Twitter
was all … well … a-twitter last week when it came out that new Oklahoma Gov.
Mary Fallin would be celebrating with a special pre-inauguration family event
at Science Museum Oklahoma. Nothing wrong there. Except the food she’d be
serving to all the girls and boys, according to her inauguration website, was
McDonald’s.
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:
0in”>Twitter
was enraged. Using the #McFallin hashtag, local Tweeps shared their thoughts on
Fallin choosing burgers and fries — and not even burgers and fries from a
locally owned company — for her family event.
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:
0in”>“I’d
like to thank #McFallin for showing Oklahomans that we can laugh in the face of
childhood obesity,” wrote @D4M10N, in what we assume was a display of sarcasm.
And @MyJRNY came up with this zinger: “#McFallin is already McFailin.”
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:
0in”>It
even spawned a stunt @marymcfallin account. Our favorite so far:
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:
0in”>“Called
Mick Cornett’s office and asked to speak with Mayor McCheese. They hung up on
me. No sense of humor.”
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:
0in”>Oh,
Twitter, how quick to angry humor you are. Either way, Fallin still served up
McDonald’s at her Saturday event. But Chicken- Fried News has to ask: What
about Sonic?
This article appears in Jan 5-11, 2011.