An Ode to the McDonald's Shamrock Shake

It's the most magical time of the year: Mint shakes arrived at Mickey D's

By John Boone Mar 13, 2014 5:55 PMTags
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Here are the 13 steps of enjoying a Shamrock Shake from Mickey D's:

1. Realizing that it's almost St. Patrick's day. Oh?

2. Then realizing that means SHAMROCK SHAKES ARE HERE.

IT'S THE MOST MAGICAL TIME OF THE YEAR!

3. Planning your entire week around when you'll get your Shamrock Shake. You need to pick the right night, pick what you're going to wear, what meal will have the privilege of gracing your stomach at the same time as your Shamrock Shake and who you'll invite with you. Because if anyone disrespects the Shamrock Shake:

4. The excitement of driving through the drive-thru:

5. Hesitation. Do you want that 20 piece Chicken McNuggets? Seems like a bargain...

Nah, just the shake, please.

6. Then the Shamrock Shake is in your hand and all is right. But you want to savor it. You want to make it last. So you try to delay your gratification. You can wait until you're out of the drive-thru before you take the first sip, right?

7. NOPE! The first sip. How does anything taste this good?!

It's everything you thought it would be and more. You feel it all.

8. Hope.

9. Inner peace.

10. A little turned on?

11. And then desperation. It's gone.

It's all gone.

12. And you kind of have a stomachache.

13. And you still kind of want another one.

We love you, Shamrock Shakes. Don't ever leave us.