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McDonald's puts clear goo in their shakes?!

That brings up all sorts of questions-- What is the "clear goo" made of? Why put it in the shakes? Is it an additive, like, did they have a clear goo machine at my local McDonalds that they used to squirt clear goo into my chocolate shake that I ordered last night??? At which point does the clear goo come in?

I'm so confused. lol

On a side note, I have never seen the Grudge. I want to, but the appearance of the child(ren) in the previews really scares me (like makes-me-want-to-cry-scared, seriously). I can't see children that deformed/maimed/weird without fr*aking out. The little girl in The Ring was frightening enough.

I finally saw 23. I was disappointed, but my husband liked it a lot. I just thought that it was going to be a different story line than what it was. The previews let me down.

I think, maybe, one of the employees has to go in the stock room, get a bottle of the clear goo and then has to pour it into the shake machine. It's used, if you can believe this, to THICKEN the shakes. I. Kid. You. Not.

I worked part-time at an ice cream place. When I made shakes it was ice cream, milk, and chocolate (strawberry, vanilla, etc.) syrup. No clear goo.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: sodie430,

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Originally posted by laleycole:
On a side note, I have never seen the Grudge. I want to, but the appearance of the child(ren) in the previews really scares me (like makes-me-want-to-cry-scared, seriously). I can't see children that deformed/maimed/weird without fr*aking out. The little girl in The Ring was frightening enough.

Aw Laley, it's OK. The one ghost that you see on the dvd box (and pretty much everywhere) is a woman. The boy is her son. They're not deformed, just blue body make-up and lots and lots of kohl eyeliner. They were, however, murdered by the woman's jealous husband (and the boy's father). They only show the murders in the director's cut.

The actress that plays Kayako, the female ghost, does this "strange" walk. Unfortunately, that's not acting. She really does walk like that.

I'm not saying that either of the two Grudge movies I saw are good, I just wanted you to know (for your peace of mind), no one is deformed. Especially children.


Oh, and Samara from The Ring? She was Lilo in Lilo and Stitch aaaand she's now playing that crazy Rhonda on Big Love.

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Originally posted by sodie430:
I think, maybe, one of the employees has to go in the stock room, get a bottle of the clear goo and then has to pour it into the shake machine. It's used, if you can believe this, to THICKEN the shakes. I. Kid. You. Not.

I worked part-time at an ice cream place. When I made shakes it was ice cream, milk, and chocolate (strawberry, vanilla, etc.) syrup. No clear goo.

That grosses me out. Ewwwwww. I always thought their shakes were a bit too thick. I can hardly s*ck them up through the straw.

<sighs> I'm soooo off topic here.

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Originally posted by sodie430:

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Originally posted by laleycole:
On a side note, I have never seen the Grudge. I want to, but the appearance of the child(ren) in the previews really scares me (like makes-me-want-to-cry-scared, seriously). I can't see children that deformed/maimed/weird without fr*aking out. The little girl in The Ring was frightening enough.

Aw Laley, it's OK. The one ghost that you see on the dvd box (and pretty much everywhere) is a woman. The boy is her son. They're not deformed, just blue body make-up and lots and lots of kohl eyeliner. They were, however, murdered by the woman's jealous husband (and the boy's father). They only show the murders in the director's cut.

The actress that plays Kayako, the female ghost, does this "strange" walk. Unfortunately, that's not acting. She really does walk like that.

I'm not saying that either of the two Grudge movies I saw are good, I just wanted you to know (for your peace of mind), no one is deformed. Especially children.


Oh, and Samara from The Ring? She was Lilo in Lilo and Stitch aaaand she's now playing that crazy Rhonda on Big Love.

Oh, they don't necessarily need to be deformed, it is just one of many things that can scare me. Weird make-up in movies scares me too. For example, when they make people look dead, etc. It can be really disturbing.

As far as the creepy/weird walk the Grudge woman does, shoot, that would throw me over the edge, y'all. Seriously. When Samara crawled out of that tv in The Ring, I nearly had to be commited. I just can't deal with stuff like that. It just does bad things to my mind.

I can watch murders and all the blood and gore you can muster, but don't have a weird walk, odd make-up, or put deformed kids in front of me. I'll go mental. <nods> lol

Um, you should stay away from The Grudge movies. For reals.

