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Just so you'll know... this is where I store the old articles about Bad Ads -
This is a new feature highlighting a company who should be punished for insulting our intelligence or our decency. This week it's Burger King, home of the Whopper, for their recent ads that insult decent human beings and make television watching an even worse choice for our children and grandchildren. 1.)The Angus burger, they claim, is so big you have to sit to eat it. The announcer brags that "You're full of sit. I'm full of sit. We're all full of sit." Wow! The ad man must be full of........... some kind of heavy drugs?... to come up with this brainstorm. I'm done with Burger King. I'll be sitting somewhere besides one of their restaurants to have my hamburger from now on... no matter how big it is. 2.)As if the "sit" ad isn't bad enough, they have another one for their breakfast croissant. In this one a boy doesn't want a croissant because he doesn't like French things. The girl asks him about "the bikini" and he thinks about it for a second and tells her he likes "french kisses". I'm still trying to figure out how that ties in with selling croissants. I'm surprised, with all this political correctness junk, we haven't heard something from the French. I'll be staying away from Burger King. I don't want anything to do with a company that would subject the children of our country to advertising like this. Plus, I'm afraid to eat anything from one of their restaurants, for fear the people I've seen in these recent ads might be preparing my food. If there's ever a case for wondering where someone's hands have been.
paraphrased from a recent e-mail from Glenn in Michigan: "Don't forget... 3.) Their "Worship the King" commercials 4.) The big "Cluckin'" Chicken commercials... more wordplay? like the "full of sit" commercials 5.) And last but definitely not least the "chicken fries" commercials where a white woman walks into Burger King and a group of black men is seated in the restaurant. She says, "I want some white meat." A white man behind the counter says, "If you want some white meat, I have something for you". In case you would like to hire Burger King's ad agency, copy down this address: Satan Penthouse (rented, not owned) Hell 66666
If that's not enough to keep you away from their restaurants, let's take a look (with info from their website) at how a typical meal would benefit your health : Whopper with cheese, medium fries and a small milkshake Calories - 1520 Calories from fat - 730 Grams of fat - 82 Saturated fat - 29.5 Trans fat - 6 Cholesterol - 175mg. Sodium (for all us hypertensive people) 2280mg. Ummmmmmm. Pass the pistol (I mean, ketchup) please. Incidentally, If you use ketchup on your fries, that's another 190mg of sodium per tablespoon.
That's enough about Burger King. Tell your friends to clog their arteries at one of their competitors.
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