Wednesday, January 22, 2003

Miscellanea of Food

Food is making headlines!

  • "Judge Rejects Obese Teenagers' Suit Against McDonald's": You on American side of the Atlantic have no idea how much fun Europe had with the obesity suit against McDonalds. The feeding frenzy (ha!), I'm sure, will begin anew, starting tomorrow. To the credit of the American cariacture -- is it really a cariacture that, though, when such an obscene number of people are, in fact, over-the-top obese? is it reflective, do you think, that even I have to qualify a degree of obesity? -- the European press was going to pounce on this either way the judgement went. Though, really, the British press should think twice before they laugh.

  • "Group Says It Will Begin A Boycott Against KFC": Now this is a protest and/or legal-battle many a European can support, thus arming well-intentioned Americans with their cariacture of Europe.

  • "Silly Burgers": This one defies cariacture, I think, except that the line between obese law losers and obese rich fucks is negligible.