Everyday McDonalds statue stolen.

[Black Dynamite]

"Everyday" Ronald McDonald Statue Reported Stolen
By Associated Press

Tue Jan 16, 4:13 PM

STEWARTSTOWN, Pa. - A broken "Everyday" Ronald McDonald statue brought home by a McDonald's assistant manager, repaired, and used to decorate her family's lawn for 20 years has vanished.

"It was a holiday today," Thomas Grieger II said Monday. "I think the kids came and got him."

State police were seeking information about the cement statue that Grieger estimated must weigh about 300 pounds(that's 600 double quarter pounders with cheese).

The statue originally sat outside the Shrewsbury McDonald's where Grieger's wife, Joy Grieger, was assistant manager. Someone tried to steal it, breaking off a hand and cracking a foot before giving up on the attempt.

McDonald's did not want it back, so the Griegers took it home, patched it up and have used it as a lawn mascot ever since.

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Information from: York Daily Record, http://www.ydr.com

[Hermy]

I worked at a big boy on the beach and someone took our 800 lb ceramic big boy statue and put him into the DNR's rowboat and shoved it out into Lake Michigan. The rangers found him floating about 200 yards out and half a mile away.

[Zip Goshboots]

It was that blasted HAMBURGLAR!!!
He'll never get away with it, though, somebody will find him!

[Black Dynamite]

I worked at a big boy on the beach and someone took our 800 lb ceramic big boy statue and put him into the DNR's rowboat and shoved it out into Lake Michigan. The rangers found him floating about 200 yards out and half a mile away.

damn, that bitch was floating? cool.

[Black Dynamite]

some big boy facts.

In 1999, the head of an Elby's Big Boy statue was stolen from a Pittsburgh-area restaurant. It was found a few days later relatively unharmed. A news article of the story can be found here: http://www.post-gazette.com/neigh_so...616bigboy5.asp

# Filmmaker David Lynch ate lunch at Bob's every day for 7 years. He has said the combination of caffeine and sugar from the chocolate shakes and coffee he ordered gave him many ideas for his films. He also recently held a contest on his website where one fan could win a free meal at Bob's with him.
# In the movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Dr. Evil and his cat Mr. Bigglesworth make their escape in a cryogenic rocket that is the shape of a statue of Big Boy. Additionally, an alternate ending to the film which was scrapped to allow for a sequel had the Big Boy rocket crash back to Earth due to a malfunction, with Dr. Evil suffering amnesia as a result and subsequently becoming the night manager of aBig Boy restaurant in El Segundo, California.
# Scenes from the 1980 cult classic film Midnight Madness were filmed at the Los Angeles coffee shop Johnie's,[1] whose "Fat Boy" mascot is clearly modeled on Bob's. One character provides laughs by inadvertently duplicating the Big Boy pose.
# The same owners as above also installed their "Fat Boy" mascot at Johnie's Broiler in Downey, California
# Syndicated radio personalities Rick and Bubba had a Big Boy statue outside their former studio, located on a mountain overlooking Birmingham, Alabama. In on-air and Internet promotions, the site was referred to as "Big Boy Bluff." (Ironically, such statues haven't been seen in Alabama for more than two decades because of Shoney's disaffiliation with the trademark.)
# In December of 1993, syndicated Los Angeles radio personalities Mark & Brian attempted to launch a (borrowed) Bob's Big Boy statue, painted with an Evel Knievel jumpsuit and dubbed "Elvis Bob", over the fountain at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. The launch device was a spring tension contraption looking much like a green steel bedframe. The attempt fell about 10 feet short and into the water, sending Caesar's general manager into an obscenity-laced tirade, as Elvis Bob broke part of the fountain. "Elvis Bob" has been used over the years for various other events throughout the L.A. basin, repainted as Vegas Elvis, complete with chains and shades. [2]
# Big Boy was parodied by Frank Miller in his Give Me Liberty comic book series as the Fat Boy restaurant chain, a fast-food franchise that had grown so powerful that it was at war with the United States government.
# Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield, MI has a Big Boy Statue done in mosaic on display.
# "Lard Lad Donuts" on The Simpsons is modeled after Bob's Big Boy.
# In the 2004 animated film Shrek 2, Bob's Big Boy was parodied as Friar's Fat Boy.
# The Bob's Big Boy Restaurant in Burbank, CA has a table in the back where the Beatles sat. There was a plaque for many years commemorating this. The plaque is no longer there, as according to store employees, it was beingstolen and replaced often.
# In the film I Am Sam, Sam Dawson is persuaded to visit a Bob's Big Boy instead of their usual IHOP but, in the end, doesn't like the Big Boy's menu.
# In the Futurama episode Leela's Homeworld, Leela, Fry & Bender are chased through the sewers past a "Big Mutant Boy" restaurant (featuring a mutated Big Boy-esque statue).

[BigggChris04]

Everyday McDonalds statue stolen.

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[UxKa]

About 10 years ago I worked at a pizza place and there was one of those huge gumball machines about 5 feet from the front counter. Somehow it was stolen and nobody noticed for a couple hours. They never found out who did it and it is missing to this day. I was not working at the time.