I know, I know, fast food is mass produced slop, produced by greedy conglomerates exploiting unskilled labour at minimum wage to entice our children in with promises of awesome toys and non-paedophilic fun with clowns, when they in fact cause heart disease, high cholesterol and an early death. Sadly, all that salt and MSG can make the stuff taste quite nice, and I believe that anything in moderation is fine. So, if you're eating in moderation and therefore eating less, aren't you sure you want to be eating the best?
With that conundrum in mind, I created this blog. I first had the idea in 2001, when I went to Chicken Cottage on Kentish Town Road and ordered a beef burger. To my surprise, it was actually quite pleasant. I wondered if people would like to read my thoughts and musings on the world of fast food, and eventually decided that they probably wouldn't. However, the seeds of this blog had been planted, and they would not rot, much like a piece of uneaten chicken left in a roof cavity at Archway Quasar for two months, then sent to me in my flat in Liverpool (that's actually true by the way (cheers Mike and Spikey!), and the chicken actually still looked edible).
What the seed needed was a trigger to grow from a foetal idea into a mighty blogging juggernaut. That trigger was Mockmaster, with his Tasks of the Week game on GRCade.com. He required us to create a blog and post for three consecutive days. With nothing better to write about, and a deadline looming, I metaphorically showered this seed with Mockmaster's water, sunlight and nutrients. Here it is, a first green shoot poking up among the detritus of the blogosphere. The alternative was a urinary diary which I would've called Weeblog (that's the level we're at kids).
After the first three posts, things will slow down a bit, for the sake of my wallet and my health. I will still endeavour to update on a regular basis. Photos will be sporadic however - I'm not taking pictures of burgers in public. Even I have a line.
Finally, a disclaimer - I say that fast food is great every once in a while, but moderation is the watchword, and I advocate regular exercise to keep healthy, otherwise your body will get really burgered! (cue badly dubbed laughing and "THUNDERTHUNDERTHUNDERTHUNDERCATS! MEEEOOOWWWW!")
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