
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interesting facts...kinda freaky in a way.
and yeah, i don't really eat mcd's...
 
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post Mar 16 2005, 03:53 AM
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"-McDonald's opens a new restaurant every four hours. "
(no wonder we're all getting fat)

"Every day, McDonald's serves more than 46 million people"
(again, no wonder we're all getting fat ;))
 
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post Mar 16 2005, 05:39 PM
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QUOTE(aznxboredxperson @ Mar 15 2005, 9:10 PM)
how is it against their religion ?
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India has a lot of Hindu people. Hindu's consider the cow to be sacred. Therefore, it would be wrong to eat it. _smile.gif
 
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post Mar 16 2005, 05:45 PM
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^yes, thank you for that explanation flowers.gif
those are very interesting facts about mcdonalds=)
 
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post Mar 16 2005, 05:45 PM
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Interesting.. that's a lot of McDonalds Restaraunts if they open a new one every 4 hours.. it's like they're taking over the world :P
 
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post Mar 16 2005, 06:11 PM
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new mcdonalds every 4 hours...thats like 1.5 while i'm at school and 6 every 24 hours!! whoa!
 
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wow.. very interesting
i LOVE mcdonalds, gosh i love it so much!
i am craving for some right now
 
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No wonder there are such things as obesity!! ahhh!!! But McDonald is hard to resist lol
 
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Cool those are are interesting wow a new one really opens up every 4 hours?

Man wish I owned Mickey D's lol
 
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post Mar 17 2005, 09:11 AM
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Ten of the busiest McDonald's in the world are located in Hong Kong.


Wow. No wonder.

I just went to McDonalds today.
 
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post Apr 15 2005, 09:14 PM
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-McDonald's restaurants in India are our only restaurants in the world where you cannot buy beef. You can purchase an all-lamb version of the Big Mac called the "Maharaja Mac™."

That cracked me up. I dont know why
 
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-Ronald McDonald is "Donald McDonald™" in Japan because it makes pronunciation easier for the Japanese. In Singapore he's known as "Uncle McDonald."


LOL!! cool facts laugh.gif
 
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QUOTE(xXirockhardXx @ Mar 15 2005, 5:56 PM)
-The shoe size of Ronald McDonald is 14 1/2 -- or, as Ronald likes to say, "extra long, by extra wide, by extra red."


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no i think he'd call it "super sized"
 
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post Apr 16 2005, 06:58 AM
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I'm suprised that 10 of the busiest McDonald's in the world are located in Hong Kong, I thought it be sumwhere in America.
 
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wow mcdonalds is rich! hahha i am gonig to open up my own fastfood place its going to go outer space too one day LMAO

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interesting. and do you know that they put plastic in mcdonalds ice cream?
 
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four hours?!?! holy crap... wow interesting facts... i dont really like them tho.
 
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QUOTE(XKali_chik_4_lifeX @ Mar 15 2005, 8:15 PM)
wow, a new restaurant opens every 4 hours?? that's crazy!
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that one took me by surprise, too. but i can kinda believe it considering it seems they are just popping up everywhere! wacko.gif
 
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the website's so funny, especially the dog wearing Mcdonald's shirts.

so mad abt open every 4 hrs.
 
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hmm...interesting =)
 
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Neaaaat!

I love Taiwan's McDonalds'. They have this corn soup stuff that tastes amazing. =X I can't resist it and HAVE to buy it every time I go to Taiwan.
 
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post Feb 21 2006, 02:54 PM
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i think this is the first mcdonalds thread that dosnt trash it....YAY!!!
 
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I miss Mcspaghetti in the Pines, and I miss the crispy chicken there too.

I miss McDonalds (haven't been in one since 3 weeks ago).
 
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QUOTE(smilz2dasun @ Mar 15 2005, 8:38 PM) *
-McDonald's opens a new restaurant every four hours.
Wow. Bloody hell, that's quite frequent.
QUOTE(smilz2dasun @ Mar 15 2005, 8:38 PM) *
-Every day, McDonald's serves more than 46 million people.
Like Katie said, no wonder obesity is on the rise.
QUOTE(smilz2dasun @ Mar 15 2005, 8:38 PM) *
-Antarctica is the only continent that does not have a McDonald's restaurant - yet.
Haha, I love the yet part.
 
