McDonald's manager explains that Grimace is "a taste bud"

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This has been bothering me forever.

The rise and fall McDonaldland

Ronald McDonald = standard clown. No problem Hamburglar = a thief who steals food. OK Mayor McCheese-- a talking humanoid hamburger. OK. I guess. Grimace = ??? corporeal manifestation of an ice cream headache, maybe?