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Old 27 October 2009, 22:17   #1
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No More Happy Meals for Iceland

Every cloud has a silver lining, McDonald's loss is Iceland's gain:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8328807.stm

So anyway, apparently the local owner is going to run the franchise under a local brand name...

May I humbly suggest McRonaldsson?
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Old 27 October 2009, 22:49   #2
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Mmmmm seal burgers....... would you like fins with that Sir?
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Mmmmm seal burgers....... would you like fins with that Sir?
no thanks ,,,but they do make lovelly pork scratchings even if they taste a bit fishy,,,,lol,,,,,,,,,dont worry ..only joking,, it had been dead a week .
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The McDonalds licencer will change all three McDonalds to Metro.....

Majority of their stuff was imported and when exchange rate doubled overnight and has been so for over a year and they unable to rise prices it will only lead to one thing and that is we are facing closing down on Saturday.

I am not one of them missing them

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The McDonalds licencer will change all three McDonalds to Metro.....


I am not one of them missing them

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No Duckburgers, eh? ;-)
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OMG so the worlds biggest franchise can operate in Russia but not Iceland ?
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Marinated seal and Dolphin are delicous and should be offered as snack

If you come to ICE-RIB festival in 2011 you can taste marinated Dolphin, smoked Puffin various fishes, salted Fulmarus glacialis this is just to name a few of old Icelandic traditional food

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No Duckburgers, eh? ;-)
I love duck..... good idea to put them into burger bun

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OMG so the worlds biggest franchise can operate in Russia but not Iceland ?
Maybe after 2030 when we have pay you the Icesave..... until that we are going back hunting every single whale in the ocean in Icelandic territory We are after all Ter*orists.....

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I love duck..... good idea to put them into burger bun

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I don't mind duck!
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salted Fulmarus
..... even if you gave me extra onions and a cappuccino to go
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..... even if you gave me extra onions and a cappuccino to go
You don´t have to take it out.... we will have nice beach between cliffs where we will have the feast

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you can taste marinated Dolphin, smoked Puffin various fishes, salted Fulmarus glacialis this is just to name a few of old Icelandic traditional food
inn de immortul werds ov dat ostralian nobbur aligayter dunndee

yew cann livv onn itt butt itt taysts lyke shitt . chukk de fkin bakid beens owver

enywaiys ifn mcDs shutts dowen dats mcbogi owt ov a jobb

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Marinated seal and Dolphin are delicous and should be offered as snack


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No way! From now on I'm boycotting dolphin meat - I just found out that tuna often get killed in the bycatch!
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We have no tuna here.....

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Thats because you caught them all with the Dolphin!
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All of a sudden McDonalds sounds quite appetising - maybe Iceland just wasn't ready for Haute Cuisine???
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All of a sudden McDonalds sounds quite appetising - maybe Iceland just wasn't ready for Haute Cuisine???
...as compared to culinary masterpices such as "Fish & Chips" and "Bangers"...
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...as compared to culinary masterpices such as "Fish & Chips" and "Bangers"...
How very dare you Sir! What about other Great British dishes such as Meet Madras and Beef and green pepper in black bean sauce or Fajitas?!?!?
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Old 15 November 2009, 12:01   #20
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My Canuck cousins (who's name is Legion) always joke that when Canada was established (aka boosted off the French ) the plan had been to "marry the French Cuisine with the British Organisational Skills".

Unfortunately someone read the plan arseways....

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Going back to the Puffins a moment, I saw this earlier and thought of Bogi's trip. Watch it before you read my next post below. One thing struck me as very unusual about this footage:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8358799.stm
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