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QUOTE(teeners__15 @ Mar 15 2005, 9:08 PM) *
wow that's pretty cool =D the sun never sets on the golden arches? i dont get that one

Oh oh, we did this in world studies! Well, kinda...

So near World War I [or some war, I forget] Britain had a saying that went like "The sun never sets on the British empire" meaning that there were so many countries in the British empire that the sun would always be up in an area of the world where there was a British-owned country.

So it's kinda the same with McDonalds, I guess. There are so many "golden arches" around the world that it's impossible for the sun to set on an area without one.

Wow, funny facts. Kinda weerddd wacko.gif
 
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Hmm... interesting.

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-Antarctica is the only continent that does not have a McDonald's restaurant - yet.


Who are their customers gonna be? Polar bears?
 
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I know a girl who went to China and the McDonalds there had actual bones in the chicken nuggets.
4 every hour though.. that's crazy!
 
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more reasons to not eat McDonald. . . god i feel even more sick
 
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Hmm... interesting.
Who are their customers gonna be? Polar bears?

the eskimos! Owait no that's only in Northern Canada and Alaska...
 
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wow every four hours?! thats amazing.
 
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Here is some more about mcdonalds logo.

mcdonalds logo
 
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-McDonald's opens a new restaurant every four hours.

HOLY CRAP! Thats.. ALOT of mcdonalds. Seriously. I am stunned. Every four hours!?
So, when I go to sleep, and wake up, two new mcdonalds will have been built thumbsup.gif
 
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I want to visit the biggest and smallest McDonald's!

Even if a store were opened in Antarctica, there would be no one to buy food from it... rolleyes.gif
 
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haha, that's very interesting and the site is hilarious ... how come in india, you cant buy beef ?


From what I remember (i do not feel like looking this up and verifying), but a bull or a cow is considered holy in India. It is a god to them. I believe the only people really do with the cow is drink its pee. mellow.gif
 
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Thats really intresting but you forgot the biggest fact.

Its very very yummy.
 
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Wooww!
Thats pretty Neat!
Its funn to learn like facts and stuff!
 
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thats pretty sweet, but i don't really like McDonalds
 
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Every four hours?!
That's unbelievably a lot.. No wonder obesity plagues us pinch.gif
 
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McDonald's food went down the drain 2 years ago... =_= The burgers taste like carboard/paper to me... =X And the fries aren't as great as they used to be.. *sigh* The Parfaits are still good.

ANYWAYS, Yea a substitute teacher showed me a picture of the biggest mcdonald's in the world in China --- it's like 2 or 3 stories, I think. It was a long time ago, and I'm too lazy to google it. :P


WTH... If it's so popular in Japan, how are the Japanese so thin?! And the Chinese too! =X
 
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my friend is manager at mcds. i get free good lmao.
 
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When my friend worked at mcdonalds, she always burned herself.

Sometimes, I don't know where my food comes from.
 
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Mcdonalds french fries are gooooooood
 
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I was walking down the street near where I live and passed by a McDonald's. The smell made me want to throw up. Or maybe that was because I had also passed a Taco Bell and Wendy's a minute earlier. Anyway, it didn't smell good. I haven't had McDonald's in years and I'm glad.
 
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I haven't had fast food since summer last year. I had a bad experience with it and greasy foods tend to make me sick to my stomach without even tasting them. The language fact was repeated twice, but Ronald McDonald is one of my biggest fears and the reason i hate clowns.
 
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McDonald's food went down the drain 2 years ago... =_= The burgers taste like carboard/paper to me... =X And the fries aren't as great as they used to be.. *sigh* The Parfaits are still good.

ANYWAYS, Yea a substitute teacher showed me a picture of the biggest mcdonald's in the world in China --- it's like 2 or 3 stories, I think. It was a long time ago, and I'm too lazy to google it. :P


WTH... If it's so popular in Japan, how are the Japanese so thin?! And the Chinese too! =X


I don't think they eat it every day... and they actually have different food there >_< like yam as a side tish and tarot ice cream. lol
 
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i dont care what MD does to you i still love that place
 
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-McDonald's opens a new restaurant every four hours.


what is the world coming too..?? lol
 
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