Thursday, April 07, 2005
happy happy joy sorrow
ok. i remember the day i was told that Happy Meals were for "babies". I loved McDonalds. Really loved it. I loved driving up to it, I loved ordering and I loved eating there. So my early McDonalds memories were about the Happy Meal and the latest treat inside(back when you could actually choke and die on the toy). So imagine my horror when I am there with my friend Debbie at the innocent age of 10 ordering my happy meal. Things are going great. Then she looks at me incredulously and says "You STILL order happy meals?!". I didn't know there was an age limit! Now I'm stuck knowing that she is going to torture me about this and let all the other kids know that I am a "baby". She had a knack for teasing and i had worked so hard to stay off her radar. Now I will be exposed as the "happy meal eater". GASP. Here I was in my little insulated world thinking nothing is better than a happy meal. That was the last happy meal i ever had. She made me turn my back on those perfect size meals. Back when obesity wasn't on the news everyday. So I called in an expert on the matter, my 10 year old niece Elizabeth. According to her reports, kids stop ordering happy meals in the 3rd grade. That was back when she was 7. Wow. I need to learn these things now, so I don't have a 10 year old ordering happy meals- way past his prime! It's things like this that they should include in the Parenting magazines. Year Happy Meals were introduced: 1979.
ok. i remember the day i was told that Happy Meals were for "babies". I loved McDonalds. Really loved it. I loved driving up to it, I loved ordering and I loved eating there. So my early McDonalds memories were about the Happy Meal and the latest treat inside(back when you could actually choke and die on the toy). So imagine my horror when I am there with my friend Debbie at the innocent age of 10 ordering my happy meal. Things are going great. Then she looks at me incredulously and says "You STILL order happy meals?!". I didn't know there was an age limit! Now I'm stuck knowing that she is going to torture me about this and let all the other kids know that I am a "baby". She had a knack for teasing and i had worked so hard to stay off her radar. Now I will be exposed as the "happy meal eater". GASP. Here I was in my little insulated world thinking nothing is better than a happy meal. That was the last happy meal i ever had. She made me turn my back on those perfect size meals. Back when obesity wasn't on the news everyday. So I called in an expert on the matter, my 10 year old niece Elizabeth. According to her reports, kids stop ordering happy meals in the 3rd grade. That was back when she was 7. Wow. I need to learn these things now, so I don't have a 10 year old ordering happy meals- way past his prime! It's things like this that they should include in the Parenting magazines. Year Happy Meals were introduced: 1979.
