Luck of the Irish, sort of

Today is St. Patrick's Day, right? It was when I checked my calendar this morning. But according to McDonald's, St. Patrick's Day happened some time last week. It depends on which McDonald's you go to.

You see, they have this yearly special menu item in honour of St. Patrick's Day. It's called the Shamrock Shake. It's minty. It's green. It's cool. And it's available for a limited time only. You would think that limited time would include the holiday in which the shake was made and named, but it doesn't. Nope. That's not guaranteed. Each store orders in some of the shake mix. But they don't want to get stuck with the leftovers (how would that happen...people would magically...like leprechauns...stop buying them after St. Patrick's Day), so they order only a little. When they run out, your luck runs out, too.

"Sorry!?!" The vacuous little till-jockey shrugs at you. "They were available for a limited time." Apparently McDonald's has a different calendar than the rest of us.