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Jan 26, 2010, 08:55 AM
 
"...promises Burger King's North American president Chuck Fallon, with a straight face."

Burger King to Sell Beer in Times Square - Gothamist



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Jan 26, 2010, 08:56 AM
 
I saw this yesterday. Finally, the Obama presidency pays off.
     
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Jan 26, 2010, 08:57 AM
 
You can get Budweiser at McDonald's?
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Jan 26, 2010, 09:05 AM
 
But is it served in a glass?
     
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Jan 26, 2010, 09:11 AM
 
Excellent. Now I can get my Burger King indigestion and my Bud Mud at the same time!

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Jan 26, 2010, 09:18 AM
 
"You can have America's favorite beers with America's favorite burger"
Thankfully, living in a free country, I can also not.
     
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Jan 26, 2010, 09:20 AM
 
Originally Posted by Arnold Lyons, 58, of the Bronx
There's already enough trouble without Burger King selling beer. You don't take your kids to a bar.
Actually, in most of the world, and even large parts of the US, you see kids at bars all the time. And how is Burger King serving beer any different than Pizzaria Uno serving beer?
     
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Jan 26, 2010, 09:23 AM
 
They'll all be ordered via the drive-thru.
     
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Jan 26, 2010, 09:38 AM
 
Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
Thankfully, living in a free country, I can also not.
Boy, aren't freedoms nice? I enjoy having lots of them.

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Jan 26, 2010, 09:40 AM
 
Unless you can marry that burger and beer, you're not truly free, are you now?
     
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Jan 26, 2010, 09:41 AM
 
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Boy, aren't freedoms nice? I enjoy having lots of them.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
Unless you can marry that burger and beer, you're not truly free, are you now?
Once you do marry them, on the other hand, you’ll never be free again.
     
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Jan 26, 2010, 09:45 AM
 
The burger wants me to eat it several times a week and the beer is always like, "I want to be inside you."
     
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Jan 26, 2010, 10:01 AM
 
From what I hear, they've been selling beer at McDonald's and movie theaters in the EU for years.
     
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Jan 26, 2010, 10:02 AM
 
That's because Europe isn't deathly afraid of alcohol.
     
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
That's because Europe isn't deathly afraid of alcohol.
But they are deathly afraid of McDonald's, so the alcohol is a necessary inducement.

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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
That's because Europe isn't deathly afraid of alcohol.
We are deathly afraid of movie theatres instead.

Edit: Dammit, beaten to it.
     
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Jan 26, 2010, 10:12 AM
 
Originally Posted by Chongo View Post
From what I hear, they've been selling beer at McDonald's and movie theaters in the EU for years.
Come to think of it, I actually don't think Burger King sells alcohol here, either. Not sure, though.
     
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
The burger wants me to eat it several times a week and the beer is always like, "I want to be inside you."

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Jan 26, 2010, 10:29 AM
 
Pretty much identical to any Taco Bell I've ever been to.

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Jan 26, 2010, 11:12 AM
 
I can quote Jay from Clerks 2 in an applicable setting. "Does this taste like piss and flies to you?"
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Calling Doof....
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Jan 26, 2010, 11:32 AM
 
Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
We are deathly afraid of movie theatres instead.
Reason #1 why I don't go to the movies in the US more often: because I can't have a beer while watching the flick.

F*cking hate it. I used to smuggle in a bottle of my favorite German beer, but that's silly.

I'd rather watch the movies at home with nice beer. Land of the free my a$$

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Jan 26, 2010, 11:34 AM
 
Like it wouldn't cost $100 for a bottle of beer at a concession stand anyway.
     
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Jan 26, 2010, 11:40 AM
 
It would take more than a beer to entice me to eat at Burger King.
I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
     
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Originally Posted by turtle777 View Post
Reason #1 why I don't go to the movies in the US more often: because I can't have a beer while watching the flick.

F*cking hate it. I used to smuggle in a bottle of my favorite German beer, but that's silly.

