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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. A Seminole County family contacted Channel 9 after the Minion toy they got from a McDonald's happy meal sounded like it was speaking profanity.
The popular Minion character originated from the movie "Despicable Me" and a toy version that talks comes with McDonald's happy meals.
But when grandparent Bradley Merten ordered a happy meal from a Longwood McDonald's, he was shocked to hear the Minion toy saying what he believes is profanity.
More, including video at: http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/grandparent-says-mcdonalds-minion-toy-speaks-profa/nms9B/
WTF????
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Ya paid for a despicable toy, ya gots a despicable toy...
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I have no idea what a Minion is supposed to sound like! hahaha
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)(ok so it's spelled differently but sounds the same): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minyan
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)way different meaning! LOL
2theleft
(1,136 posts)She brought it in today and said, "what do you think this thing is saying????". I said, he is saying "WTF". She pushed the button again..."I'll be damned"... I was cracking up!
- I can't watch the video for some reason it's blocked on my laptop. Did the video play what the minion said? It was seriously funny at work today. We all had a good chuckle over it and will be using it for our office mascot.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)(they bleeped over what the toy said)
2theleft
(1,136 posts)had a TOTAL potty mouth.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)If you click on the smaller one in that article, you can hear it. It won't let me link that one directly. Sounds like it to me!
McDonald's says they speak "Minionese." Of course they do!
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)I'm ready to out and get one right now, just to see what it says. Lookit the newsroom that bought a bunch to check it out.
(How much did they pay Bradley to call the nooz on this?)
Initech
(100,149 posts)"Minions speak "minionese" which is a random combination of many languages and nonsense words and sounds. "Minionese" has no translation to, or meaning in any recognized language. Any perceived similarities to any words used within the English language is purely coincidental."
I read that in Dave Chappelle's white guy voice...
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)you really forfeit any rights to complain about what a toy says. I would rather a kid hear "fuck" a hundred times a day than feed them shitty food that is full of nasty chemicals.
malthaussen
(17,241 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)complain about these toys probably have kids who cuss around the house all the time.