Ronald McDonald is a clown??

[Virgil4]

Just watching a programme and up pops Ronald McDonald, DD comments on how she hates clowns and I say that “RMc isn’t a clown, silly!”. DH and DD look at me as if I’ve lost my mind and tell me that of course he is . They had a good old laugh.

I’m shocked, I didnt realise he’s a clown, just a man with a painted face and a funny wig...and funny clothes.

So, dear MN who’s right??

Thank you Kochicoo

(Am going to be one of those MNs that picks out the one poster that agrees and ignore the rest)

A man in funny clothes it is then. That's settled

Kochicoo whoaaah there? Are you saying you didn’t think Tony THE TIGER was a tiger?

I didn't know he was a clown! I just asked my husband his response was how did u not know that 😂 I just thought he was a character

I think everyone is asking you the wrong question. Instead of asking you what you thought he was, I would like to know what you think a clown is?

He is totally a clown. He is part of the reason I have boycotted McD's for years. Or at least he made it easier to boycott. I used to love the breakfasts and the chocolate milkshake

It would be totally unreasonable to use wiki as a go to. But it is in the first line of his entry. RM is a clown character.

Thanks Grow, that’s 3 of us so far.

Wicked, this is a clown

This is just a funny guy.

Honey, now he was clearly a tiger. Playing football.

Abra everyone knows that Wiki is unreliable

What do you think a clown is, if not a funny guy in make up and funny clothes?

Of course he's a clown!

Virgil Those are SO the same thing!!!!!!

Just a man; a funny man, in funny clothes wearing funny makeup
OP, the more you describe him, the more he comes up as a clown even if someone had never seen him in their life

I suppose you could argue that not all face-painted men are clowns

of course he’s a clown!

He's a clown

Oh wait, is it because he doesn’t do funny things? Clowns should do funny things and thinking about it, does Ronald actually do anything funny or does he just go about looking funny and advertising McD’s?

Hmmmmmmm

Dear old Ronald

Has his car ever fallen to bits?
Has his trousers ever fallen down?
Has he ever squirted water from a flower?
If the answer to these questions is “no” he is definitely not a clown.

He did funny stuff in the 1980s. He's not allowed to any more.

Nope!

I do not recall ever seeing Mr McDonald make balloon animals, have a twirly bow tie or have a hong hong horn.

Therefore, definitely not a clown.

I’m shocked, I didnt realise he’s a clown, just a man with a painted face and a funny wig...and funny clothes.

That's exactly what a clown is.

YES! Purple now you’re talking!!

I think you might have a point. A lack of funny actions is not very clownlike.

I feel like you might just have answered yourself with this.... they've even got the same pose!

R McD definitely gave me a balloon animal as a child