Oh, speaking of freaky things, in The Ring, when the first girl dies from watching the tape and her mother finds her in the closet, the horrified look on the daughter's face drove me to tears. How I even managed to watch that whole movie in theaters is beyond me. I think I spent most of it crying, my face buried in my mom's shirt sleeve. So embarassing.

I guess you can say the scariest movie ever for me was The Ring. I know a lot of people think it was lame, but it seriously frightened me. Everything that disturbs me was in that movie. The Ring II paled in comparison to its predecessor.

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Originally posted by sodie430:
Um, you should stay away from The Grudge movies. For reals.

Thanks for the heads up. I do appreciate it.

Aww, man! Did I miss you Sodie? Three minutes between posts...shucks.

I agree, The Ring was a scary movie. Slasher movies just don't scare me. They're gross, but not scary.
On the other hand, a ghost story? Sheesh, my heart was racing the entire time I watched The Others, which isn't even that scary to most people.
That's why, to me, The Changeling is the scariest movie ever made.

Ok, this movie isn't scary, but how great was The Prestige? I've watched that so many times, I think I need a new dvd.

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Originally posted by sodie430:
I agree, The Ring was a scary movie. Slasher movies just don't scare me. They're gross, but not scary.
On the other hand, a ghost story? Sheesh, my heart was racing the entire time I watched The Others, which isn't even that scary to most people.
That's why, to me, The Changeling is the scariest movie ever made.

The Others was a great movie. One of my favorite "horror" films, actually. I have never heard of The Changeling, though. Please expound upon that one.

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Originally posted by sodie430:
Ok, this movie isn't scary, but how great was The Prestige? I've watched that so many times, I think I need a new dvd.

My husband bought that dvd on a whim, and we both ended up really liking it. I was kind of confused about what Hugh Jackman's character was doing for his great magic trick. I don't want to give away any details to those who may not have seen it, but it was puzzling to me at first. Great movie, though.

Sorry about getting back to you so late, Laley. Do yourself and your husband a favor and rent The Changeling on or around Halloween. Don't even read the back of the DVD cover (so no spoilers!). Just watch it and enjoy. I wouldn't recommend this movie if I thought it would upset you.

So I'm going to go waaay OT. I generally only post here, on this thread, because I don't want to start a new topic. And. Seriously? I don't want to start a new topic (twenty doesn't mind, that's the way she rolls).
So...Y'all know are sister forum? You know...the members that bounce back and forth between here and there? The same one's that I thanked for posting here (Phil's Dinosaur topic?) because they're always so friendly and nice and take up the slack when the climate gets a little arid around here?
Yeah...so I've posted over there several times, and you know...funny thing is, no one responded to any of my posts. I'd leave them up there for a few days, and then hit the delete button, slinking away all embarassed like.
So someone has a topic "Hey! Welcome! Introduce yourself! We love all new peoples! What got you started liking spooky stuff?!".
So I thought "Eh, I'll post my personal spook encounters-which, the majority, I haven't even put here. With my friends. (Shame on me.) I'll copy it here, just for you:
Posted 08-27-07 02:34 AM Hide Post
Hi everyone! Some of you know me from the "Share Your Most Haunted Stories" forum. I joined during the Halloween MHL (2005) weekend, but somehow I was forgotten.
I started off with a different username, but I'll save you from that long, boring story.
Anyway, I'm from Ohio, thirties, blonde, hazel...Oh. We're not going there? Well, I have one spawn. It was a boy.
I lived in a house from four to thirteen that was part of the underground railroad so it was old, spooky, and had haints (slamming HEAVY solid wood doors shut, your feet getting "stuck" to the floor so that you were unable to move, weird faces appearing in the grain of the wood on the walls, a Silence of the Lambsesque basement that you didn't dare go into alone, a stairwell that was so scary you knew not to look up when you were running by it because a "figure" might be standing there in front of the attic.).
Aaand...an ancient cemetery behind the backyard that added just that right touch of ambience.
Then my pop and s-mom bought a newer house that came fully furnished with footsteps that didn't belong to anyone, whispering voices, something that chose to use my identity to scare the life out of my sister (and me), a staircase that was fully-equipped with a friendly little shove that would throw you down the steps, you know...all the essentials that every home should have.
I lived in an apartment when my son was a baby. It had a demon in it which liked to mess with my head and health. I was sitting on the sofa one night when it took a seat right beside me. It was crazy-scary. I went catatonic after that encounter with the foul thing.
After all that, I still can't say if I believe in ghosts. I just don't know.
But demons? Oh yeah. They're real.
Posts: 624 | Registered: 09-14-06

