A disturbing look into the Grimace dossier

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Quite a while back, we linked to this list of the Top 10 Creepiest Fast Food Mascots. Today it popped up again on Presurfer, which led me to reconsider that age-old question: What the hell is Grimace? Like any foray into the dark crevices of forgotten history, my search unearthed more questions than answers. Here are a few tidbits, per Wikipedia. 1) Grimace began as “The Evil Grimace,” a four-armed milkshake thief. 2) He lost his extra two arms when McDonald’s made him a good guy.

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