In Runners World Mag. Gay said he goes to Macdonalds to eat as often as he can when in a foreign country. I understand worrying about being sick from strange food before a race. But, c'mon! Macdonald's? Is this a sponsorship for him? Do you not want to experience some foreign country's culture? Their food? Their ways of living? I would think he could become a little more wordly and take advantage of these great places he goes to.
He's competing, not sight-seeing. When in doubt, eat what you're used to eating.
He is also staying in that country several more days after the competition. You are saying you would eat at Macdonald's everyday while in Monte Carlo???
I agree with Rombus. Easting something familiar is fine when getting ready to compete. But why not take advantage of the various cultures afterwards? What will he have to tell his children in 20 years? "I ate at the Macdonald's in Berlin, it was the bomb!"?
It's obvious he is saying that because of some sponsorship deal with McDonalds, behind closed doors or otherwise.
Don't ya know bruthas don't like much outside of their culture. If a brutha can't take something and make it his, or part of his culture, he doesn't want it. For example, girls with a big booty: nobody wanted them until the bruthas said it was cool.
Now, white people on the other hand, they'll try their best to not be white. Have you ever seen a white person come back from Jamaica, they all of a sudden pick up an accent.
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Don't ya know bruthas don't like much outside of their culture. If a brutha can't take something and make it his, or part of his culture, he doesn't want it. For example, girls with a big booty: nobody wanted them until the bruthas said it was cool.
Now, white people on the other hand, they'll try their best to not be white. Have you ever seen a white person come back from Jamaica, they all of a sudden pick up an accent.
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Yes, and they have part of their hair braided. The culture agnle can be argued. I have several African American and Puerto Rican friends who prefer fast food almost everyday. The majority of these same guys do not like pizza, Italian food, or any Polish or Irish food that is meat and potatoes. I noticed the Macdonald's and Burger King commercials target minorities.
Looked on a McD's cup lately??
for some reason I can't find the "article" right now to check on this but I'm pretty sure that the mcdonald's marketing department has done their job. I'm fairly certain that when I read this "article" it was clearly a full page ad for mcdonald's and they used this page to set up an "interview" where they ask Tyson several questions and then throw in the mcdonald's q and a.
you see this all the time in magazines where a company buys a full page and then makes their ad and "article" or some sort of "breaking news".
By the way, can you tell me where this "article" is so I can find it again? I'm fairly certain that even the outline of the page has mcdonald's name, logo, and slogan on it.