Happy Meals

I went to lunch with Ivan today at Subway. I was waiting for him to finish his order, and I looked around to see the kids menu. Low and behold, I saw the Subway "Happy Meal" variant. What do they have as toys? CD of some show.

What ever happened to the real Happy Meals???

Remember going to McDonalds as a kid and buying a Happy meal for $2? You get a cheeseburger, small side of fries and a small drink. You get a toy, and it all comes in a cardboard box. You could play with your toy (Hot Wheels, Barbie, some other toy) while you ate. Sometimes, you could even get a special box that became a mini toy set by turning the box into a car garage or something.

Nowadays, the toys don't even come as toys. It's some kind of crappy game CD that sucks. You can't play with it while you eat unless you use it as a coaster. Has the decency of society dropped so low that a Happy Meal for kids isn't even properly accompanied with a toy?!?

Same with Burger King and all those other places. Bring back the real toys and put those CDs back where you found them. McDonalds just takes the hit because everyone knows what a Happy Meal is. $2 was the price when I was a kid. $2 can barely get you a sandwich now...........