# Hey, White Castle Corporation, have you watched the news this week?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 28, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-white-castle-corporation-have-you-watched-the-news-this-week/494629 "2009-04-28T16:22:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-white-castle-corporation-have-you-watched-the-news-this-week/494629/1 "2009-04-28T16:22:31Z")

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I got this email from White Castle today:

Oink it up with a pulled pork slider or get an iPig® speaker!

Great week to be introducing this:  
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/3587/3462836807_c4da4deaa2_b.jpg "BBQ pulled pork sliders from white castle") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomly/3462836807/in/photostream/)

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-white-castle-corporation-have-you-watched-the-news-this-week/494629/2 "2009-04-28T17:04:35Z")

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Are you implying that eating pork somehow increases your risk of catching flu? Or are you just helping along the fearmongery?

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-white-castle-corporation-have-you-watched-the-news-this-week/494629/3 "2009-04-28T17:17:45Z")

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> [@Smeghead](#):
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> Are you implying that eating pork somehow increases your risk of catching flu? Or are you just helping along the fearmongery?

You should also avoid footballs, cops and watching episodes of The Muppet Show.