Paris, November 6, 2005: McDonald's restaurant burnt and looted by suburbian rioters.
The Clown. His grinning still shows. Uncle Ronald oversees the damage done.
Insurance will pay for repair. Freedom fries have been overfried here. In a year or so, regular frying will resume. Come, children, and cry on my plastic plastered knees. -
I have a better idea: Start your own restaurant, dear local beurs, and have uncle Rashid console lonely children on his living lap. Globalization works 2 ways: Theirs, but also yours. You are in a better position to win. If you live up to the challenge.
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