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Started by SSOWorld, October 12, 2024, 10:12:13 AM

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What the Quarter Pounder with Cheese (and its variants) is called in France


(own photo taken at a McDonalds at Gare Saint Lazare in Paris this year.)

What can the metric system do to business practices. :bigass:
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280 grams is approximately 5/8 pound.
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Can you get fries with mayo and a (real) glass of beer there?

mgk920

I recall that for many years McD's has marketed it it as the 'Royale' in Europe due to a 'pound' being nothing more than a peculiar unit of British money to most Europeans. As for their availability of beer there, The EU (et al) is nowhere near as wigged out over beverage alcohol as is the USA ([regardless of age] "Wanna go for a beer?" - "sure [hohum]") and in fact in Germany, beer is regarded as a food item.  In countries that even have a minimum legal 'drinking age', it is younger than here in the USA and enforcement is a very low priority - instead they go after those who misbehave while drunk.

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I was hoping for some sort of crossover between The Thing and Pulp Fiction.

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Quote from: SSOWorld on October 12, 2024, 10:12:13 AMWhat the Quarter Pounder with Cheese (and its variants) is called in France

Quote from: mgk920 on October 12, 2024, 11:22:59 AMI recall that for many years McD's has marketed it it as the 'Royale' in Europe due to a 'pound' being nothing more than a peculiar unit of British money to most Europeans.

Now that I think about it, in France at least, une livre is a common informal unit of weight with a value of half a kilogram (as opposed to un livre, masculine, which is a book). So, if you told some French people that something weighed "le quart d'une livre," they would probably understand.
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They are called Royales in Germany. A Big Mac is a Big Mäc (with an umlaut). And there is beer, but they are in cans.

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Brandon

Quote from: CtrlAltDel on October 12, 2024, 11:40:02 AM
Quote from: SSOWorld on October 12, 2024, 10:12:13 AMWhat the Quarter Pounder with Cheese (and its variants) is called in France

Quote from: mgk920 on October 12, 2024, 11:22:59 AMI recall that for many years McD's has marketed it it as the 'Royale' in Europe due to a 'pound' being nothing more than a peculiar unit of British money to most Europeans.

Now that I think about it, in France at least, une livre is a common informal unit of weight with a value of half a kilogram (as opposed to un livre, masculine, which is a book). So, if you told some French people that something weighed "le quart d'une livre," they would probably understand.

The Quarter Pounder is actually called that in Quebec, "Le Quart de Livre".  In Mexico and Spain (interestingly enough), it's "El Cuarto de Libra".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_Pounder
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hotdogPi

Wait, so what is this "280"? I thought that's what the OP was referring to, hence reply #1 in this thread.
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MA 22, 35, 40, 53, 107, 109, 126, 141, 159
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Lowest untraveled: 36

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Quote from: SSOWorld on October 12, 2024, 10:12:13 AMWhat the Quarter Pounder with Cheese (and its variants) is called in France


(own photo taken at a McDonalds at Gare Saint Lazare in Paris this year.)

What can the metric system do to business practices. :bigass:


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