“McSting”

An Arizona science teacher who picked up a McDonald’s breakfast-to-go on his way to school found a live baby scorpion in the bag with his Egg McMuffin. The teacher saw this as a great opportunity to show his students how to demand a refund.

The man wasn’t really scared, but he couldn’t help but Grimace.

The little tan scorpion then raised its tail in a golden arch.

The school was concerned because the sting of a scorpion is almost as serious a health risk as eating an Egg McMuffin.

The manager of the McDonald’s apologized and offered to give the customer whichever he wanted: either a replacement Egg McMuffin, or a replacement scorpion.

This may just have been a marketing stunt for McDonald’s new spicy menu item, the Egg McVenom.

Had the man been stung, it would have been the first assault on a McDonald’s customer since the original, tragic Big Mac Attack.

The customer didn’t want to kill the small arachnid, so he just shook him out of the bag. Then he wanted fries with that shake.

McDonald’s took advantage of the opportunity to address health concerns about its menu, pointing out that no one has ever been stung by a Quarter Pounder with Cheese.

Almost immediately after the incident, Burger King announced its new “free tarantula” promotion.

The 1980’s heavy metal band ‘The Scorpions’ was not interviewed, but, man would they love to be.

Of course, the man would never have wound up with a scorpion in his bag if he hadn’t accepted that bad luck Tiki idol from the Brady Bunch.