April 10, 2008
Rooftop Ronald Wasn't Stolen; Endorses Obama
The owners of the rooftop Ronald McDonald have stepped forward! We received the following email today from one of them (Ali), telling us:
That's my apartment featured in your Ronald McDonald story; it actually was not stolen; my roommate [Michael] saved it from McDonald's garbage one night and then lugged it up five flights of stairs. He's a hero if you ask me.Ronald used to reside near a piano inside the McDonald's but was dumped in the trash by the powers that be behind the Golden Arches. He's got a new lease on life now, thanks to his upstairs guardian angels, and for about a month he's been sittin' pretty on the $6K patio furniture (fact).
When asked how visitors reacted to, let's face it -- the sort of creepy hybrid of clown and Richard Simmons that is Ronald McDonald, they told us, "most are surprised," and "all are confused as to why a couple of 30-somethings still sometimes behave like adolescent children."
While not basking in the sun and entertaining bored cubicle dwellers in the Hearst building across the street, Ronald likes to play Wii -- though Ali admits he isn't very good, noting: "I've been trying to teach Ronald Guitar Rock Hero, but I've discovered he sucks at Wii." And yes, we're told that Ronnie (as his guardians call him) supports Barack Obama.
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$6000 outdoor furniture? That's a joke, right?
"all are confused as to why a couple of 30-somethings still sometimes behave like adolescent children."
You see, now that's what makes me smile about New Yorkers :)
Good Stuff.
The manager threw that out? Amazing. Somewhere, some schmuck would pay a mint for that.
I don't believe any part of that.
I know that McDonald's on Eighth Avenue... I remember exactly where the R. McD. figure used to sit near the piano. There's a black baby grand inside, and in the mornings sometimes a pianist in black tie would be playing, which I always thought a bit incongruous.
Wow, $6000.
You just can't believe anything you see anymore.
Maybe a crane will come down on this bullshit and Ronald McDonald will mysteriously turn up in Staten Island.
What are they trying to say? That Obama supporters are a bunch of clowns?