Saturday, May 14, 2005
Saturday Afternoon
We met our American friends Jeremy and Mary Ellen and their three children at Holland Park this afternoon. We had a great time together, indulged in a globalized, mass-produced, over-processed lunch at McDonald's that was very satisfying to our tongues and brains, if not to our hearts and colons. Talking about our shared experiences and reactions to moving to London and attempting to begin ministries here was really good. It's good to be with people who know you.
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Have you seen "Super Size Me"? It will want you to eat at McDonalds all the time.
To defend Dan's choice of food, his missionary budget (based on the American dollar no less) and two young daughters love of McDonalds usually drives their choice.
But Dan, if you do see "Super Size Me", you just may decide to feed your kids more cabbage or meat pie instead.
There's this professor at Eastern (here in PA) who went on an all McDonald's diet just like the guy in the movie did. He exercised everyday and chose decent food items from the menu. HE LOST WEIGHT...He was healthier than he had been before he started the McD's fest. It just goes to show you, you can manipulate anything and shift blame on anyone. Each person is responsible for they put into their body and how much.
GS
I did see Super Size Me about two weeks ago. It made me nauseous and hungry at the same time. It also made us stop our tradition of eating at McDonalds on Friday afternoons after Moms and Tots. So it was a real stretch for me to go back to McD's on Saturday.
Let the record stand. Other said missionary type physically forced Dan and Somer, on pain of immediately being swept up in a tornado, to scarf said big macs down their gullets.
They were being kind to us, coming down to our level, living incarnationally and somehow managed a smile or two as the processed mystery meat dropped in lumps down into their stomachs. The stomachs, it must be said, had only known tofu with tahini and raw carrots for weeks, so the shock was visible. Jodie's trip to the potty was a meager excuse for the Roman cleansing that followed the meal.
They are justified now, free to reindulge in that harmony bowl they missed by spending time with us.
Shanti, shanti, shanti,
Jeremy
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