# IHOP to IHOB **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 6, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539 "2018-06-06T14:19:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_Peebles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/1 "2018-06-06T14:19:52Z")
Some news articles are saying IHOP is changing its name to IHOB. I guess Pancakes in the full name is being changed to Breakfast. But they should also realize they are not a House, they are a restaurant. And I see them as more U.S. than international. So how about “Restaurant of Breakfast, U.S.” Could anything go wrong there? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/2 "2018-06-06T14:23:22Z")
> [@Jim\_Peebles](#): > > Some news articles are saying IHOP is changing its name to IHOB. I guess Pancakes in the full name is being changed to Breakfast. But they should also realize they are not a House, they are a restaurant. And I see them as more U.S. than international. So how about “Restaurant of Breakfast, U.S.” Could anything go wrong there? Or IROB? Maybe iROB? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/3 "2018-06-06T14:46:12Z")
No, no, no, it’s “House” as in: From Google: A family or family lineage, especially a noble or royal one; a dynasty. noun: House “the power and prestige of the house of Stewart” You may now chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/4 "2018-06-06T14:46:21Z")
They don’t really do dinner stuff much, do they? I say they become Breakfast, Lunch, Or Brunch. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/5 "2018-06-06T14:47:18Z")
^ House of BLOB? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/6 "2018-06-06T14:54:01Z")
If I say “Hey, lets go down to IHOB!” everyone is going to think I have as stuffed nose. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/7 "2018-06-06T15:07:38Z")
Do branding name changes EVER help? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/8 "2018-06-06T15:11:08Z")
ROB-US ---------- I thought that was governments job? ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/9 "2018-06-06T15:50:00Z")
Finally realizing microbrews are here to stay? International House of Brew? (Back during Army Reserve days, we called it International House of Prayer and went there for Sunday ‘services’ - or so we told our sergeant…) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/10 "2018-06-06T15:54:28Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Do branding name changes EVER help? KFC? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/11 "2018-06-06T15:56:02Z")
I first saw it this morning as a friendly tweet to the B-team on WWE, made up of Curtis Axel (Joe Hennig, son of Curt Hennig) and Bo Dallas (Taylor Rotondo), both third generation wrestlers, who are comedy tag team wrestlers who are enjoying a brief and funny push. In other words, a joke. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/12 "2018-06-06T15:59:27Z")
My memory is fuzzy. Was IHOP the place that used to have over a dozen varieties of pancakes? Including silver dollar pancakes? I remember a chain like that from childhood. My dad loved that place. Blueberry pancakes, pecan pancakes, banana, even coconut pancakes. These days there’s nothing special about ihop pancakes. They are just as good at Denny’s. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/13 "2018-06-06T16:22:29Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Do branding name changes EVER help? It would have helped [Sambo’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo%27s), if anything could. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/14 "2018-06-06T16:25:30Z")
“House”? That is so downmarket. They should become Senators’ Popular Quisine Restaurant. Or Senators’ Cafe of the Ultimate Meal. Next door to the brew pub called Senators’ Most Excellent Grog Made in America. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/15 "2018-06-06T16:34:58Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > KFC? But at least KFC was a common shorthand way to refer to Kentucky Fried Chicken, just like IHOP is a shorthand way to refer to International House of Pancakes. I live right next door to an IHOP and they just refurbished the place including a new sign. This change seems stupid to me, everyone over 6 knows they have other food besides pancakes. Their omelette are quite good. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/16 "2018-06-06T16:50:29Z")
> [@Jim\_Peebles](#): > > I see them as more U.S. than international. Their menu is trying to be international. > [@](#): > > Belgian Dark Chocolate Mousse Pancakes > Four luscious chocolate pancakes take a trip to Belgium where they are filled with chocolate chips & layered with a creamy Belgian dark chocolate mousse, then topped with more mousse and chocolate chips. > > English Sticky Toffee Pancakes > 4 world famous buttermilk pancakes turn British when they are filled with crunchy English toffee & layered with salted toffee mousse, then topped with salted caramel sauce & even more crunchy English toffee. > > Mexican Tres Leches Pancakes > 4 world famous buttermilk pancakes become our version of 3 milks bread layered and topped with more vanilla sauce and a drizzle of dulce de leche caramel sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/17 "2018-06-06T16:52:13Z")
[This news article about the viral campaign](https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/ihop-tweet-hints-at-changing-name-to-ihob-starting-june-11/ar-AAygQA8?OCID=ansmsnnews11) says that the change is not to “IHOB” but to “IHOb”, and I think the clue concerns that last “P” being inverted to a “b”. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/18 "2018-06-06T17:07:34Z")
When I was a kid, they used to give out these little spring-loaded kangaroos. You’d push them down on the table & then they would [del]spring[/del] hop up. Get it - I (the kangaroo) hop. 🙂 What animals HOb? ---
**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:** [June 6, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/19 "2018-06-06T17:19:22Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > This change seems stupid to me, everyone over 6 knows they have other food besides pancakes. Seriously?? Next, you’ll be telling me that Taco Bell has other food besides tacos. And that Red Lobster has other food besides lobster. And Olive Garden has food besides olives. And Applebee’s has food besides apples. And Hooters has food. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Peebles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539/20 "2018-06-06T17:41:08Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Their menu is trying to be international. Then it’s the pancakes that are international, not the house: HOIP. Or with my other suggested changes: ROIB. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ihop-to-ihob/815539.md?page=2)