I saw some great comments in the article earlier today. The ones that I remember most are "We like our meat between the buns." And "This Whopper takes two hands to hold." lol.
I can just imagine the advertising: "if you don't eat this, you're politically incorrect".
And they could make this out of meat that had been around too long and changed color. After all, it would HAVE to be green.
Then again, I suppose it would have to be vegetarian. With a wrapper full of pretentious comments about how a donation had been made to start a women's support group in Bolivia and that for every burger purchased, a tree had been planted in the Gobi Desert.
Am trying to come up with wrapper ideas for various "themes". The ethnic ones are fairly obvious, and I suppose a breast cancer Whopper (which simply BEGS for and interesting tagline) would have to be pink (never mind that the people who created the pink ribbons are one of the most wasteful charities on earth). But beyond that....the possibilities are, no doubt, endless.
Perhaps Republican and Democrat Whoppers made with elephant and donkey meat. Keep track of the sales (or have people "vote" by dropping their wrappers in one of two bins) and predict elections!
And there simply MUST be a John Galt Whopper. Only available "to go".
Should I even ask what sauce they are putting on that hamburger?
I used to eat at BK at least once per week, because of their tasty flame-broiled Whopper. I probably won't eat there anymore now.
I'm tired of some companies using in-your-face political marketing. I want to know about a company's product and not the political correctness of their marketing department...
Cool. I don't think a gun whopper would work for those who see guns as something like a fire extinguisher, something we unfortunately need in the world. Equal rights is a more upbeat theme to me. We need the right have guns, face our accuser when accused of a crime, etc, but it's hard to market a product with that. If they take even one liberty-minded idea to promote a product, I'm happy with it.
A Second Amendment Whopper might lead to a SWAT raid . After all, "somebody might see something that looked like something". Or, as did a small child who wound up being suspended from school a while ago for tearing a slice of bread into the shape of a gun, someone might "make an inappropriate gesture with food".
Having dealt with BK Corp for years, most of the 'talented' management has been replaced with fresh MBAs that work for far less (especially in this economy when any job is a good job to them). Corp financials are in much better shape than years ago, but the franchisees still have a death grip on their wallets.
I own my own business Maph and I think all customers should be treated with the same respect. What's next? A Muslim burger? A Christian burger? It's a cheap stunt pandering to one group so I don't consider it a marketing campaign.
Actually....you may have an idea. A "Whopper Of The Week". Something new for a new minority every week. There's lots of material out there....can't wait to see the Left-Handed Whopper, even though we are not an officially-recognized minority. "Eat It With You Other Hand".
I was thinking today that the only thing that would entice me to murder another human being would maybe be if I was given the opportunity to travel back in time for a good ole fashion seventies' burger and fries.
We have an old fashioned drive up burger stand where the car-hops still wear roller skates. And the fries are still deep fried in old fashioned hydrogenated oil.
But in the meantime, you can get a "Butter Burger" at any Culver's. They actually slather butter on the burger patty as it's frying. And they have deep fried cheese curds - I like the chipotle style myself, but they only do that around Cinco-de-Mayo.
I think you need to visit more diners, Mimi. They can be had, if you eat with an open mind. If you watch tv, watch Guy Fiere's [sp?] show, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. He goes looking for that 70's burger and fries, and sometimes finds it. Getting to _where_ he find them might be tough, though, since he travels the U.S.
Sonic is the last of the fast food that’s pretty close. But you will never get the taste o the french fries right; the government started monkeying around with the grease ingredients.
To go back in time and experience when we had a little freedom and ate whatever we wanted? Yes, I would. The probability of a time-travel machine is nil, so we are really saying I will never consider murder.
We had this place called the Dream Drive-IN. Only open in the summer. We ordered burgers piled with lettuce, onion, tomato and the fries were those thin, perfectly cooked ones that came in little boat baskets. topped off with a shake. It was a toss up to go to Dream Drive In or across the street to the A&W, not to be confused with A&W today...
Going to the A&W drive-in when I was a kid was a big deal... something cool about those hanging window trays and those super thick glass rootbeer mugs.
No the wrapper of a second handed burger would have a bunch of sayings like, "You're awesome!" "You're gorgeous!" "Everybody LIKES you! (but they'd like you even more if you donated to charity)" "I want to be just like you!. (but maybe you should get a green peace bumper sticker" ). "We know it's not your fault."
I am happy they did this. Especially after Chick-Fill-A did their number some time back. Nice move. We are all the same inside. Sexuality does not make you different.
