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GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts) Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:10 PM Jul 2015

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Cursing Happy Meal Minions Toys -- "WTF?" Were they thinking...

McDonald's says this is Minionese gibberish and not what it sounds like:

Parental outraged covered by USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2015/07/10/29966471/

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Cursing Happy Meal Minions Toys -- "WTF?" Were they thinking... (Original Post) GreatGazoo Jul 2015 OP

Lol. I had no use for these or the movie 'till I heard this. n/t jtuck004 Jul 2015 #1

Not quite as audible as I would like... Kalidurga Jul 2015 #2

Play it back at .5 speed and it is much more clear - wow. GreatGazoo Jul 2015 #6

As I said a couple of days ago when this first came up... TreasonousBastard Jul 2015 #3

What the fuck is he hitting that little yellow guy in the head for? WTF indeed. Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #4

He is hitting because it is a little potty mouth! GreatGazoo Jul 2015 #7

Is it just me? passiveporcupine Jul 2015 #5

The first thing sounds like "Not again" or nonsense "Bod-agin" but the 2nd one GreatGazoo Jul 2015 #8

OK, I can hear that now passiveporcupine Jul 2015 #9

I played it backwards teach1st Jul 2015 #10

so it is half right GreatGazoo Jul 2015 #11

Be worth owning it for that alone rpannier Jul 2015 #18

Sounds to me like "Gotta' have a dick" BlueJazz Jul 2015 #12

Those that hear what they want to hear in random noises hobbit709 Jul 2015 #13

Yup. Ineeda Jul 2015 #15

I hear it. eggplant Jul 2015 #14

"The phrases said by this toy are 'para la bukay,' 'hahaha,' and 'eh eh,'" McDonald's said. GreatGazoo Jul 2015 #16

well atleast it doesn't say "islam is the light" Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2015 #17

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)

1. Lol. I had no use for these or the movie 'till I heard this. n/t

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:15 PM

Jul 2015

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

2. Not quite as audible as I would like...

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:16 PM

Jul 2015

still works for me though. I am gonna get one.

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)

6. Play it back at .5 speed and it is much more clear - wow.

Reply to Kalidurga (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:32 PM

Jul 2015

Click the gear icon "settings", lower right, in the YouTube player and choose Speed: .5

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

3. As I said a couple of days ago when this first came up...

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:21 PM

Jul 2015

absolutely brilliant marketing to get happy meal sales back up.

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)

4. What the fuck is he hitting that little yellow guy in the head for? WTF indeed.

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:23 PM

Jul 2015

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)

7. He is hitting because it is a little potty mouth!

Reply to Ed Suspicious (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:33 PM

Jul 2015

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)

5. Is it just me?

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:29 PM

Jul 2015

I don't hear any swear words.

Sounds like it is saying "badabadeh" "eh eh" to me.

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)

8. The first thing sounds like "Not again" or nonsense "Bod-agin" but the 2nd one

Reply to passiveporcupine (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:36 PM

Jul 2015

tone of voice and all sounds only like "WTF"

Try slowing it down to half speed (see post 6 for instructs).

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)

9. OK, I can hear that now

Reply to GreatGazoo (Reply #8)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:49 PM

Jul 2015

But I had to be listening for it to make it sound like that.

teach1st

(5,935 posts)

10. I played it backwards

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:51 PM

Jul 2015

I played it backwards. It says "Paul is Dead" and then "Trump is the Anti-Christ."

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)

11. so it is half right

Reply to teach1st (Reply #10)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:55 PM

Jul 2015

rpannier

(24,330 posts)

18. Be worth owning it for that alone

Reply to teach1st (Reply #10)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 11:43 PM

Jul 2015

If it were only true
It'd be the sound my car's horn would make

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

12. Sounds to me like "Gotta' have a dick"

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:56 PM

Jul 2015

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

13. Those that hear what they want to hear in random noises

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 05:28 PM

Jul 2015

are pretty much like the ones that see what they want to see in a burnt tortilla.

Ineeda

(3,626 posts)

15. Yup.

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #13)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 06:03 PM

Jul 2015

Outrage or deification, dependent on the mindset and/or expectations.

eggplant

(3,912 posts)

14. I hear it.

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 05:29 PM

Jul 2015

"God damn" and "what the fuck".

Maybe it's just me.

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)

16. "The phrases said by this toy are 'para la bukay,' 'hahaha,' and 'eh eh,'" McDonald's said.

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 06:18 PM

Jul 2015

Even I stick with gibberish guesses I wouldn't have guessed close to any of those.

To be clear, it can't actually be saying "WTF" but it is too close for comfort on an item to go into a HAppy Meal.

Still doesn't beat my favorite kid's meal bad idea -- Burger King's Chicken Nuggets were pressed into the shape of the RugRats (human babies) for 4-week movie promotion in the late 90s.

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)

17. well atleast it doesn't say "islam is the light"

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 11:37 PM

Jul 2015

https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Islam_Is_The_Light

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