The McDonald's Challenge
As with most bad ideas...this started with a tiktok
Do you ever come across something so stupid online, but you can’t seem to let go of it? Imagine the “what color is this dress” debate, but worse. I’d like to introduce you to the McDonald’s Challenge
The premise is simple. Could you eat $1000 worth of McDonald’s in 36 hours to win a million dollars.
And as with all simple things, this has driven me insane.
A few rules. You cannot custom order things. You have to eat the menu items as they appear. However, you can order whatever menu items you want.
I’ve spent way too much time, and too much effort in exploring the McDonald’s menu. It comes down to a few options.
The average cost of a Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese is $9. You’d need to eat 111 of them, 3 or so per hour, with zero sleep or time in between. That is typically the most expensive sandwich McDonald’s sells
You could go water. A bottle of water in my market is $1.50. You’d need to drink 666 bottles of water in 36 hours, which is roughly 101 gallons. Can’t physically be done.
You could try to eat 400 hash browns. While the hash brown is my favorite menu item at McDonalds, 400 of anything seems absurd.
You can continue cycling though the menu trying to find a way to accomplish this. What you’re also needing to consider is sleep. You probably aren’t going to be at your best for 36 straight hours, so that time is probably 28 hours of eating? 24?
Studying this like the DaVinci Code, I’d love to admit that I have some mater plan, but I think the sad truth is this is probably physically impossible, despite how attainable it feels.
What do you think? Can you think of a strategy for this challenge?