Heh. Haints. Very To Kill a Mockinbirdish.
So that's what I typed, just a generalized "Hey, This me and some stuff that happened." It was up for nearly a week and...what the? No one said "welcome" or "wait, you lived in a house-THAT WAS PART OF THE FREAKIN' UNDERGROUND RAILROAD?????!!!!!" I guess no real history buffs over there. (Shame on you, Shutter. I thought you would raise a hairy eyeball at that, at least.)
So, they've got this little off-topic song game that's been going since like March. So I started playing that. You know, then I wouldn't feel so icky that no one actually wants to talk to me. Oh, did I mention...Shutterhunter is a full-fledged "Wow! That was a great post, Shutter!" member of that forum? Accepted and loved by the masses. That's our boy. (Shutter, you pick up fans wherever you at! For reals.)
So, back to the song game. I started playing it(pretty much me and a HUGE Demeche Mode fan were doing it daily) and someone started a topic "Sad state of affairs... blah blah blah, the only thing anyone is doing is playing a completely irrelevant song game...blah blah blah." Okay, once again, I only started playing because no. one. ever. replied. to. my. posts.
And? ScorpioSue, the Chairman of the Boards herself, STARTED THAT TOPIC! I Know!
Which brings me to our Moderator, Ben. Remember back when he slapped us all on the wrists and said we weren't being welcoming to new members? Anybody else, besides me? Well, he did, trust me or look it up yourselves.
Anyways...Globetrekker, he don't got too may fans over there. I know a few of us hollered at him for throwing a soda at a theater screen and a couple of us were trying to guess his age, but nothing harsh. Morbius has threatened him recently with the long-arm of the law, get this, for freakin' YouTube uploads! (Bossman, I guess me and Natasgirl should just surrender to you right now.) So, Benjamin goes and puts a link to Utoob's copywrite laws and to Morbius he is all "You are correct, sir!". Oh. Bru. Ther.
And yet the fighting on that site is off the charts! And M_B lets them!
(Oh, please don't get me started on the repititious topics and posts. So. sad. And really? Super boring.)
We had some knock down, drag 'em outs here. But for reals? That member left and took her flying monkeys with her. So it's all been good.
Am I being too harsh and critical? I don't know. But I've never been made welcome there. I've seen in the past where Jeter has posted on that forum. Guess who replied to her? Zero Z. Zilchensten (same guy I got). How many times have we heard in the past "Ugh! Now I remember why I don't come over to this side!". Umm...that would be...lots. So harsh? Maybe. Do I care? Nope. Aaaand, now I'll tells ya why. (Because I am sooooo bored with that topic now.)

We all know that life is way too short, we're not promised another day...all that stuff. Big yawn, right? Welp, as swell as my year started off, and you know what I'm referring to...Ever the optimist, I thought "The years's got to end on a better note. I mean something good has to happen." Or at least could. Couldn't it? Couldn't it? (a LOT of really bad stuff happened over the spring and summer that...well too much drama, and nunya.) But get this, gentle readers, my s-mom (who already had a massive one, AND FLAT-LINED lastSeptember, keeps having heart "episodes". So I called her on a Sunday when I left work. I was headed to the grocery and was stuck in (stopped) traffic, so I thought "Call Mom". She told me she had another heart related event that weekend. She said my brother was there (I could hear him in the background talking on his cell). I know she doesn't get to see him that often, so I'm all "Well, I was just calling. I'll get off here so you can talk to Mark.". So I walk into work on Thursday, and the lady who's my "manager" is all white. I mean seriously, no blood in her face. She tells me to put my stuff down and to call my brother inlaw on his cell. This is me (imagine a mix of whiny-dread): "Is it my mom?" So I call my bil. Him: "Your mom found Mark on the floor this morning. He didn't make it." I had to be scooped off the tiles. I just dropped as soon as he told me. That was on September 13th. I'll do the math for you. That's three in eight months. We still don't have Mark's autopsy results. He would stay with my s-mom from time to time because he doesn't live near her. They were up late the night before doing the "remember when?" thing. Absolutely nothing wrong with him. Do you think Mark knew he only had a few hours left in his short life? No. He didn't.
So what does this whole post mean? Why did I post it? I don't know. Maybe so that people can read about something other than that STUPID Winchester House that seems to have leaked or oozed from the other side and is beginning to infect this forum.
And to everyone on the "Talk About the Show" forum...I kid because I love! Wait, no I don't. I really like several of the members (and you know who you are) but the rest-yeah...I'm just going to stay here. With my own little dysfunctional forum-family that likes me just the way I is.


