They should have been sending these down to those trapped miners

It appears that McDonald's Happy Meals - the one my daughters love - remains quite happy - up to six months before it actually starts to decompose. Just click on the picture to fast forward through the decomposition process (or lack of decomposition).

Now, this may not be that unusual. But it makes me wonder what our modern world of convenience and ease is really doing to us.

Maybe 500 years from now someone will look back at us and laugh at how one billion people a day gobbled up such poison. Kind of like who modern researchers look back at Rome and ponder over their lead goblets and piping.