# I'm offering to buy you a Whopper from Burger King (your choice of toppings), do you take it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206 "2016-10-11T02:17:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/81 "2016-10-12T05:48:04Z")
I would eat it and ask you for another one. ---
**Author:** ![yo\_han\_go](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yo_han_go/32/130_2.png) [@yo\_han\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yo_han_go)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/82 "2016-10-12T10:40:19Z")
Sure. double cheese, double onion please. Only ate about 5 of them, but I found them decent. Of course, I’d have to adjust other meals for that day. Fruit, tea and yogurt. But at the moment, I doubt I could take more than one bite due to some serious gastric problems. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/83 "2016-10-12T15:34:44Z")
Without reading the poll results, or any other replies, this seems like a trick: why am I saying no to a free hamburger? ---
**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:** [October 12, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/84 "2016-10-12T15:41:28Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > HOWEVER, like **Kamino Neko** , by the time I told them to “hold everything” it wouldn’t qualify as a Whopper anymore. So, if the question is would I accept free Burger King food, then, yes. Would I eat a Whopper in its natural state - a proper Whopper if you will- then, no. It’s not a proper Whopper if you leave off every topper. _(from a song by Cyndi Lauper)_ ---
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/85 "2016-10-12T15:53:37Z")
Don’t eat at Burger King much, hate pretty much everything they serve EXCEPT the actual burger. So, Free whopper? Hell yea. Whopper with cheese, no pickle, no onion, extra tomato please. I pretty much only visit the chain when I have a coupon for a whopper, when there is a sale, or occasionally when I’m in the mood, its just a snack, and I get a whopper Jr. (no cheese, not paying extra for it for a little burger) ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/86 "2016-10-12T17:38:16Z")
Angry Whopper for me. Mmm! ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/87 "2016-10-12T17:47:43Z")
Just had a Whopper for lunch… mmmm… ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/88 "2016-10-12T18:38:45Z")
Not in this lifetime! Fast food makes me sick quick! ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/89 "2016-10-12T18:39:43Z")
Thanks, but no thanks. Their obnoxious and inescapable “I want my whopper” campaign from nine years ago got under my skin like fiberglass splinters, and I still can’t hear their name without wincing. What I’d like to do is find the admen responsible and cram whoppers down their esophaguses until they explode like Mr. Creosote. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/90 "2016-10-12T20:10:41Z")
No, thanks. However, I’ll happily take a BK Veggie Burger, if that’s on offer! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/91 "2016-10-14T15:49:44Z")
Does that include being able to remove the bun? If so, I take it. Though I have to admit it’s not all that good. When you can’t eat the bun, you notice a lot more about the flavor of the meat. Hardees has the best. McDonald’s is actually okay. Most of the rest need salt. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/92 "2016-10-14T15:56:22Z")
I’m picky about what fast food I eat. Burger King doesn’t make the cut. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/93 "2016-10-14T20:17:08Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Double bacon, double cheese, please! :o This. But double the pickles as well and hold the lettuce. Lettuce sucks and makes everything else taste like lettuce. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/94 "2016-10-14T20:32:40Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > I wouldn’t…by the time I special ordered it down, it wouldn’t be a Whopper any more. > > Mayo on burgers is vile, I react badly to onions and don’t like pickles, and lettuce and tomato go in a salad on the side. I’ve never had one\*, but I voted yes. If I could get it with no mayo, no ketchup, no pickles, no lettuce and no tomato. (only onion and cheese). Is that a Whooper? I suppose it is. \*I’ve been to BK, and am not anti-fast food. Just shy away from signature burgers like Big Macs and Whoopers because I assume they’re loaded with stuff I hate. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/95 "2016-10-15T02:49:45Z")
You know, I haven’t eaten at Burger King in a looong time. Not because I wouldn’t, but for whatever reason, there were very few in Seattle (almost all of the few that were there closed sometime in the 20+ years I lived there) and as far as I can think of, none here in Santa Barbara. Just thinking of BK reminds me vividly of three points in my life. One particular BK was a frequent stop late summer nights back when I was in high school. We’d aimlessly drive around the west side of Indianapolis, and a Whopper was our cheap meal of choice. First year of college, there was a late night Burger King next to my dorm, so it was common for me to drop in to pick up a little ballast to hold down the beer I had consumed. Or not hold down, as sometimes was the case. Last Burger King I can recal visiting on any regular basis was down the street from my first job in Seattle. I didn’t know anyone in town, and had not yet been accepted by the much older crew I worked with, so I’d head down to BK and get their Italian chicken sandwich and eat it in the parking lot while listening to the radio. That was close to 25 years ago, and I doubt I’ve paid a visit more than 5-6 times in the interveneing years. So yeah, maybe a Whopper would hit the spot? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/96 "2016-10-15T13:39:06Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > as far as I can think of, none here in Santa Barbara. According to the BK website, Santa Barbara is ~34 miles both east and west of the nearest ones. But it’s not like there are no fast food places there: half a dozen McDonald’s (and a McDonald’s corporate office), at least one Wendy’s, a Taco Bell, an In-N-Out Burger, etc. Just no Burger King. Interesting/weird. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/97 "2016-10-15T15:07:40Z")
You could have allowed multiple choices. I don’t like Whoppers, I don’t like Burger King, I’m not a big fan of fast food in general (independent pizza and Chinese places excluded), and I’m watching my weight. ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/98 "2016-10-15T15:35:43Z")
With cheese and bacon, extra onion, no pickle please. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/99 "2016-10-15T16:34:21Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > According to the BK website, Santa Barbara is ~34 miles both east and west of the nearest ones. But it’s not like there are no fast food places there: half a dozen McDonald’s (and a McDonald’s corporate office), at least one Wendy’s, a Taco Bell, an In-N-Out Burger, etc. Just no Burger King. Interesting/weird. 🙂 You wanna know what else is weird here? Very few of the fast food places have drive through window service. In fact, a couple places I’m thinking of clearly _used to_, but have closed them up and restricted their parking areas. I assumed there must be some sort of city restriction in place, but there are a small handful of places that have drive throughs. Weird. It’s a bummer for me because well I very warily want fast food, when I do it’s usually because I have my dog in my car, or I’m in a hurry or something and a drive-through would be extra convenient. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206/100 "2016-10-15T18:08:43Z")
In the documentary _Super Size Me_ (2004), a man who ate Big Macs three times a day (and was skinny as hell) said someone once offered him five bucks to eat a Whopper. He said he ate the Whopper and then used the money to buy more Big Macs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206.md?page=6)