The cool thing about Chick-fill-a was they weren't the ones calling for the campaign. I believe it was a Fox News host who made the original callout and it just struck a cord with "us" and we acted by calling everybody we know.
The problem here is that it's an ad campaign. It looks like a ad campaign, it sounds like a ad campaign and for a number 4 or 5 rate product it will go over like a 10th ranked product. IMO
This is very funny. No one can fault Burger King Holdings, Inc. for not having a wry sense of humor. Reading some of the comments here, many of us are also getting the point. Even the sole location being in San Francisco. Very funny!! This article made me day.
Is there any person anywhere who, upon reading about the "one single location" did not immediately guess "San Francisco"? Is that guess politically Incorrect? How can the PC folks avoid thinking it?
And Freedom Toast. Every time I saw one of those I made a point to tell the manager that they wouldn't be getting my business. It was a BS act to try to subvert "Freedom" for whatever was not in political vogue as determined by the PTB. They also subverted "Patriot" the same way, too bad it wasn't just an act... but at least the sheeple bought into it hook, line, and stinker.
Every time I saw that, I was thinking of George Orwell's Victory Gin, Victory Coffee, or Victory Cigarettes. Every one left a bad taste in my mouth...
Yes its pandering.. they are a fast food chain. Consistency beats quality in that world. So they rely on marketing to sell the stuff. Since we are talking about them, it seems to be working.
BK...uh, not so much. Don't see much of them in my area. A lot of them went out of business. Must have been the food. Now this is another reason for the rest of them to go away. Food chains taking political sides is not a positive for business. BK may become a victim of their own "tolerance" by this in-your-face move.
"Be your way"? Atrocious English... More like ebonics...
Yeah I had a Whopper the other night. It'll be my last. Sorry, but as much as I like the Whopper, I like McDonald's Daily Double more. It tastes better, fresher, costs half as much, is just as filling, is much more convenient, and McDonald's only panders to illegals, not homosexuals, so there's that...
Marketing doesn't mean as much to me as the food does.
So, I'll stick with Chick-fil-A... for the food.
I mean chick-Fil-A does not have a straight pride chicken sandwich. They just have cows saying eat more ckicken.
Did not like Burger King much anyway
And they could make this out of meat that had been around too long and changed color. After all, it would HAVE to be green.
Then again, I suppose it would have to be vegetarian. With a wrapper full of pretentious comments about how a donation had been made to start a women's support group in Bolivia and that for every burger purchased, a tree had been planted in the Gobi Desert.
Am trying to come up with wrapper ideas for various "themes". The ethnic ones are fairly obvious, and I suppose a breast cancer Whopper (which simply BEGS for and interesting tagline) would have to be pink (never mind that the people who created the pink ribbons are one of the most wasteful charities on earth). But beyond that....the possibilities are, no doubt, endless.
Perhaps Republican and Democrat Whoppers made with elephant and donkey meat. Keep track of the sales (or have people "vote" by dropping their wrappers in one of two bins) and predict elections!
And there simply MUST be a John Galt Whopper. Only available "to go".
The TEA Party burger? Rattlesnake meat?
I used to eat at BK at least once per week, because of their tasty flame-broiled Whopper. I probably won't eat there anymore now.
I'm tired of some companies using in-your-face political marketing. I want to know about a company's product and not the political correctness of their marketing department...
Probably not good for business.
"I'm Lovin It" who do think that is aimed at?
Nothing against their product, I just didn't like the campaign.
But in the meantime, you can get a "Butter Burger" at any Culver's. They actually slather butter on the burger patty as it's frying. And they have deep fried cheese curds - I like the chipotle style myself, but they only do that around Cinco-de-Mayo.
Oh, and please butter-smothered theater popcorn.
http://www.foodspot.com/Clients/WI/Cedar...
The problem here is that it's an ad campaign. It looks like a ad campaign, it sounds like a ad campaign and for a number 4 or 5 rate product it will go over like a 10th ranked product. IMO
And don't forget the crazy "freedom fries".
Every time I saw that, I was thinking of George Orwell's Victory Gin, Victory Coffee, or Victory Cigarettes. Every one left a bad taste in my mouth...
Yeah I had a Whopper the other night. It'll be my last. Sorry, but as much as I like the Whopper, I like McDonald's Daily Double more. It tastes better, fresher, costs half as much, is just as filling, is much more convenient, and McDonald's only panders to illegals, not homosexuals, so there's that...