For National Selfie Day Thursday, McDonald��s is rolling out a new selfie-photo accessory, the "Frylus."
The Frylus is what Mickey D's terms "another frivolous, fry-based innovation from the makers of the Frork." The Frork, you may remember, was a fork that used french fries as its tines. Never mind that, basically, it was completely useless.
Now, in the same vein, along comes the Frylus, a yellow, french fry-shaped piece of plastic meant to work as a stylus to push the buttons on a smartphone, for taking�"mess-free selfies."�
Sounds confusing, if not crazy? McDonald's explains it all in a statement.
��Literally the only solution for keeping your phone 100%�fresh while enjoying our new 100%�percent fresh beef Quarter Pounders and taking a 100%�percent fresh selfie. And it really works! Most of the time.��
The free Frylus comes with a Quarter Pounder or�Double Quarter Pound June 21 at�more than�2,000 participating locations�while supplies last.
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The Frylus freebie will be available�while supplies last. McDonald's expects to give away 100,000 of them �plus bonus phone stands.
Find the full-list of participating restaurants at www.frylus.com.
McDonald��s collaborated with Instagram star Kirby Jenner on the promotion.�
"He��s a man who knows his way around a selfie, and he��s ready to inspire you to take mess-free selfies while enjoying our hotter and juicier new 100% fresh beef Quarter Pounder burgers," the McDonald's statement said of Jenner.
So stoked to share my hamburger fashion film! You guys ever sit in your car and try to take a selfie but your hands are messy from the new 100% fresh beef Quarter Pounder from @McDonalds? And then you drop your phone and it gets stuck in between the seat and the center console, never to be seen again? Well, you're in luck cause I��m now the friggin face of a french fry stylus... the FRYLUS! Literally the only way to take selfies while eating your Quarter Pounder on #NationalSelfieDay 6/21. You want one? Check Frylus.com. :) #LinkInBio #CleanScreen #NoMoreDroppedPhones #CantEvenImagineAllTheStuffThatsLostInBetweenMyCarSeats #FreshBeef #ad
A post shared by Kirby Jenner (@kirbyjenner) on Jun 18, 2018 at 5:30am PDT
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