Nurples, sadly, being of an undefined variety of being/state/object outside the closing rhyming half of the nipple twisters. If that's what other people know them as. Very subjective, all about growing up in certain parts of the school in the world, trying to name all manner of playground and office room torture.

Now, one thing that remains as unclear as the seed on talking about nipple cripples is that of Grimace. The purple blob that hangs about Ronald McDonald in his adventures in spreading his clown love of flat tasting burgers around the world.



Not unlike a mini entourage all by himself, he supposedly represents himself as Ronald's friend and best mate. Getting into the burger parties using the clown's name and generally living the high life as a hanger on. Seriously, it's what most of the friends of high profile celebrities find their lives falling into.

Which says nothing of what kind of creature he really is. A milkshake, a taste bud, a result of too many Quarter Pounders through the system. Nothing is clear.

Brazilians call the glob "Shaky" in their part of the world. Two things that come to mind are that he is possibly milkshake incarnate. Or that he just couldn't stay away from the vices and is now scratching himself like the Tyrone Biggums.

Sure seems happy though.

The Fry Kids are fries, Ronald is a clown, Big Mac is a piece of cardboard and the hamburglar is a lecherous coot. But what, pray tell, is Grimace supposed to be, if anything?