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(BBC)   McDonald's prepares to launch McKids clothing line in Europe. Sized range from large to 4X   (news.bbc.co.uk) divider line
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meshman
2004-03-25 12:55:12 PM  
The clothing will probably taste the same as the food.
 
star_topology
2004-03-25 12:55:34 PM  
meshman
I say "better than"
 
mattyc
2004-03-25 12:55:34 PM  
ew
 
a4dzac
2004-03-25 12:55:55 PM  
McElastic
 
Lenny_da_Hog [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2004-03-25 12:57:10 PM  
That's because McDonalds, like PETA and crack dealers, know that the key to business is marketing to children.

"Give me their minds until they're five...."
 
bobbette
2004-03-25 12:57:18 PM  
The McKids range will be designed, made and distributed by Chinese firm Shanghai Longhurst.

I hear the tech people screaming "OUTSOURCING! OUTSOURCING!" in 3, 2, ....
 
raekwon
2004-03-25 12:57:36 PM  
[image from newsimg.bbc.co.uk too old to be available]

priceless.
 
jimmyego
2004-03-25 12:58:31 PM  
I commend the beeb on their inset picture. That kid should be in rehab.
 
skinink [OhFark]
2004-03-25 12:58:34 PM  
"I'm not fat I'm big boned."
"Yeah I want chessy poofs!"-
[image from newsimg.bbc.co.uk too old to be available]
 
mryoop789
2004-03-25 12:59:19 PM  
McSweatpants
McMumu
McSpandex McStirrup Pants
 
strangeffect
2004-03-25 1:00:07 PM  
look at the file name of the pictures that have already been posted. they certainly don't beat around the bush over at the Guardian.
 
Majikthise
2004-03-25 1:00:32 PM  
Gawd. Didn't work in the US at Sears from '87 to '91, why should the world buy it?

http://www.bandt.com.au/news/41/0c01be41.asp

/html indifferent
 
mryoop789
2004-03-25 1:00:32 PM  
I fail to understand how a clothing line will improve their image as a food chain.
 
jimmyego
2004-03-25 1:00:36 PM  
I can't figure it out, is that kid wearing a shirt under that basketball shirt or no? Those rolls of fat are deceptive.
 
Intercessorx
2004-03-25 1:00:43 PM  
I wonder if McDonalds understands that most people don't actually like the food. It's more a matter of convenience and laziness
 
strangeffect
2004-03-25 1:00:44 PM  
at the BBC, not the Guardian, my mistake.
 
Chyort
2004-03-25 1:01:22 PM  
Don't forget the McGarterBelt and the McGirdle
 
Almighty
2004-03-25 1:01:32 PM  
I thought they already had McKids clothes. I know for a fact that they've had McKids shoes for quite a while now, they're the only half-decent looking shoes you can get for babies and toddlers at Wal-Mart.
 
snuggysnuggy
2004-03-25 1:01:55 PM  
this is scary? more like idiotic !!!

later on we will be spending money on these bastards runing around in too tight mcteeshirts paying for their medical bills.
Why cant ppl use some common sense of keeping your body at least some what healthy?
 
Lou_Natic
2004-03-25 1:01:58 PM  
Ah yes...nothing says style like a baby-doll shirt with a McGriddle on the front.
 
Purple_Jack
2004-03-25 1:02:18 PM  
Those kids' parents deserve to be flayed across the back of a gun-carriage.
 
lipperkowski
2004-03-25 1:02:18 PM  
I used to have some McKids clothes back in the day...
 
DerangedHermit
2004-03-25 1:02:31 PM  
[image from newsimg.bbc.co.uk too old to be available]

I didn't know the Michelin Man had a son.
 
chromo21
2004-03-25 1:02:38 PM  
boy we really are doing our best to piss the rest of the world off aren't we?
 
RepRev
2004-03-25 1:02:51 PM  
That picture is called "_39964441_mckidsfatty203.jpg"

BBC I love you.
 
cnamon
2004-03-25 1:04:29 PM  
McFat Kids...priceless!

DerangedHermit...you beat me to that comment!
 
llarken
2004-03-25 1:07:07 PM  
There already is a McKids lines of clothes. Most of the infant baby clothes in Walmart are either Carters or McKids.

Some of the newborn stuff isn't too shoddy of quality, but anything beyond 6-12 months dissolves into typical walmart garment crap.

