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Author: AgProv

Aug 17th 2012 at 3:02:11 PM

Real life: the London Olympics, where inside the "Olympic Zone", British people were enraged to find the only permissable "food" was McDonalds and the only permissble drink was Coca-Cola. People entering the Olympic zone were searched and told to surrender non-approved foodstuffs, and refusniks or those who told the food police where to get off could be, and were, arrested.   This even applied in the run-up to the games, where contractors were infuriated to find the canteen could not sell chips (French fries) because McDonalds had vetoed it.  As chips are a staple British foodstuff, there were unseemly scenes, a lot of agression was expressed, and McDonalds representatives were repeatedly told to F*** Off. McDonalds, in this instsance, were forced to climb down.  Satirical magazine ''PrivateEye'' caught the mood with a cover showing heavily armed policemen blocking the way to the stadium, with a speech bubble saying '"Put down the can of Pepsi and nobody gets hurt"''.  The British Facebook pages for McDonalds and Coca-Cola were heavily bombed with critical comment in the run-up and during the Olympics.