McDonald's customer is concerned about Happy Meal after seeing 'secret symbol'

04.03.2022 - 14:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

A McDonald's customer has joked 'randy' Ronald is inviting customers to attend 'swingers parties' - as one of their Happy Meal side snacks appears to reference a 'secret symbol' used to initiate saucy meet-ups.

Dieting Matthew Leggett thought he'd picked a boring option by ordering a pineapple stick alongside his meal at the fast food giant's Bracknell, Berkshire, store.

But when the 31-year-old read his pineapple's wrapper he burst into laughter upon spotting printed text that said, 'some people say that pineapples, when upside down, can taste sweeter'.

The 'upside-down pineapple' is said to be a discreet sign used by swingers to 'identify themselves' in public and request a meet-up without overtly revealing their raunchy interests. Matthew says he recognised the reference after seeing a woman had one tattooed on her, only for TikTok viewers to point out its hidden meaning He immediately explained the link to fiancee 25-year-old Kate Whitaker and posted images of the wrapper and its message to Twitter. The post cheekily questioned if McDonald's was 'trying to tell him something' and even jokingly branded McDonald's mascot Ronald McDonald 'Randy Ronald'.

He's since said the comment, printed in a font that looks like it's been written in pen, appears like Ronald is 'inviting customers to a swingers party'. He speculated that a 'cheeky copywriter' had put it there as a 'wink wink' joke - in a similar manner to the Magic Roundabout innuendos. Matthew, from Wokingham, Berkshire, said: "It sounds like they're inviting you to a swingers party because it’s one of those things that either you know about or you don’t. It feels a bit like a 'wink wink'.

"I’m trying to diet so I was reading [the wrapper] to distract