২৪ জুন, ২০১৬

"I found a cicada with the mcdonalds logo on it's back."

I know. It should be "its." But still....

১২টি মন্তব্য:

Carol বলেছেন...

Strunk & White are rolling over in their graves.

Johanna Lapp বলেছেন...

You can take a tiny liberty with a headline quote to spare your readers' eyes the agony.

Jim বলেছেন...

I'm lovin' it!

Bob Ellison বলেছেন...

That's good marketing. Make the logo simple and easy to paint on a cicada's thorax. The Burger King logo would never fly.

Bushman of the Kohlrabi বলেছেন...

I hope that cicada has a good lawyer.

Quaestor বলেছেন...

The "golden arches" and black eyes reveal this to be an annual cicada (Tibicen linnei) As the name implies the annuals complete their lifecycle in one year, as opposed to the more iconic 17-year periodic cicadas of the genus Magicicada which have red eyes. In Madison you can look for them when Trump's VP will be running for the White House.

JML বলেছেন...

Now the rumors that McDonalds hamburgers are really just ground up bugs will start.

Quaestor বলেছেন...

Now the rumors that McDonalds hamburgers are really just ground up bugs will start.

Some years ago I attended a series of food science lectures and exhibits dedicated to the notion that insects represent an inexpensive and nutritious human food source. I suppose everyone is familiar with "chocolate-covered ants" and other such novelties, but the scientists and chefs behind those lectures were serious. Bugs can be real food, or that was their claim.

Among the foods I sampled were hamburgers made from "edible grubs". Processed and texturized the grub-burgers tasted "just like a Big Mac," as the pretty grad student assured me with a smile.

Nope.

Bob Boyd বলেছেন...

McCricket

Fernandinande বলেছেন...

I found a fast food place with a cicada logo its sign.

Earnest Prole বলেছেন...

In the past two years I’ve seen it’s for its in publications I never would have imagined, and even heard a college-educated person explain patiently that the word it’s is the proper choice because you form possessives with apostrophes, don’t you know?

The Godfather বলেছেন...

Its a fake cicada.

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