McDonald’s mascots. All pretty self-explanatory, right? Like ‘Hamburglar’ – we get it. But WTF was Grimace?Brian Bates is a man who should know. An “Outstanding Manager Of The Year” at McDonald’s in Canada, he also claims to be the holder of all the secrets of Ronald McDonaldland - including ‘What exactly was “Grimace?’. “Grimace”, he says. “Was an enormous tastebud.” Why a tastebud? To show the world how good McDonald’s food tastes. Okay, ‘why purple?’ Who knows. And still a mystery: why the ice cream machines never seem to work. One mystery at a time. Source:CBC.ca
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