I'd rather watch the movies at home with nice beer. Land of the free my a$$
That's why I miss all the independent theaters. All the huge mega theater corporations bought them up or ran them out of town. I knew of at least two or three that allowed you to bring your own food and drinks into the cinema.

It was great while it lasted. Now everything is either AMC or Cinemark/Century/Regal, which don't allow outside food or drinks.
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Jan 26, 2010, 11:42 AM
 
It's only a matter of time before they install those full-body scanners, too.

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It would take more than a beer to entice me to eat at Burger King.
BREAKING: Las Vegas Burger King adds prostitutes to the menu.
     
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Chicken Fries and Bud Light will eventually be the number one killer of Americans.
     
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BREAKING: Las Vegas Burger King adds prostitutes to the menu.
Just don't ask for supersize.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
BREAKING: Las Vegas Burger King adds prostitutes to the menu.
Maybe if they give free blowjobs while I attempt to wash down shit with piss.
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Originally Posted by Rumor View Post
It would take more than a beer to entice me to eat at Burger King.
Well, it all depends on the kind of beer.

Btw, I remember when the German BKs used to sell beer in the 90s. Whopper and Miller Genuine Draft.

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Chicken Fries and Bud Light will eventually be the number one killer of Americans.
Coupled with eating them while on your cellphone driving your SUV.
     
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Originally Posted by olePigeon View Post
Just don't ask for supersize.
Or for the nutritional information.

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Maybe if they give free blowjobs while I attempt to wash down shit with piss.
Are we still talking about food, or some odd proclivities you have...?
     
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I find the pastrami to be the most sensual of all the salted, cured meats.

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Originally Posted by turtle777 View Post
Reason #1 why I don't go to the movies in the US more often: because I can't have a beer while watching the flick.

F*cking hate it. I used to smuggle in a bottle of my favorite German beer, but that's silly.

I'd rather watch the movies at home with nice beer. Land of the free my a$$

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There are lots of movie theaters where you can order beer in the US. I currently live by one in Silver Spring, MD (the AFI Silver), and used to live by one in Somerville, MA (the Somerville Theater). You just have to go to the small, independent theaters.
     
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Maybe if they give free blowjobs while I attempt to wash down shit with piss.
Would you like to bukakesize your meal, sir?
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They better be handing out condoms while they're at it.
     
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They're included in the bag like ketchup packets and sweet & sour sauce containers.
     
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Jan 26, 2010, 01:51 PM
 
I like where this thread has gone.

I'm shocked that Doofy has inadvertently acknowledged that Budweiser is beer, however.
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Jan 26, 2010, 02:03 PM
 
If you want to go to Burger King for a beer and a burger when there are countless better, local options all over the city, that's just fine by me.
     
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot View Post
I'm shocked that Doofy has inadvertently acknowledged that Budweiser is beer, however.
Have you gone insane, man!?
There are two different Budweisers: There's the American pisswater that came about after Prohibition that's served here in the States and elsewhere, then there's the fairly respectable pre-Prohibition Budweiser that's still sold in the UK and Europe.

I think someone here pointed out that you can still get the pisswater in the UK and Europe, but it's called Bud instead of Budweiser.
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Maybe if they give free blowjobs while I attempt to wash down shit with piss.
Lets all pretend I went through the effort to dig up that Burger King "It'll BLOW your mind" ad and posted it here.
     
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I'm shocked that Doofy has inadvertently acknowledged that Budweiser is beer, however.
Have you gone insane, man!?
As a representative of the mid-Atlantic rock star fraternity, I again inform all readers that Bud and Jack are the only acceptable refreshments in said fraternity, lest we be mistaken for common-or-garden pop/emo/punk/prog stars.

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There are two different Budweisers: There's the American pisswater that came about after Prohibition that's served here in the States and elsewhere, then there's the fairly respectable pre-Prohibition Budweiser that's still sold in the UK and Europe.
Don't ask me how I know, but Budweiser Budvar tastes like goat pee.
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Originally Posted by paul w View Post
If you want to go to Burger King for a beer and a burger when there are countless better, local options all over the city, that's just fine by me.
That's what this place is for.
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