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18 March 2009

*sniff* →[More:]It's true. I asked at the McD's near me and they didn't have. I don't think they knew what the hell I was talking about, frankly. When I asked for a shamrock shake, they just said 'vanilla, chocolate, strawberry.'

This is a sign of our nation's decline.

post by: jonmc at: 09:30 | 11 comments

I love the first comment in that link. Yes, netizen, shamrock shake = "negro cookie."

posted by middleclasstool 18 March | 09:47

I felt like that the first time I went into a bakery in the south of England and asked for an 'elephant's foot'. I got a blank look and ended up with a scone. Apparently they're called 'choux buns' down here. (For the uninitiated, they're a gigantic profiterole, at least 6"-8" across and 4" high filled with whipped cream. The sort of cake where you end up with cream and chocolate all over your face if you eat it properly, that is, with your hands, not with a fork. Delish.)

A couple of years ago I was queuing in the baker's when a man in front of me asked for one, and the girl looked at him as if he was an alien. "I know what you mean", I said, "but they don't speak North down here."

posted by essexjan 18 March | 11:06

I wonder if the "negro cookie" comment is responding to the Carvel ad, though.
≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by stilicho 18 March | 11:07

I doubt it, stilicho. Cookie Puss (in all it's permutations) has been around for decades.

posted by jonmc 18 March | 11:08

Wow, why does "Cookie Puss" sound like such a naughty term? I'm going to have to look it up now.

posted by loiseau 18 March | 12:23

Ours supposedly have them, but without fail at every mcdonalds I ever go to the shake machine is down. every time, for years.

posted by kellydamnit 18 March | 13:17

My wife, with her multi-ethnic heritage, can't bring herself to order frozen coffee at Dairy Queen.

posted by mrmoonpie 18 March | 13:24

Ouch. Tell her to get a Blizzard instead, they're better anyways.

posted by jonmc 18 March | 14:02

My wife, with her multi-ethnic heritage, can't bring herself to order frozen coffee at Dairy Queen.

Ook yuck. Is there any organised protest of that? That's disgusting.

posted by goo 18 March | 14:33

My boyfriend's work had a costume contest yesterday. He wasn't planning to dress up, but I had to explain to him why my face turned red and my teeth started grinding.
Seriously, why is "dress up like some drunken ethnic stereotype!" day acceptable and not viewed as horrifyingly offensive?

posted by kellydamnit 18 March | 15:08

I'll let you know, kelly, just as soon as I get my finger out of this dike.

posted by Ardiril 18 March | 16:53

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