Thousands line up for last Big Mac in Iceland

Reuters ^ | October 30, 2009 | Omar Valdimarsson

[UAConservative]

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Thousands of Icelanders lined up at McDonald's restaurants to order their last Big Macs before the U.S. fast-food chain abandons the crisis-hit island at midnight Saturday due to soaring costs.

The world's largest fast-food company said earlier this week that all three of its restaurants in Iceland, operated by franchisee Jon Ogmundsson, would shut down October 31.

The outlets have been packed since the announcement, with lines at one restaurant on the east side of the city backing up out the door and onto the street.

At lunchtime Friday the outlet's parking lot was full and staff inside were working furiously to keep up with the soaring demand.

[mylife]

LoL! I was preoccupied with something L0L

[muawiyah]

90% of this world's "lutefisk" is produced in Minnesota. Unless Iceland has a secret stash of the stuff they'd have to import that as well.

Odds are they will continue eating locally produced sheep meat.

[mylife]

Home of the Big Kipper

[mysterio]

Sounds like there’s quite a market for someone new to start a franchise there.

[mylife]

Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm...

[reg45]

Minnesota

The home of:
• Lutefisk
• Somali taxi-cab drivers who won't transport seeing eye dogs
• Al Franken
• Snow - up to your ear lobes

It just keeps getting better.

[Oatka]

About 25 years ago McDonald's apparently used Roo meat in California hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The joke at the time was “let's all hop on down to McDonald's”.

I went into a McDonald's in Chicago one time and told the clerk, "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

He just smiled knowingly.

[Batrachian]

My statement stands.

[mylife]

The Colonel sells his chicken *sses to McDonald.

So if you bite into a McDonald burger and it goes Brrrffrrt...
You know you got one of the Colonels *sses.

[mysterio]

Looks good, actually. Would like to try all of that.

[mylife]

I could live without the blubber.

[Dem Guard]

Sardines for everybody!

[mysterio]

Would be something I’d sample maybe once since I’ve never had it.

[VU4G10]

Controversial Whale Dish - Þrír Frakkar (aka Three Overcoats) Reykjavik

[dalereed]

McDonalds never made anything that came close to being food!

[papasmurf]

Not true.

[mylife]

That looks good!

[JRios1968]

[mylife]

Ya think ANY Icelanders ever ordered the Fillet~O~Fish?

[dalereed]

Doubt it, they have access to good fish!