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J. Clarke[_2_]

In article >,
says...
>
> "Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > San Francisco banned fast food restaurants from giving away toys in Happy
> > Meals, BK Kids Meal, etc. Will this make a difference, because the food is
> > still being served as usual.
>
> I doubt if it will make a difference. We don't eat much fast food but when
> Angela was little, we did buy the toys. Most places would just sell you the
> toy for a dollar or two. The Burger King here where we tried to just buy
> the toy said they could not do that and we would have to get the meal.
> Perhaps if we spoke to a manager we would have been told otherwise, but I
> didn't go in to get the toy. My dad did. He got a diet drink, threw out
> the meal and gave the toy to my daughter.
>
> Thankfully she is old enough now that she doesn't want such toys.
>
> So what I am saying is for us, while the appeal *was* the toys, it in no way
> shape or form led us to eating that crappy food.

On the other hand I remember a 26 year old PhD insisting that we go to
McDonalds to get the happy meal with the Legos, back when that was the
toy. And she did eat the food.