Saturday, December 22, 2007

Turkey, Mashed Potato and Baked bean McFlurry

I invented a road-game a few years back called "Invent the most disgusting McFlurry Flavor" which, for some reason doesn't seem to have caught-on farther than my group of friends. Sure sure, I couldn't do the board game version of it without permission from McDonalds, but you would still expect to overhear people playing it on the bus or in line at McDonalds.

The rules are simple and somewhat flexible and there are two variations:

Variation One: Invent the most disgusting sounding McFlurry flavor using only ingredients found on the menu at McDonalds. This game is best with more than two players, as there is no scoring, just a vote. Multiple entries are encouraged, and players may pick the best of their own inventions for the final vote.
  1. McFlurry flavors already on the menu, while possibly disgusting, are not typically considered fair game.
  2. Entries that cause other players to actually retch automatically win that round.
  3. Always remember that the flavors mentioned will be blended into the base soft ice-cream.
  4. All items from the McDonalds menu past and present are available ingredients (e.g. McRibs and McPattyMelt)
  5. A minor variation to Variation One is to allow both items from the McDonalds menu and things you suspect are also in the kitchen.
Variation Two: All of the same rules from Variation One, excepting that any food item eaten in the last 3 months by any player may be used. Variation Two is not generally considered a sporting version of the game, and will doubtless not be considered for the Olympic approved version of this game.

My original entry of "Sausage Biscuit with Cheese McFlurry" still stands out as a classic, but MANY entries using minor variation #5 have propelled players to fame and glory (e.g. greasy fry-cook hair and McEgg McFlurry, from the Bainbridge games in '04)

I think you can all see where this is going. I expect that McDonalds and Hasbro have held back out of courtesy to my copyright, so I've decided that Christmas 2007 will be the last one in which children everywhere are not given the opportunity to make their parents ill by just playing a simple game. I'm officially and publicly placing the McFlurry game into the public domain so that people everywhere can savor the thrill of competition, the joy of victory over hale and hardy opponents as each of you describe the most horrifying ice-cream and McCrud you can imagine. Your imagination is only limited by the glowing reader board at your nearest McDonalds!

In addition, I'm establishing a fund to pay real money to the first person to get their game winning entry added to the real McDonalds menu. It can't be any worse than what's already on there.

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