RIP krazy long McDonald's Hello Kitty queues (2000-2013)?

If modern Singapore is famous for anything, it's for our krazy long McDonald's Hello Kitty queues.

It started in January 2000...



... came back in a big way in 2013...



... then last year...

No more crazy queues for McDonald’s Hello Kitty as sale goes onlinehttp://bit.ly/1hcdFu2
Posted by Stomp Straits Times on Thursday, May 1, 2014

What happened to the queues?

Despite predictions to the contrary, the krazy long queues for Hello Kitty toys at McDonald's didn't happen.

Why? Because McDonald's started taking orders online.

The lack of queues was so unprecedented that it even made the news in The Wall freakin' Street Journal.

This year, with the release of the McDonald's SG50 Hello Kitty collection last month, queues were once again predicted, perhaps out of habit.

You heard it here (among the) first.
Posted by Mothership.sg on Wednesday, July 8, 2015

But McDonald's once again took orders online and no krazy long queues.

That's two years in a row.

This time, The Wall Street Journal doesn't even report it.

So are krazy long Hello Kitty queues at McDonald's finally a thing of the past?

Good thing too. I believe Singaporeans are all queued out this year.



At least until McDonald's next Minions promotion.

Tuck Yew tucks off: What exactly does a Transport Minister do anyway?

You won't have Lui Tuck Yew to kick around any more, because, gentlemen, this is his last MRT breakdown. (Nixon reference. Google it.)



The Facebook page called Singaporeans Demand Lui Tuck Yew to Step Down Now had reason to celebrate yesterday.

Hooray!!!!! (Y) #vtoSINGAPORE: Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew will not stand for re-election in the coming General Election!!
Posted by Singaporeans Demand Lui Tuck Yew to Step Down Now on Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Ironically, the page is also celebrating the demise of its reason for existing.

But then the people behind the page could easily start another page called Singaporeans Demand (Whoever The New Transport Minister Is) to Step Down Now the next time the MRT breaks down again, which it will.

It's the circle of life.

I'm not sure about this post though:

We did it!!!Lui Tuck Yew finally stepping down - three years after we made the call!Good job Singapore!
Posted by Singaporeans Demand Lui Tuck Yew to Step Down Now on Tuesday, August 11, 2015

"We did it"?

Yeah, right. A minister quits politics because of a Facebook page with 2,819 likes. Don't stop believin'.

But is the Transport Minister really to blame for the MRT breakdowns? What exactly does he do anyway (besides expressing extreme concern)?

I mean, isn't the CEO of LTA responsible for the public transport system already? Why isn't there a Facebook page dedicated to demanding the LTA CEO to step down?

This Facebook post by Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam may provide a clue to what the Transport Minister's duties are:



According to Mr Shanmugam, Mr Lui "oversaw the announcements of so many major initiatives".

So Mr Lui didn't even oversee the actual initiatives. He just oversaw the announcements of them.

What does that mean anyway?

Mr Lui proof-reads the press releases?

Mr Shanmugam also wrote: "And you knew that with Tuck Yew in charge, the billions the Ministry were spending would be disbursed honestly."

Billions?

That's a lot of money to be in charge of for a guy who proof-reads the press releases.


JUNE 2016 UPDATE: Mr Lui Tuck Yew is appointed Chip Eng Seng independent director

Kevryn who? In praise of older chiobu MPs including 'very sexy Auntie Sylvia'

They may not be 26 years old like NSP member Kevryn Lim, but these MPs are rocking their National Day outfits.

Ms Low Yen Ling, 41.



Ms Foo Mee Har, 49.



Mrs Josephine Teo, 47.



Ms Grace Fu, 51.



Dr Lily Neo, 62.



Ms Sim Ann, 40, and Ms Indranee Rajah, 52.



All together now.





And even Kaki News Network paid this somewhat inappropriate tribute to "very sexy" Ms Sylvia Lim, 50, on Facebook.





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