See, I assumed (as did The Merc) that Anna Griffin’s new nickname for Tom Potter - Mayor McProcess - was a riff on that old McDonald’s commercial character and new pop culture icon Mayor McCheese.

But Blue Oregon’s Kari Chisholm waded into the comments on this Merc post to tell us know we’d gotten it all Wrong, Wrong, Wrong. Says Kari: “No, no, no… you’re not getting the reference! Sheesh! It’s a Grey’s Anatomy reference. You know, Doctor McDreamy…”

He goes on to castigate my friends at The Merc for letting him down on that whole “witty pop culture analysis” bit. (I get a Free Hall Pass on that front because, y’know, I’m all old and decrepit. Or don’t watch The View. Or something like that…)

So, Anna - care to shed some light here? Were you thinking of a hot, steamy McDreamy? Or were you contemplating the meat that arrives on a trans-fat laden bun & covered with even more carcinogenic substances instead?

Inquiring minds want to know…

Update at 7:36 am: I WIN, I WIN, I WIN! Or, alternately, Kari’s the one who’s Wrong, Wrong, Wrong. This just in from Anna: “I was definitely thinking Mayor McCheese.”