看板につられてマクドのパープル飲料：グリモスくんの謎
The billboard sign I have seen a lot lately… 最近目にするこの看板、、、
“Hello Morocco!” Oh, Hi! I feel like I have to respond 🙂 This is Grimace, one of the McDonald’s characters saying “Hello” to us. I am not sure if he is a famous mascot compared to Ronald McDonald, or Hamburgler, but I know that he has become the “lucky charm”🍀 of the New York Mets (MLB team in the US)🏟; since the day he threw the first pitch, the Mets have won seven games in a row! And made it to the playoff game. Coincidence? Maybe…
「ハロー、モロッコ！」なんて言われちゃうと、なんか反応しちゃいたくなっちゃうんですが、これはマクドナルドのキャラ、グリモスくんですよね。あんまりメジャーなキャラではなさそうですが、最近アメリカではニューヨーク·メッツの＜ラッキー·マスコット＞になってるとかで（彼が始球式⚾️した日からメッツが７連勝し、プレーオフまで行き着いた、という事で）、ちょっと有名になったかも。
After all, the Mets were defeated by the Dodgers – yup, the team Mr. Ohtani is playing! Therefore, this silly video was made.
あの大谷選手がいるドジャースに負かされてしまったメッツ。この動画のごとく、グリモスくんも泣いちゃったんでしょうかねぇ。
By the way, it seems that 80% of Moroccans are “NY Yankees” fans, according to the caps they wear🧢. Often I notice “Boston Red Sox” fans, or “LA Dodgers” fans, but the overwhelming majority of people here seem to enjoy being Yankees fans. Fine. I like their likely-to-be new mayor, too. Anyway, I would also love to encounter a “Seattle Mariners” fan someday!
ちなみに、街をあるくと、モロッコの人はほぼ80％の確率でNYヤンキーズ”ファンのようです(笑)。みなさん、ヤンキースの帽子をかぶっております。なぜなのでしょう？時々、”Bostonレッドソックス”や、なんちゃってなのか”LAドジャーズ”も見ない事はないのですが、圧倒的に多いのがヤンキーズさん。”Seattleマリナーズ“さん、もっと頑張ろう！
So, this Grimace character. Apparently he was born in 1971, as a villain of McDonald’s world (McDonald’s empire? McDonald’s society? However you call it, I guess). He originally had four arms, and he would skillfully use those arms to steal all McDonald’s shakes from the store🥤! Oh, no! How evil!😈 However, he somehow saw an enlightenment, or he might have attended AA meetings, then he was able to have a change of heart 💓; or, a change of character. Grimace is now a good friend to all the kids in the world, while busy promoting blueberry-flavored purple drinks🫐. And, look! Magically, he now only has one set of arms! Where did those two arms go???
で、このグリモスくん。彼はなんと1971年生まれだそうです！そして、実は当初はマクドナルド界（と言っていいのかな）の「悪役」👺として存在し、４本の腕を持ち、いつもシェイクを盗んでいたのだそう。まぁ、なんて邪悪な！でも、なぜか心変わりしたようで、今では良い子のお友達、美味しいブルーベリー味のシェイクを愛する🫐、そして知らない間に腕も2本になっているキャラなのでした。
The special shake which Grimace promotes (it was quite popular in the US, and other countries, created some meme, too…) has finally arrived in Morocco🇲🇦! I don’t usually go to McDonald’s, but, since Grimace was polite enough to say “Hello👋” to me, I wanted to pay a visit and say “Hello🙋🏻♀️” back to him. That’s what a civilized person should do, I thought, then, I should also try this shake. I asked my sweet husband “I have a favor to ask… s’il vous plait. You know, it’s been hot, and I have been kind of curious about that purple drink. It would be a great topic for my blog, too. Don’t you think?” He went to the machine and ordered a 25MAD special shake for his wife 🙂 Humdulillah. 🙏
そんなグリモスくんの宣伝している、スペシャル·シェイク🥤。が、やっとモロッコにもやってきたようなんですね。日頃マクドナルドって行かないなぁ、食べないなぁ、な私が、ある日突然、旦那さんに「あのね、お願いがあります。あの、むらさきの飲み物ね。ちょっと飲んでみたいのね。今日、暑いしね。ブログのネタにもなるしね。」とお願いしちゃったという、、、優しい旦那さん、無表情😑でオーダー完了。
Ok, this shake is very sweet! Too sweet! Trop sucré! Hlow bzzaf! This wasn’t “Hello! Morocco!” – it was “Hello! High blood sugar!” An auntie like me should have said “goodbye” to this kind of drink.
そして出てきたのが、このシェイク！ひょえぇ～甘い！これは「ハロー、モロッコ！」というより、「ハロー 、高血糖値！」です。おばさんにはきつかったです。
Note: My favorite “Hello!” character AKA lucky charm (?) is my Abhishek. He is an indispensable existence to me. Abhi is the only person I allow to tell me that I am getting old or fat (as I also tell him so). We lived together, and we learned together. We fought together, and we cried together also. But really, we had so many laughters and so much love over the years. It goes beyond friendship and affection; he is our family. I am here to say “Hellooooooooooooo! Abhi! (I miss you!)”
付け足し：私にとっての「ハロー！」キャラ＆なくてはならない存在、は、アビシェク。一緒に住んだ時期もあり、彼や彼の弟君の結婚式にはインドに行き、家族ぐるみでのお付き合い。よく討論し、よく喧嘩もし、でもよく笑ってとにかくもう、友情／愛情を超えた家族の存在。この世でひとり、私に「太ってきた、老けてきた」と言う事を許している人物（同じことを彼にも言えるので）。「ハローーーーー、アビ！I miss you！」
Tomo
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