Grimace Birthday with Kallie

One of the things I will miss most not having Kallie nearby is just hanging out. She makes my life so interesting. For example, she invited me to breakfast at dawn. I snapped her up and we headed to McD for some breakfast fair and my introduction into a viral Tik Tok craze involving McDonald’s beloved Grimace and his new birthday shake.

Here’s a synopsis I found online from People magazine: “What is the Grimace Shake trend? Each adaptation starts similarly but ends with different gruesome scenes. Some versions show the person passed out on a playground, in a tree or strewn across a car hood. The trend is blowing up online with videos containing the hashtag #grimaceshake amassing 631.6 million views.

While the trend likely isn't what McDonald's had in mind when they dropped the shake, the company is playing along. On Tuesday, the fast food chain shared a close-up of the furry mascot, who is actually an "enormous taste bud," on Instagram. "Mee pretending i don't see the grimace shake trendd," the post reads.

Followers kept up the shtick in the comments of the post. "Please let go of my family," one follower wrote. Another joked, "I heard grimace has access to nuclear warheads is that true?"

I tell ya, that Kallie sure adds color to my world — and today it was purple!