This mouth-shaped urinal at a Dutch Mc Donalds was removed after an american toursit made a complain to the head-office in America.
Seriously — what was Mr. McDee thinking with this move? Was this supposed to amuse kids or fuel fire to absurd adult fantasies?!
(Art makes sense in the right context. I probably wouldn’t be offended or think otherwise of these urinals at an art-gallery or even a fun-themed restaurant. But good old Mc Donalds? !)
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July 17, 2006 at 1:00 am
I beg to differ here Jinal. The qualifying word here is “Dutch” McDonald not American or Chinese or Indian McDonald.
I would have understood if they had removed it based on a complain from a Dutch person but to do it after a complain from a American is pure corporate hegemony IMHO.
One can argue here that McDonald is a “American” corporation but what kind of “multinational” is it if it cannot take a pluralistic view towards the sensibilities of another culture or country, especially the dutch who sometimes stretch their artistic liberties to border bizarreness or vulgarity. It needs to be taken in stride and should have been Inconsequential and is just a case of taking liberty to express oneself.
July 22, 2006 at 1:26 am
Hey Jinal!
Thank you for the compliments
You have a great blog yourself! But I must admit, your confession to liking Hello Kitty casts serious doubts on your claims of being 23.
Oh and if you don’t mind me asking, what sort of Branding work do you do?
July 22, 2006 at 11:32 pm
http://wakeewookoo.blogspot.com/
thought u might be interested
July 24, 2006 at 3:56 am
Hey..
Wanna let you know that your blogs were interesting. i loved reading every bit of it..
cheers
rajesh
July 26, 2006 at 1:31 pm
Hi,
dint get time to go thru all ur articless…srry..bt ya read few..nice way f presentiinng thngss..likd ut stylee..gd goin alll..the bestttt
July 27, 2006 at 2:14 am
yeah..it’s quite disgusting…thank GOD someone had the sense to complain and get it removed!
July 27, 2006 at 4:39 pm
Would someone complain against this?
http://miteshvasa.blogspot.com/2005/12/which-one-would-you-choose.html
July 28, 2006 at 3:51 am
This is in a country where you can smoke pot legally, get a prostitute legally and sign up for free heroin – you can also get unemplyment as an artists – how about other cultures being different? Does everyone have to be exactly the same? How about respect for the rights of other people in other countries? GROW UP PEOPLE! Trying to remake everyone in your image of the OC is not what everyone in this world wants.
July 28, 2006 at 7:11 am
Mc Donalds in the UK (specifically London) is really trashy.
I would complain if I saw that too.
August 1, 2006 at 8:35 am
Hi,
Great blog there! I’m from India and I just think that you’re the kind who’d love my blog! Check it out sometime…
PS: It can be addictive!
Have a great day and keep up the great work.
Cheers!
August 21, 2006 at 1:14 pm
hey it was sort of a funny thing
i wouldnt mind it if i got a chance to use it….