Saturday, May 01, 2004

Isn't it ironic that James Cantalupo, the chairman of McDonald's, died of a heart attack? And to think it happened in the wake of a recent backlash against the fast food chain regarding the health concerns of customers, which led to millions of lawsuits filed against the company for promoting obesity. At the time of his death, the company has introduced entree salads (which according to a recent health study, had more calories than the average McDonald's hamburger) and eliminated supersize drinks & fries. It was also recently the target of a highly-acclaimed documentary expose "Super Size Me", wherein Morgan Spurlock (the director of the said film) turns himself into a human guinea pig by eating every meal in the menu of McDonald's for one month, with life-threatening consequences. This is more ironic than the fact that the original actor who played the Marlboro Man in the commercials (or was it a tobacco executive?) died of lung cancer! Morbid, isn't it?

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