More Pressing Life Questions

The Lord of Truth forwards to us this attempt by Yahoo! to answer one of life's intriguing questions: What the heck is Grimace, the purple blob who hangs out with Ronald McDonald? It doesn't appear that they have an answer...

The amorphous talking blob is apparently just that -- a big, purple...thing. We can confirm he loves milkshakes, which may offer a clue as to how he came to be in the physical shape he's in. But as to whether he's an alien, a dinosaur, or a grape McNugget, we can't tell you. Sorry.

While Grimace's heritage is a mystery, we did track down some interesting factoids about the jolly fellow. For one thing, he wasn't always so jolly. According to Wikipedia, Grimace was "evil" when he first made his appearance in McDonaldland commercials. Since then, he's been given more of a slow-witted, klutzy attitude.

As the Lord noted, one follow-up question would be to ask about how Mayor McCheese was conceived. Personally, I'd like to know if all the FryGuys are related or not.