# I Hate That Burger King Commercial!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-burger-king-commercial/280508>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 18, 2004, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-burger-king-commercial/280508 "2004-12-18T09:34:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-burger-king-commercial/280508/1 "2004-12-18T09:34:31Z")

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First of all, that voice of the guy in the background…like some drugged out dude trying to be cool.

Plus, the “Burger King” is really ugly and out of proportion and a really bad costume.

And…the damn thing is being shown every ten minutes on network tv.

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**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-burger-king-commercial/280508/2 "2004-12-19T07:46:55Z")

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Which commercial? [This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=278865) commercial?

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**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-burger-king-commercial/280508/3 "2004-12-19T07:49:25Z")

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When I first saw the commecial, I thought that the king was actually Jesus.

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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-burger-king-commercial/280508/4 "2004-12-19T07:52:41Z")

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> [@Talon Karrde](#):
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> When I first saw the commecial, I thought that the king was actually Jesus.

Wait… I thought Jesus was LORD.

I’m so confused.

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**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-burger-king-commercial/280508/5 "2004-12-19T08:16:01Z")

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See, now I have a picture of a guy wearing a plastic Jesus mask on a cross.

Thanks a lot.

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**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-burger-king-commercial/280508/6 "2004-12-19T17:15:22Z")

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[Link to the ad mentioned in the previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5361096&postcount=89)

I’m hungry for egg and meat and cheese… and meat and cheese.

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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-burger-king-commercial/280508/7 "2004-12-19T17:57:56Z")

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> [@Astroboy14](#):
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> Wait… I thought Jesus was LORD.
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> I’m so confused.

King of Burger Kings…Lord of Burger Lords.

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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-burger-king-commercial/280508/8 "2004-12-19T20:12:22Z")

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What are you talking about? I love that commercial. Too bad it doesn’t play here much any more.

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-burger-king-commercial/280508/9 "2004-12-19T20:37:50Z")

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Are you talking about the vaguely homoerotic Burger King commercial? I laugh and laugh everytime I see it.

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**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-burger-king-commercial/280508/10 "2004-12-19T21:26:12Z")

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Gondor needs no Burger King.
