McDonald’s Happy Meal resists decomposition for six months +

[apples and oranges]

Vladimir Lenin, King Tut and the McDonald's Happy Meal: What do they all have in common? A shocking resistance to Mother Nature's cycle of decomposition and biodegradability, apparently.

That's the disturbing point brought home by the latest project of New York City-based artist and photographer Sally Davies, who bought a McDonald's Happy Meal back in April and left it out in her kitchen to see how well it would hold up over time.

The results? "The only change that I can see is that it has become hard as a rock," Davies told the U.K. Daily Mail.

She proceeded to photograph the Happy Meal each week and posted the pictures to Flickr to record the results of her experiment. Now, just over six months later, the Happy Meal has yet to even grow mold. She told the Daily Mail that "the food is plastic to the touch and has an acrylic sheen to it."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101012/bs_yblog_upshot/mcdonalds-happy-meal-resists-decomposition-for-six-months

If true, that's disgusting BUT I have a hard time believing this woman let a happy meal sit in her home for 6 months. That's kind of gross.

[derby378]

1. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9304064

But hey, great minds think alike. :hi:

[LiberalEsto]

2. Someone should alert

the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Happy Meals
:)

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

3. What do Lenin, King Tut, and a Happy Meal have in common? Preservatives. And lots of 'em

A good rule to live by when it comes to food is this: If it wasn't created by Me and My Dad, you probably shouldn't eat it.

And yeah, We created cows and potatoes. But they didn't resemble the creations that sit under the heat lamps at McDonalds.

[TheBigotBasher]

4. I know of a similar project done in the US a few years back

and the bun remained soft because of the amount of sugar put in it. There is even a combo sugar / salt solution on the fries in the US.

Mexican white sliced bread is worse. You can actually taste the sugar in it.

[Ozymanithrax]

5. Sometimes you have to make sacrifices for your art. n/t

[Generic Brad]

6. Looks aren't everything

How does it taste? That is the true test, after all.