Day 123 - 09 May 95 - Page 48


     
     1   Q.   I just read somewhere he had been quoted as saying that he
     2        maintained it was possible to get addicted to hamburgers,
     3        and that it gets so that your blood turns into ketchup, or
     4        something like that.  Have you heard him saying anything
     5        like that?
     6        A.  Well, I will tell you this, I have used the phrase
     7        before and it has to do with McDonald's culture.  I think
     8        that the business is almost magical to some of us, in the
     9        sense that you are so motivated, so involved in working
    10        with the different aspects of McDonald's, that we have
    11        often used the phrase, many of us old-timers -- and I
    12        characterise myself, my Lord, as an old-timer -- that if
    13        you were to cut us, you know, we would probably ---
    14
    15   Q.   Bleed ketchup?
    16        A. --  bleed ketchup, yes.
    17
    18   Q.   But in terms of the other part, I think he said something
    19        like he could eat hamburgers three times a day, and that,
    20        you know, he maintained you could get addicted to
    21        hamburgers in those terms of eating them, as opposed to
    22        working in the business?
    23        A.  I do not know about, you know, addicted.
    24
    25   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you know if he ever said anything like
    26        that, first of all.
    27        A.  No, the only thing I can say is that I know he is quite
    28        fond of hamburgers, as a number of us, you know, happen to
    29        be.
    30
    31   MS. STEEL:   So it is a sort of thing that people like you and
    32        him that are particularly fond of hamburgers, they might
    33        say that kind of thing?
    34        A.  Yes.  He might say something like that.  He might have
    35        said it, but I cannot confirm it.
    36
    37   Q.   Is that what you feel about hamburgers, that you could get
    38        addicted to them?
    39        A.  Well, I do not consider myself, you know, addicted to
    40        anything, frankly; but I enjoy a good hamburger, and
    41        I think McDonald's serves a great hamburger.  I certainly
    42        recommend it to anyone.  I know that we use nothing but the
    43        best quality ingredients.  It is 100 per cent beef.  So,
    44        I very strongly recommend, if you want to hamburger
    45        I strongly recommend going to McDonald's.  I know exactly
    46        what you are going to get.  No matter where you go in the
    47        world, I know you can count on what you get at McDonald's.
    48
    49   Q.   But, in terms of enjoying a good hamburger, would you say
    50        that you might get a craving for one from time to time. 
    51        A.  I certainly get a craving for McDonald's hamburger or 
    52        french fries from time to time, certainly. 
    53
    54   MR. MORRIS:  Something you may know nothing about it, but you
    55        might do.  About hyperactivity, concerns about
    56        hyperactivity in children?
    57        A.  What is the word again?
    58
    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Hyperactivity.
    60        A.  Hyperactivity.

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