# Burger King is no place for Canadians? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652 "2005-08-05T01:04:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/1 "2005-08-05T01:04:28Z")
I was doing a bit of shopping stateside and ordered a burger and “large” pop (“soda”) at the Burger King. I was surprised to read the following from the glass… the purple prose struck me as being very American, somehow. “A King cup tells others you enjoy the better things in life. A refill may be all well and good, but no thank you, you’ll just take this single, cup of champions, fill it once and sit down and enjoy your meal. And if somehow you still finish and need to refill, well, you’re that rare breed who needs two giant vessels of refreshment. And that means only one thing. You’re really having it your way.” I hope (but doubt) some irony was involved… like the cheap wine I once had on a Quebec airline (vin “eau du chien”) or the patio furniture company Grosfillex… ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/2 "2005-08-05T01:12:22Z")
Don’t get it. Please elaborate. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/3 "2005-08-05T01:20:41Z")
It’s supposed to make you laugh. They are so stupid and over the top- mocking “freedoms”, you laugh at them. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/4 "2005-08-05T01:28:22Z")
The Burger King - Have you seen those commercials? - He…scares me. The one commercial where the guy opens the window and the King is just _there_? The first time I saw that I nearly shit my pants. That’s the stuff that nightmares are made of. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/5 "2005-08-05T02:14:25Z")
There were lots of similar quotes on the burger wrapping, etc. which were in the same vein but less over the top “You chose the chicken sandwich. Good going!” Since none of these were funny (and I think the cup is very funny), I’m not at all sure these were meant to be ironic. In Canada, saying this stuff without tongue firmly in cheek would be unthinkable. On the other hand, maybe the same guys did come out with the creepy “wake up with the King” ads. Mmmm. Meatlicious. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/6 "2005-08-05T03:04:11Z")
I think The King himself wrote that comment on the cup. I just wish he had seen fit to congratulate you on your King-sized bladder. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/7 "2005-08-05T03:07:03Z")
I wonder if that’s why the King is peeping through the window? To see if congratulations are in order? ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/8 "2005-08-05T03:09:02Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > The Burger King - Have you seen those commercials? - He…scares me. > > The one commercial where the guy opens the window and the King is just _there_? The first time I saw that I nearly shit my pants. That’s the stuff that nightmares are made of. :eek: [WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?](http://www.uploadhouse.com/images/191304862image2747809at.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/9 "2005-08-05T03:32:16Z")
Why did I look?? _WHYYYYYYYYYY???_ _hides under the bed_ ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/10 "2005-08-05T03:47:50Z")
From the OP, I thought it was a sign on a glass window, not a cup. I was all set to be ticked they were trying to cow their customers into getting just one cup of soda. Re-fills are my right! How dare they imply I drink too much soda! They’re shaming me into de-hydration! Then I read it again. Oops. Turns out it’s just another clumsy attempt at off-beat or edgy humor, like the rest of their ads. Why can’t they do as Carl’s Jr? On the biggest cup, the little star says something like: ‘Woo, you must be thirsty!’ No creepy big head king, no risk of misunderstanding. Though at least Burger King doesn’t have that skank Paris Hilton in their ads. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/11 "2005-08-05T04:47:33Z")
> [@Ashes](#): > > \ Though at least Burger King doesn’t have that skank Paris Hilton in their ads. Didn’t Paris and Nicole design the ad with “The King” outside the bedroom window? The ad for the new breakfast sandwich, anyway. The Burger King purple prose is just begging to get fortune cookied - say “Between the sheets” after each example of it. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/12 "2005-08-05T08:19:33Z")
Was Burger King trying to be funny? It just struck me as typical dumbass marketing copy. I kinda dig the silly heavy metal chicken commercial though. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/13 "2005-08-05T14:12:51Z")
It sounds [Japanese](http://engrish.com/) to me. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/14 "2005-08-05T15:32:46Z")
Hit two demographics at once, just carefully select your words. One group finds it appealingly patriot or flattering, and in ernest. And Canadians find it amusing. Win. Win. Very clever indeed. ---
**Author:** ![rowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@rowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowe)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/15 "2005-08-05T16:10:52Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Hit two demographics at once, just carefully select your words. > > One group finds it appealingly patriot or flattering, and in ernest. > > And Canadians find it amusing. > > Win. Win. > > Very clever indeed. Ah yes, being American I always head to BK when I feel the need to be flattered in earnest by a soft drink cup. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/16 "2005-08-05T17:19:00Z")
The King. Right up there with clowns for creepy/scary. _::shudder::_ ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/17 "2005-08-05T20:30:49Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > The King. Right up there with clowns for creepy/scary. The King might actually out-weird Pennywise. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/18 "2005-08-05T20:52:26Z")
If they make a commercial with a ventriloquist-dummy version of the King, I may never sleep again. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/19 "2005-08-06T17:04:54Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > The King might actually out-weird Pennywise. {creepy voice ON}“It’s Burger King - everything floats down here.” {cvOFF} ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burger-king-is-no-place-for-canadians/315652/20 "2005-08-06T17:33:15Z")
If the King wasn’t creepy enough, the new Coq Roq whatever chicken-head rockers have sure done it. Add BK to the list of places I won’t eat at ever again because of creepy commercials (Quiznos is still #1 on that list. That man suckling the wolf’s teet is still fresh in my mind several years later. And the spongemonkeys! AHH!)