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BK’s Latest Sandwich Will ‘Blow Your Mind Away’

David Wallace — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:48:42 +0000

What are they thinking? Burger King has had some pretty creepy advertising campaigns in the past but what in the world is going on with the print ad below which promotes their new 7 inch sandwich?

The advertisement leaves little to the imagination. Advertising experts are saying that the ad should be discontinued due to “distasteful” and unappetizing references to oral sex.

The print ad for the “BK Super Seven Incher” — a limited time promotion in Singapore, shows the “mind-blowing” sandwich near the open mouth of a wide-eyed, red-lipsticked woman accompanied by the suggestive tagline: “It’ll blow your mind away.”

The ad even goes on to say, “Fill your desire for something long, juicy and flame-grilled.”

Mark Duffy, a blogger and an advertising copyrighter at a major New York City firm, said the advertisement is among the “worst” he’s ever seen in more than 17 years of industry experience.

“I’ve seen a lot of sexual innuendo ads and this is about the worst, especially for something as mainstream as Burger King,” Duffy told FOXNews.com. “I was a little repulsed by it. It’s really misogynistic to women and it’s also unappetizing.”

What do you think? Has Burger King gone too far?

New Ad From Big Three Automakers

David Wallace — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:15:36 +0000

Now that it appears that the big three U.S. automakers are going to get their bailout money from Uncle Sam, here is an advertisement that you would like to see them put out, but know they never will. Nevertheless it is pretty funny if you can look past the fact that it is our money (U.S. taxpayers) they will be getting.

Automaker CEOs Beg For Bail-Out Cash After Fying Luxurious Private Jets

David Wallace — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:43:45 +0000

Apparently the CEOs from the big three automakers (Chrysler, Ford and GM) flew to Washington D.C. yesterday in private luxurious jets to make their case to Congress that the auto industry is running out of cash and needs $25 billion in taxpayer money to avoid bankruptcy.

Their claims that they will likely go out of business without a bailout from the government did not seem to distract them from traveling in style. First class is not even good enough for them.

“All three CEOs – Rick Wagoner of GM, Alan Mulally of Ford, and Robert Nardelli of Chrysler – exercised their perks Tuesday by flying in corporate jets to DC. Wagoner flew in GM’s $36 million luxury aircraft to tell members of Congress that the company is burning through cash, asking for $10-12 billion for GM alone,” reports ABC News.

“We want to continue the vital role we’ve played for Americans for the past 100 years, but we can’t do it alone,” Wagoner told the Senate Banking Committee.

While Wagoner testified, his G4 private jet was parked at Dulles airport. It is just one of a fleet of luxury jets owned by GM that continues to ferry executives around the world despite the company’s dire financial straits.

“This is a slap in the face of taxpayers,” said Tom Schatz, President of Citizens Against Government Waste. “To come to Washington on a corporate jet, and asking for a hand out is outrageous.”

Wagoner’s private jet trip to Washington cost his ailing company an estimated $20,000 roundtrip. In comparison, seats on Northwest Airlines flight 2364 from Detroit to Washington were going online for $288 coach and $837 first class.

What is even more dumb than these CEO’s apparent lack of reality is the fact that the government will probably comply to their requests.