Free the West Memphis Three!

So I'm going to go waaay OT. I generally only post here, on this thread, because I don't want to start a new topic. And. Seriously? I don't want to start a new topic (twenty doesn't mind, that's the way she rolls).
So...Y'all know our sister forum? You know...the members that bounce back and forth between here and there? The same one's that I thanked for posting here (Phil's Dinosaur topic?) because they're always so friendly and nice and take up the slack when the climate gets a little arid around here?
Yeah...so I've posted over there several times, and you know...funny thing is, no one responded to any of my posts. I'd leave them up there for a few days, and then hit the delete button, slinking away all embarassed like.
So someone has a topic "Hey! Welcome! Introduce yourself! We love all new peoples! What got you started liking spooky stuff?!".
So I thought "Eh, I'll post my personal spook encounters-which, the majority, I haven't even put here. With my friends. (Shame on me.) I'll copy it here, just for you:

Posted 08-27-07 02:34 AM Hide Post
Hi everyone! Some of you know me from the "Share Your Most Haunted Stories" forum. I joined during the Halloween MHL (2005) weekend, but somehow I was forgotten.
I started off with a different username, but I'll save you from that long, boring story.
Anyway, I'm from Ohio, thirties, blonde, hazel...Oh. We're not going there? Well, I have one spawn. It was a boy.
I lived in a house from four to thirteen that was part of the underground railroad so it was old, spooky, and had haints (slamming HEAVY solid wood doors shut, your feet getting "stuck" to the floor so that you were unable to move, weird faces appearing in the grain of the wood on the walls, a Silence of the Lambsesque basement that you didn't dare go into alone, a stairwell that was so scary you knew not to look up when you were running by it because a "figure" might be standing there in front of the attic.).
Aaand...an ancient cemetery behind the backyard that added just that right touch of ambience.
Then my pop and s-mom bought a newer house that came fully furnished with footsteps that didn't belong to anyone, whispering voices, something that chose to use my identity to scare the life out of my sister (and me), a staircase that was fully-equipped with a friendly little shove that would throw you down the steps, you know...all the essentials that every home should have.
I lived in an apartment when my son was a baby. It had a demon in it which liked to mess with my head and health. I was sitting on the sofa one night when it took a seat right beside me. It was crazy-scary. I went catatonic after that encounter with the foul thing.
After all that, I still can't say if I believe in ghosts. I just don't know.
But demons? Oh yeah. They're real.
Posts: 624 | Registered: 09-14-06

Heh. Haints. Very To Kill a Mockinbirdish.
So that's what I typed, just a generalized "Hey, This is me and some stuff that happened." It was up for nearly a week and...what the? No one said "welcome" or "wait, you lived in a house-THAT WAS PART OF THE FREAKIN' UNDERGROUND RAILROAD?????!!!!!" I guess no real history buffs over there. (Shame on you, Shutter. I thought you would raise a hairy eyeball at that, at least.)
So, they've got this little off-topic song game that's been going since like March. So I started playing that. You know, then I wouldn't feel so icky that no one actually wants to talk to me. Oh, did I mention...Shutterhunter is a full-fledged "Wow! That was a great post, Shutter!" member of that forum? Accepted and loved by the masses. That's our boy. (Shutter, you pick up fans wherever you at! For reals.)
So, back to the song game. I started playing it (pretty much me and a HUGE Demeche Mode fan were doing it daily) and someone started a topic "Sad state of affairs... blah blah blah, the only thing anyone is doing is playing a completely irrelevant song game...blah blah blah." Okay, once again, I only started playing because no. one. ever. replied. to. my. posts.
And? ScorpioSue, the Chairman of the Boards herself, STARTED THAT TOPIC! I Know!
Which brings me to our Moderator, Ben. Remember back when he slapped us all on the wrists and said we weren't being welcoming to new members? Anybody else, besides me? Well, he did, trust me or look it up yourselves.
Anyways...Globetrekker, he don't got too may fans over there. I know a few of us hollered at him for throwing a soda at a theater screen and a couple of us were trying to guess his age, but nothing harsh. Morbius has threatened him recently with the long-arm of the law, get this, for freakin' YouTube uploads! (Bossman, I guess me and Natasgirl should just surrender to you right now.) So, Benjamin goes and puts a link to Utoob's copywrite laws and to Morbius he is all "You are correct, sir!". Oh. Bru. Ther.
And yet the fighting on that site is off the charts! And M_B lets them!
(Oh, please don't get me started on the repititious topics and posts. So. sad. And really? Super boring. ZZzzzzzzz)
We had some knock down, drag 'em outs here. But for reals? That member left and took her flying monkeys with her. So it's all been good.
Am I being too harsh and critical? I don't know. But I've never been made welcome there. I've seen in the past where Jeter has posted on that forum. Guess who replied to her? Zero Z. Zilchensten (same guy I got). How many times have we heard in the past "Ugh! Now I remember why I don't come over to this side!". Umm...that would be...lots. So harsh? Maybe. Do I care? Nope. Aaaand, now I'll tells ya why. (Because I am sooooo bored with that topic now.)

