The Cellar  

Go Back   The Cellar > Images > Image of the Day

Image of the Day Images that will blow your mind - every day. [Blog] [RSS] [XML]

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 07-16-2008, 12:20 AM   #1
xoxoxoBruce
The future is unwritten
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
July 16, 2008: Breaking (egg) News

From The Arab Aquarius blog, via Bifurcated Rivets.

A giant McDonald's billboard, shaped like an egg, in Chicago.
Quote:
The giant egg billboard starts cracking and opening up in the wee hours of morning. By breakfast time, the egg has already hatched, and you can see "Fresh Eggs Daily" written on the egg's yolk.

The egg stays open from 6:00AM till 10:30AM, to indicate the availability of fresh eggs during that time. Once the breakfast time is finished, the egg billboard shuts and stays closed as a whole egg till the next morning.
I'm not so sure of the word "hatched"... no chicken.



They're gonna have to sell a lot of eggs to pay for that sucker.
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
xoxoxoBruce is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-16-2008, 12:48 AM   #2
Scriveyn
amnesic-confabulatory opsimath
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Between my ears
Posts: 739
Quote:
Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
... I'm not so sure of the word "hatched"... no chicken. ...
Agree, I've seen and heard the word hatch misused a lot, even applied to mammals.

Quote from Wordnet:
hatch (emerge from the eggs) "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch"
Scriveyn is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-16-2008, 08:25 AM   #3
Shawnee123
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 21,206
I think that's kind of neat.

It reminds me of this guy I used to work with at the bar. He was telling me he went to McDonald's at like 10:20 in the a.m. He asked for an Egg McMuffin and was told breakfast was over. He called the number he found for, I don't know, regional headquarters or something, and when they answered he said "Can you tell me what time it is?" "Yes sir, it's 10:27 a.m." "Then can you tell my why I can't get an Egg f*cking McMuffin?"

This is the same guy who was bringing me orders into the bar kitchen at an alarming rate. We were packed. We were packed with a group that was not quite typical for this bar (scary folks.) He said "I bet if we hit the trailer parks we could steal a ton of stuff, because they're all here tonight." I replied with "Yeah, but how many black velvet Elvis paintings do you really need?"
__________________
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice.
--Bill Cosby
Shawnee123 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-16-2008, 09:18 AM   #4
Griff
still says videotape
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 26,813
That egg is begging for a tagging.
__________________
If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Griff is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-16-2008, 10:25 AM   #5
Sundae
polaroid of perfection
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 24,185
I always willing to give shops/ restaurants/ fast food places some leeway on their official times in order to prevent waste.

However it is give & take.
If they follow the letter of the law when it comes to timing I would be more likely to create a fuss. I don't think I've ever needed a McMuffin enough to call the HQ

However I did squeal on my local deli. The owner and manager were out and the staff said they couldn't serve me because they were closing early. I only wanted olives - to take away. There were people eating, who would have been there for at least another half hour. But apparently they'd been packed all day and hadn't had time for a break. Yeah, welcome to the real world. I'm after olives, not a 4 person drink and sandwich order.

So I mentioned it in passing to the boss the next time I was in there. Serves the staff right - I was a regular customer up until that point and I think they should have acknowledged that. It wasn't even close to closing time.

Anyway. God I'm in a ranty mood today!
I love the egg. Very clever.
Just hope they're free range

Last edited by Sundae; 07-16-2008 at 11:02 AM.
Sundae is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-16-2008, 10:28 AM   #6
Shawnee123
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 21,206
lol, knowing Heath he didn't need the Egg McMuffin, but loved the chance to push the buttons of the local McD mafia family!
__________________
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice.
--Bill Cosby
Shawnee123 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-16-2008, 12:32 PM   #7
sweetwater
lives inside a Mobius strip
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,120
Chicago, home of the gigantic silver egg called Cloud Gate. The billboard is a great idea but I wish it was for something better than McDonald's, like maybe the Field Museum's dinosaur exhibit.
__________________
I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny
sweetwater is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-16-2008, 12:35 PM   #8
birdclaw
putting the "g" in flight
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 145
Wait a minute, wait just a minute! Fresh eggs? Who do they think they are kidding?
birdclaw is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-16-2008, 12:44 PM   #9
Imigo Jones
Tornado Ali
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Used to be woods in town on prairie; now Emerald City
Posts: 82
Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetwater View Post
Chicago, home of the gigantic silver egg called Cloud Gate. The billboard is a great idea but I wish it was for something better than McDonald's, like maybe the Field Museum's dinosaur exhibit.
Uh-oh--they aren't hatching those eggs, are they?!
Imigo Jones is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-16-2008, 11:35 PM   #10
tw
Read? I only know how to write.
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 11,933
What comes first? The egg? So where is that chicken?
tw is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:33 PM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.