What BBN said on air. Comedy, with fictional anchors.
Kenji MoonfieldA federal judge in Chicago just let a lawsuit over what's actually in the McRib go forward, and I have a man on the line who knows labels.
Kenji MoonfieldWalter, thanks for taking the call.
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Walter Boudreaux SzymanskiHappy to be here, Kenji. They gave me twelve minutes on the phone, and I'm spending them on pork.
Kenji MoonfieldSo the suit says the McRib has pork shoulder, heart, tripe and stomach in it, not rib meat. McDonald's says that's meritless.
Kenji MoonfieldIs that a fair fight?
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Walter Boudreaux SzymanskiNo, and here's why.
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Walter Boudreaux SzymanskiAllegedly, I once moved four hundred pounds of mystery trim out of a freezer in Bridgeport, and I can tell you nobody's ever asked a shoulder where it's from.
Kenji MoonfieldAllegedly. Okay. McDonald's says the patty has no hearts, no tripe, and no scalded stomach. Scalded stomach. Who writes that?
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Walter Boudreaux SzymanskiSomebody who read the full list first. You don't deny scalded unless you've been in the room where the scalding was discussed.
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Walter Boudreaux SzymanskiI've been in that room. Allegedly.
Kenji MoonfieldTheir denial sounds like it was researched at two in the morning.
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Walter Boudreaux SzymanskiRight. And the judge, April Perry, said a seven dollar sandwich shouldn't make you research which cut of pork you're buying. I've researched.
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Walter Boudreaux SzymanskiThis spork has seen things.
Kenji MoonfieldOne survey in the filing found seventy-two percent of people expected rib meat. Is that a crime or just reading the name?
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Walter Boudreaux SzymanskiReading the name. The judge said the rib-shaped marketing could support a claim of intent to defraud, though they need more proof.
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Walter Boudreaux SzymanskiWhich is the same thing my lawyer said about the freezer in Bridgeport.
Kenji MoonfieldThe sandwich has been around since nineteen eighty-one. That's forty-five years of people trusting a shape.
