Favorite things

One of my favorite things in the world is a McDonalds Happy Meal. I've just read an article about them, and how McDonalds is working to make them healthier. Why must they do this? For me the Happy Meal was perfect. Well the cheeseburger one with a Sprite, that is the perfect one. For me it is the perfect snack. It used to come in a special cardboard box, usually red with a carrying flap at the top in the shape of the golden arches, but those are becoming increasing more difficult to find.
I get the cheeseburger one, even though the tasteless beef patty is in-between two cardboard buns with some catchup and mustard and a few very thin pickles and some onion bits if you are lucky. The bun really overwhelms the rest of the burger, but that isn't the fault of the bun, it's because the rest of the burger is so small.
The fries are in a very small package, which McDonalds plans to make even smaller, and you will normally find just as many fries at the bottom of the bag as you will in the small fry bag. I do not chalk this up to sloppiness of the employees of the establishment, but to the charm of the meal.
The soda is also something that I really do enjoy. It is enough to fill my craving for sodas each day, but not so much for me to have gone overboard. Think moderation. It also has a wonderful waxed cardboard taste from the cup that it becomes less appealing to have any more that the one small cup.
The toys are also something spectacular in themselves. Inside McDonalds they have displays set up of the toys they put in the happy meals, sometimes free standing and sometimes against walls near the register. I smile to myself when I get a toy that is not on the wall. They are usually left overs from the previous round of toys, but every so often there is a toy that has seemingly nothing to do with anything on the wall or that was in the move theater four months ago.

All those things put together do put a smile on my face, one of the measures that I am happy.