Thank you Joe Offer very kindly! Even I can tell the difference between a tangerine and a mandarin orange....when I eat them. Obviously I have yet to eat a Cutie because your correction is news to me.

Yes, when opening this thread, I presumed that twelve-string citrus fruit belonged in BS and not above the line with the music, lyrics, and poetry.

I think the advertising poster with the Happy Meal biped playing a twelve-string "Cutie" is a way to pull in the customers who are too old to actually eat the Happy Meals, that is to say, the customers who generally pay the money to buy the children the Happy Meals. Because, really, how many little kids look at the poster and go: "Ooooh! A Twelve-String Mandarin Orange, everybody!!"

Nope, my guess is that that is a subtle appeal to the grown-up with the wallet full of cash.

PS along with leeneia: Erma Bombeck RULES.