- The McRib is like Holbein’s skull: we experience it as (quasi-)foodstuff, as marketing campaign, as cult object, as Internet meme, but those experiences don’t sufficiently explain it. To understand McRib fully, we have to look at the sandwich askew.
Thanks for that. I remember reading that back when it came out and it does make a nice complimentary read.
The purpose of the McRib is to make the McNugget seem normal.
Can that sentence structure be used for a variety of purposes? The purpose of the Tea Party is to make the Democrats seem normal? The purpose of my mayor - the now-infamous Rob Ford -- is to make the rest of mankind seem normal. No - neither of those work, but I'll post this comment anyway.
I think it could, if one were to open up the slot currently holding "normal" for other adjectives. The purpose of buns is to make hotdogs lonely. The purpose of monkeys is to make humans feel well-endowed. The purpose of purpose is to make idleness sweet. I dunno, it seems like a fun thing to play with, personally.
Yes, those formats are fun to play with. And what you've got above could be a poem. The "normal" construct is making my brain hurt as we have to take something that passes for normal and make it seem less normal by comparing it with something even worse that passes for normal. ouch, sore brain. Here's another format to fit words in: Promiscuity is a word used by people who don't like sex to put down those who do. I've used this construct in various contexts -- nothing comes to mind now though.
I might be a tad bit late to the party, but a few days ago, this was posted to reddit. It's a list of how much each food item costs McDs. Here is a link to the comments.
Thanks for the look inside the world of a McDonald's waste sheet... but I didn't see the McRib there! Must have been the wrong time of year. So chicken nuggets cost .6 cents each? -No matter what the shape?