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Todd Haley is the receivers coach for the Dallas Cowboys, which means, as is, his life is pretty much terrible. He also doesn't have much time to cook, since he apparently only takes his family out for McDonald's. That's bad enough, but even worse when they McSalad has a huge freaking rat in it.
The dead rodent, believed to be a juvenile roof rat, was about 6 inches long and was found on its back with its mouth opened ... He said the women didn't find the rat until taking the salad home to eat, and that a manager from the McDonald's "didn't offer any comfort" after driving to their house to see the rodent. The suit was filed after the restaurant didn't follow through on promises "to make things right," he said.
Because the image of a six-inch roofrat lying in a salad is too appetizing for us to comment on without drooling, let us instead focus on the reaction of the McDonald's manager, who's kind of in a tough spot here. First off, we're not sure what kind of comfort the manager is supposed to offer there. We mean, he did drive out to the house. What more do you people want? We're not sure there's much of anything he could have said there that would have offered much comfort. His job was pretty much just to be screamed at. We suspect he fulfilled that part of the description.
By the way, if you ever wondered how McRib's were made ... well, now you know.
Cowboys Assistant Suing McDonald's [SI.com]
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I said it last night, but it bears repeating:
The Cowboys have a "passing game coordinator"?
I believe the Ribwich is made from an animal that is now extinct, hence the limited edition runs.
I would totally eat a rat for 1.7 million.
was the rat drowned before it was placed in the salad?
The rat was placed, covertly, by T.O.
What was 6 inches of Jeff Garcia doing in a McSalad?
he obviously doesn't make any money with Dallas - hence the ol' 'rat in my food' scam
I'm already excited to see the press conference where T.O. takes credit for the rat, Parcells refuses to comment and Jerry Jones calls Haley a pussy.
Did she get the grilled rat or the McCrispy rat?
I heard the grilled is waaaaaaay healthier for you.
How many Monopoly pieces do you get with a Rat Salad?
Who eats McDonalds unless it's a completely desperate off-the-highway-and-all-other-options-squashed situation?
People purposefully GO to McDonalds to bring the food HOME to eat it? Is there nothing else within 150 miles?????
That salad was NOT what we thought it was.
Welcome to the real world, hippies!
I wonder what has better odds - lotto or findnig a dead rat in your McDonalds food? Maybe Daren Prince could sell that chance on Ebay.
Years ago, my grandma found a house key in her take-out chow mein. I'm not trying to one-up this story, but I do think it's something you needed to know about.
If anyone in the Cowboys franchise ate a rat, wouldn't that be considered cannibalism?
Isn't this how they found Nelson de la Rosa?
Years ago, my grandma found Adolf Hitler in his bunker. I'm not trying to one-up this story, but I do think it's something you needed to know about.
Rask: +1
Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, and a 6-inch roof rat on a sesame seed bun.
Also, if a 6-inch roof rat is a juvenile, how big is an adult?
Wait a second, were they taking the title of the Black Sabbath song literally?
Years ago, my Aunt Bernice found a rift in the space-time continuum and accidentally erased President Gore. I'm not trying to one-up this story, but I do think it's something you needed to know about.
Sabo's grandma was Eva Braun
The rat didn't commit suicide, it OD'd on painkillers and supplements
they didn't eat it and they didn't eat anything it touched...
what's the $1.7million for?
I was able to watch Scooter AND The War at Home without consuming alcohol, and I lived to tell the tale.
I'm not trying to one-up this story, but I do think it's something you needed to know about.
wow deadspin is broken again.
The rat was placed, covertly, by T.O.
If so, that is the first time that T.O. has done anything covertly. He doesn't take a shit without alerting the media.
+1 Greek McPapadopoulos for the Rat Salad reference.
Years ago, I invented cancer. I'm not trying to one-up this story, but I do think it's something you needed to know about. Sorry.
Years ago my grandma found a gerbil in Richard Gere. I'm not trying to one up this story, but I do think it's something you needed to know about.
Damn it I am going to forget that the McRib was even mentioned here.
That's some old-school mafia gangster shit! I agree with Critic - TO made that happen as a message to Haley.
Their whole argument was because Haley went and ratted to the media. This is like sending the Corleones a dead fish.
I actually ate rat at a "random grilled meat" restaurant in the Mekong Delta. The Vietnamese called it "water rabbit." It was surprisingly delicious.
I'll never forget driving through New Hampshire on my way to Montreal a few years ago, and passing a McDonald's with a huge banner out front that read, "LOBSTER ROLLS ARE BACK". I've always wondered where they had gone.
Manager: Oooo a rat salad! Those are chock full of....ratty goodness.
Apropos of nothing, they weren't fooling when they cast Ugly Betty.
A few days ago, I discovered that Will was covertly keeping my avatar from loading correctly. I'm not trying to one-up this story, but I do think it's something you needed to know about. You know, in case anyone wasn't aware yet.
Haley planted it himself. He needs financial stablity for his family after TO makes him quit or gets him fired.
let it go
I really hope we haven't stumbled on Deadspin's version of a Fark cliche.
What a great idea! Maybe if I CUT OFF MY OWN FINGER and put it in a cup of Wendy's Chili, I can sue for millions!
Or do you think they'll know?
well 44, every spring when a young mans thoughts turn to flights of fancy and whimsy, the majestic Lobster Rolls of New Hampshire head north to begin their ritualized mating dance.
Now those salads come in like a 4 inch circular bowl, and contain approximately 1/4 inch of actual lettuce. No way on earth anyone could miss a 6 inch rat in there when they were throwing it in the drive-thru bag.
Master Splinter, is that you?
Honcho, apparently you've never been to a McDonalds
HAHAHAHA all of you. Not one day goes by in my life that something doesn't suck that could be made better for a mill or so. Unless he's going to use the mill to build a time travel machine to go back to where he didn't get the rat I don't see what the problem is,and why he deserves anything.
That is a DISGUSTING ACT by Mcdonald's!!!
Apparently, McDonald's is test-marketing a "G. Gordon Liddy Salad."
he deserves $1trillion.
hey, what if it happens to me?
The Russian Mafia deals with rats all the time. They hire Marcus Vick.
Oh thats nothing...John Spartan has been eating rat burgers since the dawn of time.
But sadly when he's done... he still doesnt know how to use the three seashells.
Years ago I invented toothpaste. Sadly Jim Leyland doesn't use it.
---Colgate
can someone explain the three seashells to me, for years I've try to figure out how that would work
Work with TO on a daily basis or eat a McRat, thats a toss-up
I thought they invented a special container for this sorta thing, ya know, to keep the cool side separated from the rat side
Years ago, me and my kids, Will and Holly, found a dimensional portal that got us stuck in a "lost" land and we had to hide from a T. Rex, Sleestaks and Pakuni until we found a way to get back. I'm not trying to one-up this story, but I do think it's something you needed to know about.