McDonald’s Happy Meal resists decomposition for six months

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Vladimir Lenin, King Tut and the McDonald's Happy Meal: What do they all have in common? A shocking resistance to Mother Nature's cycle of decomposition and biodegradability, apparently.

That's the disturbing point brought home by the latest project of New York City-based artist and photographer Sally Davies, who bought a McDonald's Happy Meal back in April and left it out in her kitchen to see how well it would hold up over time.

The results? "The only change that I can see is that it has become hard as a rock," Davies told the U.K. Daily Mail.

She proceeded to photograph the Happy Meal each week and posted the pictures to Flickr to record the results of her experiment. Now, just over six months later, the Happy Meal has yet to even grow mold. She told the Daily Mail that "the food is plastic to the touch and has an acrylic sheen to it."


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[I Cut]

Someone finally saw supersize me. Snore.

[SourCandy]

surprised at the bun.

[TDMVPDPOY]

surprised at the bun.

show me ur buns!!!


back to the subject, i use to have friends who worked at maccas, and they tell me after every 3 min watever is sittin in the heating tray gets thrown out...im like isnt that a waste throwing out eatable food...they change the procedure now its just cooked when ordered....but u still get that shitty crap every now and then

[The Reckoning]

well if we were impending on a major disaster where i wouldnt have refrigeration for an extended amount of time, i know what id stack up on.

[Chachachango]

I always get a stomach ache when I eat McDonalds.. I avoid at all costs.

[Ditty]

I've learned to hate the double cheese burgers, and quarter pounders yet still love the big macs, and chicken nuggets

I wish they could bring back the Mcrunchers or something like that they came out 3 years ago ,with bbq sauce and onion straws they were amazing, too bad they haven't brought them back

[ShoogarBear]

She told the Daily Mail that "the food is plastic to the touch and has an acrylic sheen to it."

Man . . . so it got better with time.