We all know that life is way too short, we're not promised another day...all that stuff. Big yawn, right? Welp, as swell as my year started off, and you know what I'm referring to...Ever the optimist, I thought "The years's got to end on a better note. I mean something good has to happen." Or at least could. Couldn't it? Couldn't it? (a LOT of really bad stuff happened over the spring and summer that...well too much drama, and nunya.) But get this, gentle readers, my s-mom (who already had a massive one, AND FLAT-LINED lastSeptember, keeps having heart "episodes". So I called her on a Sunday when I left work. I was headed to the grocery and was stuck in (stopped) traffic, so I thought "Call Mom". She told me she had another heart related event that weekend. She said my brother was there (I could hear him in the background talking on his cell). I know she doesn't get to see him that often, so I'm all "Well, I was just calling. I'll get off here so you can talk to Mark.". So I walk into work on Thursday, and the lady who's my "manager" is all white. I mean seriously, no blood in her face. She tells me to put my stuff down and to call my brother inlaw on his cell. This is me (imagine a mix of whiny-dread): "Is it my mom?" So I call my bil. Him: "Your mom found Mark on the floor this morning. He didn't make it." I had to be scooped off the tiles. I just dropped as soon as he told me. That was on September 13th. I'll do the math for you. That's three in eight months. We still don't have Mark's autopsy results. He would stay with my s-mom from time to time because he doesn't live near her. They were up late the night before doing the "remember when?" thing. Absolutely nothing wrong with him. Do you think Mark knew he only had a few hours left in his short life? No. He didn't.
So what does this whole post mean? Why did I post it? I don't know. Maybe so that people can read about something other than that STUPID Winchester House that seems to have leaked or oozed from the other side and is beginning to infect this forum.
And to everyone on the "Talk About the Show" forum...I kid because I love! Wait, no I don't. I really like several of the members (and you know who you are) but the rest-yeah...I'm just going to stay here. With my own little dysfunctional family-forum that likes me just the way I is.


Free the West Memphis Three!

Frea-kay! Just trying to tidy up some little typos and I get a stern "You don't have permission to access this page. You do not have permission to edit/delete..." Heh. It's my post, with my username, using the same laptop that I haven't logged out on.

Has Anyone seen Dog Soldiers?? Great Werewolf flick, though not super scary. Most films do not scare me, course I grew up watching Texas Chainsaw Mass. (And I lived in Texas at the time.), Nightmare on Elm. St., Friday the 13th (was it me or was the cat jumping in the window the scariest part in the 2nd film???)Jaws, you know all the good stuff.

I mostly get freaked out by ghost flicks...like the original House on Haunted hill or what ever with the girl Elinor...the part when she feels someone holding her hand! *shivers* (I believe someone said on the first few pages that not seeing is the scariest thing...I agree!)

I did see the Entity and it freaked me out! Now I know I will need to rent The changeling! *wink* thanks guys!

Oh and HI everyone...I hope to be jumping on and lurking with you guys! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Ah Athena, I like you already! Seriously, you are so going to love The Changeling! There's no need to lurk, as Jeter once said "All are welcome." Geddit? Poltergeist?

So have fun here, and don't take offence at anything we type. We all fell off the Crazy Tree and hit every branch on the way down.