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Every time I get something from a certain fast food joint involving a clown, I regret the choice immediately and end up chucking half the food out. Yet, in six months to a year I know I will be eating that shit again. —Why Can’t I Just Learn My Lesson
This article appears in Feb 18-24, 2010.
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getting it from the source….
Yeah, I feel the same way about a certain southern-oriented fried chicken chain.
I get a craving for “that taste” and after the first bite go “Oh, NOW I remember why I never eat this crap.”
Haven’t been there in a few years though; I think the desire has passed.
hahaha
Sugarbun burgers & sugar/salt fries & gross chicken, it sure wasn’t hard to give that stuff up.
But soft serve ice cream…I just can’t help myself especially when I’ve got some kid’s in the truck you say that 2 word name & the association for ICE CREAM TREATS gets the kids squealing & I love the stuff too.
(my ice cream addiction has never been in remission)
why do I have hahaha and then lol, I don’t even remember doing that! damit I need sleep.
I as well have a weakness for ice cream cones.
I’m with ya OP. Every few months or so that nagging irrational desire for ratburger gets to me too. I’ve even watched Supersize Me and Fast Food Nation and yet there is still that draw for mystery meat. Is it a learned behaviour from high school lunches? Sucking in too much advertising? Perhaps it’s the comfort of knowing exactly how it’s going to taste. I curse them all; McD’s, W’s, BK, all of them and yet….I….still….go….back.
we have names for fast food places: mungdonalds, fucktucky chicken, murder king, taco hell…yeah ruby jane i hear ya i had cravings for egg mcmuffins when i was pregnant. soft serve dairy queen butterscotch dip cones were my favourite after swimming. i still get a craving when i smell chlorine
The only chain I wish we had up here that we don’t is Popeyes. Probably the best of the fast food fried chicken.
white castle…looked good in the movie
Ice Cream cones…… mmm… people keep having to remind me of the summertime. Damn you all. Sometimes I only go for a run to Point Pleasant Park knowing I’ll reward myself with a luscious vanilla cone from the shack out there. Damn you all.
I never have cravings for the Dirty Bird or Rockin’ Ronnie’s (unless I am drunk and on my way home from somewhere…) I DO, however, feel the need to go to see the burger girl with the red hair and pig tails (R.I.P. Dave btw….) every now and then. I wish there was one closer to downtown, but then again, I don’t. I usual get a burger that has too many patties and upsize everything as large as I can go. And of course I can’t control myself enough to simply order a soda beverage….. no- it has to be their special ice cream treat/drink in its LARGEST form. I end up cursing myself later that night when I reacquaint myself with the bathroom and wish I was dead. Not to mention the bloating. Damn you red-haired burger girl whose name starts with a W.
I hear she’s the cartoon version of carrot top.
and any time I go to the states, I do the ‘hunt for white castle’…
makes for some interesting treks. luckily, Manhattan was only like 3 blocks since they’re all over the place.
yeah, if you combine her with the Incredible Hulk…….
I eat mary browns now instead of KFC,I have never been happier
as for Scronald’s (because it makes you scream in pain the next day) I gave it up when I was pregnant. I ate friend at about 5PM and got sick the next morning at about 7AM and the fries that came out were still whole and looked like fries. At that point I had to say, what the HELL is this shit made of that you can’t even digest it!
Well guess we can assume that Voice of Treason doesn’t have a gag reflex since she was swallowing whole fries 😛
And yeah, Mary Brown’s is the best. I got hooked on it out West last year and have to get there once or twice a month. Though I find the Tacoma location has better tasting chicken vs. the Hfx one. Now if only Tacoma delivered like the Sackville store does…
Problem with Mary Brown is once you’ve spread the skinny thigh’s all you’ll find is a greasy ole box 😉
Nobody here’s from Cape Breton…cause there’s been no mention of the old Lick-a-chick take outs .At least down, with a name like that there, we’re calling a spade a spade
hah, Mary Brown’s Chicken “Best Leg’s in Town”.
One of the worst pick up lines I have ever received.
On a bus in Newfoundland:
A guy kinda similar to this one: http://halifaxdating.selectalternatives.co…
except he was older, balder and greasy (Add lisp) : “Girl Mary Brown’s chicken was lying when they said they have the best legs in town cause you have some sexy legs”
hahahahaha ok I should clarify that. Whole PIECES of friends. As in when you get you know a small segment that still looks exactly like a fry. That’s creepy. I think they shelac them
motherfuck fries not friends
Great movie, PG!!!!!
“were not low” i think i’ll watch best in show after the week i’ve had
good one treason…its like yummy cuisine they use for food photo shoots…so shiny and new
just be glad it’s not the clown from scary movie 1. that bitch would be a pain in your ass, literally.
lol life sucks
five fisherman? chives? 🙂
I find that Subway always gives me the shits real bad.
We need Denny’s out here!
More: Lick-a-Chick is awesome!
Q, Smitty’s is Denny’s, just less racism.
Last week, I had this irrational need for those “lovely” chicken nuggets. That was a bad idea. Ugh, I felt ill for two days. It’s like an addiction, like Heroin. You just think you’ve got it beat, and bam, you’re back to chasin’ the clown.
only you never catch him…. you just keep chasin’
Hey z… we should organize some type of fighting match between ol’ Ronnie and Chicken Guy…. who do you think would win?
jennier, I agree.
Especially if she’s into it !
Meh, I always just went to Lick-A-Treat. Felt much less dirty and the lineup was smaller. Besides, who wants to Lick-A-Chick from the nort’side.
McDonalds…the easiest way to cleanse your colon and everything else in between.
More – before I lived in Canada and was here as a tourist, I was taken to Lick A Chick and did the Cabot Trail with heartburn that would melt Don Cherry’s jackets.
Newfoundlanders know about the Lick-A Chicks too. It’s on the drive to get the ferry home:)
qpmzwonxeibcruv — SUBWAY, AHH. Subway triggers an IBS attack for me and it takes almost a week to go away (IBS-C not IBS-D), and that’s if I only subsist on apples, grapefruit and toast and drink my weight in water every day. It ain’t pleasant.
My digestive system is so sensitive that the list of what I can’t eat is longer than the list of what I can eat, but I must admit: KFC is probably one of the only fast foods that I can eat and not suffer any consequence.
Besides, Mary Brown’s is far superior than the dirty bird.
I’d put it on chicken guy.. he’s been wielding a hockey stick lately.
Nova Scotia needs a Fat Burger franchise!
You can’t give it up because fast food tastes sooooo gooood! Everyone who says fast food tastes like shit is just saying that to make them feel better about not letting themselves eat it. Personally, I’m a fan of Harvey’s and Wendy’s which are probably just as bad for you as McD’s but don’t make me feel disgusting directly afterward. You need to up your willpower OP, everything in moderation right? Except for sex, of course.
buy some groceries and cook yourself some real food
Harvey sucks the big one which is why it closed in Dartmouth. You get a better burger in a bar plus beer, the nectar of the gods.