Can Anyone Help?
Not having too much time for eating and certainly preparing things (added to by the gas problem), we sent Emma and Simon out yesterday, armed with Emma’s McDonald’s discount card to buy lunch.
Not being a regular fast food eater I opted for a salsa wrap, thick shake and healthy ‘salad plus’. I have no idea what the plus referred to but it consisted of leaves, two cherry tomatoes and a few carrot shavings. This was in an overgrown ice cream tub with a sachet of balsamic type dressing.
Some conversation went on that the salad was probably not as healthy as some of the other true ‘fast food’ stuff. To check this out I though I would study the nutritional information on the carton. Now, I’m not well educated but I thought I was pretty savvy on this stuff, even though with multi-lingual stuff it is normally done with iconography rather than actual words. If you can work out exactly what’s in this thing then you are a better man than I! (Answers on a postcard, or comment please). What is the ladies toilet symbol for? Is that saying a ladies Guideline Daily Amount (GDA)? Is that not discriminating against men? maybe I should sue?
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February 2nd, 2009 at 11:01 pm
I believe the lady icon is saying “If you really ordered this and your not female, it’s time to take a closer look at your life.”
Or maybe it’s saying “If your waist is smaller than your head, you have one obese leg, and your prone to wearing hoop skirts, you should be eating 2000 kcals every day.”
February 2nd, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Dick is probably right, and if you look at the bottom right of the container, you can Ronald McDonald is very wisely throwing his salad in the garbage.
But here’s what the McDonalds site says: “The nutrition information provided on our packaging is for a woman age 20-30 with low physical activity level.”
Her Guideline Daily Amounts (GDAs) are listed as:
cal 2000
protein 75
fat 67
carb 275
salt 5
So you’re getting a few calories and a tiny bit of protein. Probably from the bugs on the leaves.
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:42 am
Nick, you discovered the secret. Post about food, and the Excel MVPs come out of the woodwork to reply!
You’d get more nutritional value by sucking on that main gas line coming to your house.
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:49 am
The carton doesn’t mention the 5 g of fiber you get if you eat the carton.
February 3rd, 2009 at 8:51 am
I can’t believe they didn’t use a pie chart!
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:41 am
I guess the symbol is there because only girls would bother about the nutritional content of a salad pushing them over their daily limit.
I hope you’ve chosen your best frock for the conference in April
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:46 am
Hi Nick,
Andy is right, a pie chart would have been a lot better. As long as they don’t chart their pies.
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:47 am
NB:
I find the funniest part of this post the Google ads that pop up.
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:57 am
What a pity, only 0% Gastroduodenal artery! Personally I love Gastroduodenal artery, but probably it doesn’t do well in a vegetarian salad.
I bet you still feel a bit hungry.
February 3rd, 2009 at 11:45 am
Nick, I presume that by posting on a blog, this is some sort of external data query.
Good to see that the pressures of Northern Tools allow you time for the important things in life.
February 3rd, 2009 at 11:56 am
Who told all you guys about this? Normally JW is the culprit, but I don’t see anything there!
February 3rd, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Sometimes everyone really is watching you.
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
I’m puzzled by the yo-yo connected to the upper right corner.
I don’t understand British humo(u)r : \
February 3rd, 2009 at 2:15 pm
And even if we don’t post, we’re still watching you.
February 3rd, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Ron, haven’t you heard about yo-yo dieting?
February 3rd, 2009 at 6:16 pm
How fun. It’s like a little mini-Summit.
February 3rd, 2009 at 6:52 pm
I think that picture of the woman is telling you that the more of those salads you eat, the more your back end will grow in a disproportionate size to your waist.
I thought Canadian packaging was bad, forcing us to put English and French on everything. Yours is ridiculous!
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:13 pm
I think this is as close to the Summit as some of us will get this time.
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:14 pm
BTW, my name isn’t really Walkenbachw.
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:55 pm
You went to MacDonalds to eat a salad?
Do you drink milk at a pub?
February 4th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Too bad you’re not an old goat like me. McDonalds offers a great deal on their Senior Coffee. It’s low cal and hot enough to boil our tonsils.
February 4th, 2009 at 1:33 am
Column on the right of the table is too wide, shout be autofit to get that “slim” look.
February 4th, 2009 at 2:25 am
Hi Nick, this is my first post but I’ve been a big fan of your bolg.
We can see this kind of lady icon used for the sign of bathroom in Jpn.
It seems that the Chinese character on the package says “DO NOT DISPOSE OF THIS IN THE TOILETS. IT CAUSES THE PLUMBING SYSTEM TO BACK UP.”
February 4th, 2009 at 4:53 am
“Dick is probably right, and if you look at the bottom right of the container, you can [see] Ronald McDonald is very wisely throwing his salad in the garbage.”
Throwing it out on the way to hurl the rest of it.
Why don’t you bring one of those with you to the Summit and see if they’ll display it at Lowell’s as an example of “What you WON’T GET HERE!” “We serve food so British you won’t believe it, especially if you’ve been to a British Monkey D’s lately!”
Or even better, display it under the monkfish at the market to show that it’s vegan (and dead because of it).
February 4th, 2009 at 6:00 am
It is as close as I’ll get unfortunately.
February 4th, 2009 at 7:45 am
I think the French on the container translates to “Make the pig noise”. I might be wrong though.
Why not try those Slim-Fast drinks. A delicious shake in the morning, then migraines and diarrhea all day.
February 4th, 2009 at 7:45 am
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February 4th, 2009 at 7:51 am
You’re a great bunch of guys (and girl), there was I feeling all cold and depressed and this has cheered me so much.
Glad to be hosting the Excel Summit this year
February 4th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Not unless you get that heating fixed, Nick.
Still, at least the beer’s will be cold:)
February 4th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Nick: Thanks for having us. At least breakfast has improved enormously compared to last years’
February 4th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
“Not unless you get that heating fixed, Nick.
Still, at least the beer’s will be cold:)”
I’ll say! At -3 inside the house, you wouldn’t get any complaints about the warm English beer from the North Americans!
February 4th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
“BTW, my name isn’t really Walkenbachw.”
I just assumed you had a mouth-full of McSalad when you were typing.
February 9th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Been following this blog (yes I do read it) and figured I might as well post up. Don’t tell anyone I’ve been here, my scroungy, unintelligent persona may be tarnished.
Oh, and the ladies toilet symbol is obvious, it’s not for men. You’ve dug in the wrong bucket Nick. Sorry to be the one breaking it to you. Stop while you’re ahead.
And to answer your question, yes, sue. Then share the reapings with all of us here.
February 9th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Did somebody mention food?