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MechEngDropout
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 Posted: 05/11/04 - 17:50 Post subject: McDonalds
I just saw a commercial advertising a free pedometer when you buy a salad and water.
I think they're just trying to stop the bleeding from the just-released doctumentary "Super-size Me."
I personally can't wait to see it.
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genie
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Posted: 05/11/04 - 17:53 Post subject: Re: McDonalds
| MechEngDropout wrote: | I just saw a commercial advertising a free pedometer when you buy a salad and water.
I think they're just trying to stop the bleeding from the just-released doctumentary "Super-size Me."
I personally can't wait to see it. |
What do you get with a Big Mac Meal, a free cholesterol counter? 
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keltic63
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Posted: 05/11/04 - 18:17 Post subject:
Is that documentary about an experiment in which 2 guys ate at McD's every day for a month? one exercised and the other didn't. the one who exercised actually lost weight.
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 08:28 Post subject:
The Go-Active Happy Meals are not that bad. I had one when they were testing them here in Indiana back in the fall. You get a salad, a pedometer, and a book on walking. I've use the pedometer a few times to just see how many steps things are. I think I even wore it once on a 5-mile run.  Besides those few times, I have not worn the pedometer that much since I'm already active.
Unfortunatly, in the news release, they say that the meals will only be around until June.
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Pug
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 08:45 Post subject:
| keltic63 wrote: | | Is that documentary about an experiment in which 2 guys ate at McD's every day for a month? one exercised and the other didn't. the one who exercised actually lost weight. |
I don't know about two guys, but it is the documentary of a guy who ate every single meal at McDonald's for 30 days. Every time they asked if he wanted to Super Size his meal, he said yes. It tracks his health and weight, and is supposed to be very interesting (and oddly enough, not so much an indictment of McDonald's, but rather of part of American culture).
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keltic63
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 08:52 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: | | keltic63 wrote: | | Is that documentary about an experiment in which 2 guys ate at McD's every day for a month? one exercised and the other didn't. the one who exercised actually lost weight. |
I don't know about two guys, but it is the documentary of a guy who ate every single meal at McDonald's for 30 days. Every time they asked if he wanted to Super Size his meal, he said yes. It tracks his health and weight, and is supposed to be very interesting (and oddly enough, not so much an indictment of McDonald's, but rather of part of American culture). |
ok, I must have heard something about this on Public Radio. My vague memory of it has the one guy eating every meal there for 30 days. But I know i heard something else about a similar experiment, and the guy who exercised actually lost weight, eventhough he ate every meal there.
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 08:58 Post subject:
I still want to know why the drive-through menus have orders that also appear in Braille. (calling out ATM operators on this one, too.)
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 09:03 Post subject:
Super Size Me
| Quote: | | Spurlock courageously allows the camera to tape everything – right down to the anal exam he undergoes before his new diet – and you can actually see the man deteriorating on the big screen. |
An Academy Award winner if I ever saw one. 
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 09:07 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | Super Size Me
| Quote: | | Spurlock courageously allows the camera to tape everything – right down to the anal exam he undergoes before his new diet – and you can actually see the man deteriorating on the big screen. |
An Academy Award winner if I ever saw one. |
GoodGod!!   
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 09:12 Post subject:
| Laurie Ellen wrote: | | purple hayes wrote: | Super Size Me
| Quote: | | Spurlock courageously allows the camera to tape everything – right down to the anal exam he undergoes before his new diet – and you can actually see the man deteriorating on the big screen. |
An Academy Award winner if I ever saw one. |
GoodGod!! |
Yeah thanks, another visual I didn't need this morning. indeed...
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 09:48 Post subject:
our local newspaper had an article on a teacher that ate big Macs 2xday for years and the guy was skinny. He said he had good genetics ??????
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bpdou
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 09:52 Post subject:
| runaroundsue wrote: | | our local newspaper had an article on a teacher that ate big Macs 2xday for years and the guy was skinny. He said he had good genetics ?????? |
Wonder if he had anal exams 2xday for years as well? that might have contributed...
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 10:03 Post subject:
Super Size Me just came out in wide release last Friday and I went that very night to see it. For some reason I couldn't find it in any theaters here before that.
It's a FANTASTIC movie. Funny, lighthearted, entertaining, and interesting. I have some questions about the scientific design of the experiment but for the most part he normalized his data as well as he could.
The best thing about it is that it doesn't delve into Michael Moore-ish melodrama and over the top histrionics to prove its point. Certainly it has an agenda, but this film delivers numbers and statements (without vilifying McDonald's) and lets them stand on their own; the viewer can draw their own conclusion. I like films that make people think.
You should see it if you like documentaries, are interested in the hype, or want incentive to stay away from fast food.
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Posted: 05/12/04 - 10:07 Post subject:
| Sandy Cheeks wrote: | Super Size Me just came out in wide release last Friday and I went that very night to see it. For some reason I couldn't find it in any theaters here before that.
It's a FANTASTIC movie. Funny, lighthearted, entertaining, and interesting. I have some questions about the scientific design of the experiment but for the most part he normalized his data as well as he could.
The best thing about it is that it doesn't delve into Michael Moore-ish melodrama and over the top histrionics to prove its point. Certainly it has an agenda, but this film delivers numbers and statements (without vilifying McDonald's) and lets them stand on their own; the viewer can draw their own conclusion. I like films that make people think.
You should see it if you like documentaries, are interested in the hype, or want incentive to stay away from fast food. |
If this one gets to my theatre, i'm there. If not: Netflix the day it releases.
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