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Jessica Palmer is a biologist & artist currently based in Washington, DC. She spent the last few years teaching at a small state college out West, and now plays with science policy. Her homepage includes the bioephemera archives & a gallery of her work.
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Category: Frivolity
Posted on: July 15, 2008 1:04 PM, by Jessica Palmer
Leo Burnett Agency/Prop Art Studio, MMT
This Chicago McDonald's has a giant egg billboard that cracks open to indicate they're serving breakfast (the yolk inside says "fresh eggs daily") then closes up again at lunch. How cool is that?
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Comments
Cool, in a gimmicky kind of way. Now if only they would take some of those marketing dollars and buy food that tastes good, I bet they could really up their sales.
Posted by: Tophe | July 15, 2008 3:22 PM
Actually, I enjoy eating at McDonald's once or twice a year. It doesn't taste anything like real food, but it's comforting and nostalgic. I had chicken McNuggets a few weeks ago for the first time in at least ten years. That was a true guilty pleasure. But ever since they stopped using beef fat for the fries, they just aren't the same.
Posted by: Jessica Palmer | July 15, 2008 3:59 PM
"This is your McDonald's on Drugs. Any Questions?"
Posted by: Joe Shelby | July 15, 2008 9:15 PM
Someday a giant, robot chicken will emerge from that egg and destroy them all. Mark my words.
Posted by: michael | July 16, 2008 3:14 AM
michael, I hope you're right.
Posted by: Jessica Palmer | July 16, 2008 10:57 AM
Michael - then this will finally prove that it was the egg which came first, right?!
Posted by: Ian | July 18, 2008 9:04 AM