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AcilletaM
October 31, 2006 4:21 PM
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McD's wouldn't happen to be Edelman clients would they?

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Ben Popken
October 31, 2006 4:31 PM
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Nah, it seems to be JSHA.

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TortsProf
October 31, 2006 4:54 PM
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They certainly have the smell of flogs (and, um, kind of lame ones), but the fact that they're on the same server seems sort of underwhelming, since they're both BlogSpot blogs.

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Katie
October 31, 2006 5:18 PM
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The sad thing is that they never learned their lesson a few years ago, when they got caught flogging. Anyone remember the Lincoln Fry blog debacle?

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Angiol
October 31, 2006 6:03 PM
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The 4railroads flog has diabled comments; I'm really not surprised.

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something_amazing
October 31, 2006 6:04 PM
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Torts: They actually both shared images on the same image host but with only the (imageless) google cache existing its unverifiable at this point.

Also, check the source on both blogs where you'll find commented hidden gems, including Stanley's reference to Marcia's blog:

Found this blog from the 2004 Million-Dollar winner. So cool, its like training with Yoda if you can decipher the code..

Wtf? Training with Yoda? Deciphering the code?

Oh that's right, Stanley is a random internet weirdo just like you and me. We all talk like that.

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adamondi
October 31, 2006 6:18 PM
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I have a deep seated hatred for all McDonald's advertising. I especially hate the radio ads that run incessantly in my local market (\"That's French for beep\" et al.) and make me dive for the stereo in my car to change the station. It does not surprise me that the company that came up with those forms of torture would actively use flogs. I still say that anyone that advocates or runs a flog should be beaten severely.

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TortsProf
October 31, 2006 6:33 PM
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Ah - that makes sense now. Thanks for the clarification.

Some day, the PR people will hire the necessary high school student to flog well. And then we will simply have to recognize them from the fact that they sound exactly like PR people rather than only from the fact that they have PR people's tech skills.

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RumorsDaily
October 31, 2006 6:41 PM
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I was in a McDonald's yesterday and a picture of their customer service rules.

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shaunirving
October 31, 2006 8:21 PM
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Stanley's is not even a well-written PR hack job... more like something the intern came up with in 10 minutes. What trips me out are his generic likes--Star Wars and the first three hair metal bands they could come up with. And you don't have links to REAL railroad info just because that's what you're collecting. It's like a Chicago Cubs fan linking to a page of cute zoo bear pictures.

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metroxing
October 31, 2006 10:35 PM
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You would think about the debacle of the insider ripping off the game pieces, McD would leave well enough alone - or even better, drop the whole monopoly thing ...

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