I think maybe whatever slave labor they have making them just may enjoy sewing the 'itty bitty widdle' clothing more or something.
 
edsev
2004-03-25 1:09:04 PM  
Exporting McDonalds clothing...

And they say we have no culture!

That'll show 'em.
 
jcblack
2004-03-25 1:10:06 PM  
Chromo21, what's wrong with you? Why do people think that every business and part of American culture that extends past US borders has a negative impact on the rest of the world? Or that it is seen as some attack against everyone else?

I guess this will sound ethnocentric, but I wish sometimes that we could see what the world would be like without American capitalism and entrepreneurs.

If McKid's clothing fails, it fails. If people buy it, so be it.
 
joestinkpants
2004-03-25 1:10:29 PM  
"Let's see, 3 pairs of McKids boys pants...you want flies with that?"
 
webmasterzero
2004-03-25 1:10:32 PM  
[image from newsimg.bbc.co.uk too old to be available]

Are you gonna eat that? (points to parents arm).

--WMZ
 
farker_diego
2004-03-25 1:13:43 PM  
Someone (can't remember who) actually gave my daughter some piece of clothing from McKids as a baby gift in February. I thought they were already on the market. That clothing will be re-gifted to someone else's kid.
 
kreskin
2004-03-25 1:14:30 PM  
Can someone post that picture of the three babies wearing the McDonalds french fry outfits. I saw it here a few weeks ago. Thanks!
 
cheeze5
2004-03-25 1:16:47 PM  
Walmart sells the stuff!!! It has to be evil
 
Intercessorx
2004-03-25 1:18:06 PM  
WalMart rejoices
 
gitarkid
2004-03-25 1:19:18 PM  
the source on the picture on the news site is kids mcfatty! LOL
 
Intercessorx
2004-03-25 1:19:35 PM  
Cheeze Beat me to it
 
Fra_dat_da
2004-03-25 1:20:22 PM  
Hey, is that shipment of McLederhosen gonna be here in time for the Oktoberfast rush?
 
elbandito
2004-03-25 1:20:42 PM  
The BBC has used that same pic of the fat kid numerous times in McDonalds stories as well as general health stories. They must like him.
 
Jack31081
2004-03-25 1:20:50 PM  
Wait a minute.

Are you telling me that we've got an article about McClothes and no one's made a 'Super-Size' crack yet?

/shocked and appalled
 
SpaceAmoeba
2004-03-25 1:23:50 PM  
Quorn?
 
TheRealist
2004-03-25 1:27:36 PM  
I have become quite jaded when it comes to humor, but that headline is friggin hilarious. hats off
 
ProgrammerCat
2004-03-25 1:30:30 PM  
Anybody who feeds their kid a steady diet of McDonalds products, or clothes their kid in McKids clothing, is a shiatty parent.
 
wickedMule
2004-03-25 1:31:31 PM  
[image from newsimg.bbc.co.uk too old to be available]

"Know what they call a quarterpounder in France? Mine!"
 
MegaDethHead
2004-03-25 1:32:09 PM  
That's the best pic in an article EVER.
 
nutt_case
2004-03-25 1:32:42 PM  
I can't wait to see the fatasses in McThongs.
 
msubizkit4
2004-03-25 1:36:46 PM  
They need to stick to the knitting (no pun intended). Didn't they learn when they bought that one fast food chain and had to sell it back?
 
well_stressed_mamma
2004-03-25 1:39:39 PM  
A lot of McKids clothes are actually quite cute (the girl clothes anyway) and despite what anyone says, the quality is better on a lot of them than some other resonable priced brands. In fact, I would pick McKids over Gymboree any day (I despise the overpriced, low quality, instant fade Gymboree clothes). I guess if everyone could afford to pay $60 and up for every outfit their child plays in McKids wouldn't exist, but a lot of people can't.
 
Cointelpro
2004-03-25 1:45:00 PM  
It's no surprise that McDonald's is eliminating their Super Size line, considering that the kid looks like he is 8 years old and eating adult-sized portions. Maybe he would not be so morbidly obese if his parents would feed him a Happy Meal.

Duh, I just realized the photo is from a Tokyo McDonald's and the youths pictured are in training to be sumo wrestlers.
 
Eagan469
2004-03-25 1:56:37 PM  
[image from chameleonsden.com too old to be available]

Best.Game.Ever
 
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