Posted on 04/28/2022 12:27:56 PM PDT by Red Badger
A husband and wife in Crystal Lake, Illinois, were recently renovating their home when they unearthed something deliciously strange inside one of the bathroom walls: a pair of balled-up McDonald’s hamburger wrappers and a remarkably well-preserved bag of McDonald’s french fries.
The unusual discovery is now causing quite a stir on social media. The food’s wrappers are without McDonald’s famous golden arches and emblazoned with the 1950s McDonald’s mascot, Speedee, a predecessor of Ronald McDonald.
The antiquated packaging can only mean one thing. The leftover fries — which homeowner Rob Jones declared “still perfectly crispy” — are extremely old. In fact, they may be 63 years old.
In a social media post about his family’s discovery, Rob Jones noted that one of the original McDonald’s locations is located just about a half-mile from his home. His story checks out. According to NBC News, Chamber of Commerce records show that an early McDonald’s opened in the area in 1959, the same year the Jones’ house was built.
It seems a construction worker may have purchased the burgers and fries, then costing 15 cents and 10 cents, respectively, and forgot to dispose of them before closing up a wall.
from mildlyinteresting
Commenters on social media celebrated the finding, branding Jones an archaeologist and the new record-holder for “oldest McD’s found in walls.”
But Rob and his wife, Grace Jones, who have children ages 2 and 5, said they were just thankful it was only fast food — and not something more sinister.
“We were expecting the worst. We were both like, ‘Oh, my gosh, we’re going to be unveiling a cold case here,’” Grace told NBC News on Wednesday, laughing. “I was shielding my kids in case there was any dried blood.”
“Not a cold case, just some cold fries,” she said, relieved. “They were very well preserved.”
Rob Jones confirmed to Newsweek that he made the discovery while adding a built-in toilet paper holder to his bathroom. To do so, he had to cut out a small portion of the wall. That’s when he noticed a “piece of cloth stuck behind plaster” and pulled it out to show his wife.
“It was balled up and we could tell there was something else inside,” he recalled. “When we unwrapped it and found the old McDonald’s bag and fries we were very surprised and grateful that is all we found hidden.”
Well ...
What did they taste like?
Watched the movie Kroc. It explains well how McDonaldis basically real estate rental for loitering more than a food place. They sell notfoods using actors playing cashier (Ronald). It basically pays real eatate mortgage. McDonald is nearly a bank.
63... It hasn't really even started yet...
The preservatives are so resilient they would pop out as nasty zits on my nose. Ended up getting nose skin cancer later in life because of it.
I had not eaten there in a long time and will never eat their food ever again.
63 is the new 40
Clint has taught us....... don’t let the old man in. He produced and starred in his own movie at 87
“The life expectancy for a 63 years old man is 21 years and 6 months. So a man at this age can live until 84 years and 6 months.”
The life expectancy for a 84 years old woman is 9 years and 8 months. So a woman at this age can live until 93 years and 8 months. Note: These values are for information purposes only.
Remember when Teenie Beanies were prizes inside Happy Meals? My then 80+ year father volunteered to wait in line at McDonalds to purchase several meals at a time in different towns for his adult daughter.
Her dogs were the recipients of MANY McDonald cheese burgers. At first they gulped them down. But towards the end of the promotion, they'd just sniff them and walk away. Dad referred to them as "Crappy Meals".
I’m 67. Doesn’t make ME feel any younger!🙄
I’m 89…..you are just a kid.
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Yikes. We found nearly the exact same thing in a kitchen island of a 2000 build home in Colorado that we flipped last year. Frickin lazy azz original builder crews.
“Interesting texture....”
Pizzas come in a close second.
Inside a wall for 63 years and even the roaches wouldn’t eat them.
That should tell you everything you need to know if you ever think about putting that mickey d garbage into your own body.
You are an anti Mcdonalds bigot who missed the obvious. There were no roaches present to eat the fry
McDonalds is good food
There is a gym in The Colony Texas that has a McDonald’s quarter pounder and cheese plus fries in a display case, unrefrigerated with the receipt from its date of purchase which is now so faded that had to label the date. It’s older than ten years the burger and fries look like the day they were made not a spot of mold or fungus. That’s how much salt and preservatives are in those products I won’t call them food as neither has ever touched my body.
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