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Kevin · Feb 15, 2006, 12:59 PM

http://today.reuters.com/business/ne...yID=nN14372297

No good idea of their own, so they just steal Burger King's

BK took a huge chance on those ads, and they are really funny.

McDonalds now wants to copy the style

olePigeon · Feb 15, 2006, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by Kevin

http://today.reuters.com/business/ne...yID=nN14372297

No good idea of their own, so they just steal Burger King's

BK took a huge chance on those ads, and they are really funny.

McDonalds now wants to copy the style

Well isn't that an ironic twist.

When McDonald's first started to be super successful, Burger King came to be. Burger King copied absolutely everything about McDonald's services. Everything. In fact, their founder and former CEO said that "If McDonald's had decided to have everyone stand on their head while serving food, we would've done the same."

Funny.

Doofy · Feb 15, 2006, 01:47 PM

I detest those BK ads.

It's a good job I'm on a life-long boycott of BK for something else otherwise I'd have to boycott them for having crappy ads.

iREZ · Feb 15, 2006, 01:54 PM

i love the BK king ads...gimme more creepiness!

mdc · Feb 15, 2006, 02:32 PM

That's exactly it. The King is f**king creepy.

Lateralus · Feb 15, 2006, 02:45 PM

I love the BK ads. The King and Dr. Angus both.

Have any of you heard McDonalds' radio ads? They're horrid.

iLikebeer · Feb 15, 2006, 06:15 PM

I prefer the food AND advertising of In-N-Outs. It's so good that besides using billboards to show where a store is located, they only have to rely on people like me always saying In-N-Out is the best whenever fast food is brought up. See, I just did it! That might be an annoying style because I just went off topic, but it seems to be working well enough.

Kerrigan · Feb 15, 2006, 06:39 PM

I don't care so much about advertising. I like the whopper, its delicious taste has a special place in my heart (in more ways than one).

rickey939 · Feb 15, 2006, 06:57 PM

Toxic Hell rules.®

JoshuaZ · Feb 15, 2006, 08:31 PM

Does it matter? Both their food tastes like cardboard. Except for those fries... they are so addictive... must resist urge to buy them... must eat.. bento.. lunch... Arg!

ghporter · Feb 15, 2006, 08:55 PM

The BK "king" is creepy. Old Ronald was cool for a clown, and very kid-friendly. Now McD's is aiming to keep the market they bought with the Kid's Meal. Can't blame 'em.

iLikebeer · Feb 15, 2006, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

Does it matter? Both their food tastes like cardboard. Except for those fries... they are so addictive... must resist urge to buy them... must eat.. bento.. lunch... Arg!

Don't try their McGriddles or you'll have another urge to resist. A pancake sandwich with eggstuff, fake cheese, sausage, bacon, and syrup with a side of some sort of hashbrown lump. Sooooo good. I'm glad they got rid of the McRib, that was my other McD's weakness.

powerbook867 · Feb 15, 2006, 09:38 PM

Krusty the Clown's rib sandwich.

"Pork?" he is asked.

"No, think smaller and more legs" he responds

mdc · Feb 15, 2006, 09:44 PM

mmm. McGriddle. I have to admit, McDonalds food is awful, but their breakfast is good. If i'm ever awake on the weekend at that time I get a Bacon, Egg and Cheese McMuffin and McGriddle.

milhous · Feb 15, 2006, 09:50 PM

agreed about the mcdonald's breakfasts, especially those oval-shaped hash brows.

i like wendy's the best, plus the fact that you can choose a side besides fries.

it's a safe bet that bk is more of a direct competitor to mcdonald's than wendy's considering that they don't serve breakfast at all.

and of course, wendy's owns tim hortons which i've never been to.

Kevin · Feb 16, 2006, 07:06 AM

BK makes the best breakfast hands down. And their chicken fries....

Big Mac · Feb 16, 2006, 07:44 AM

You like Chicken Fries? I tried them once and was decidedly unimpressed. There's very little chicken in them at all. I'd rather get regular fries and chicken tenders if I'm in the mood for chicken bits.

powerbook867 · Feb 16, 2006, 07:56 AM

who's the king baby!!

Stradlater · Feb 16, 2006, 11:47 AM

Yeah, a friend commented immediately after the McD ad first came on: "So...they're copying BK now?"

McD took a real dive with the "I'm loving it" advertising. They need something better, though, because Ronald is just a poor simulacrum of the King.

Not that it matters; McD has so many people addicted to their food already.

Seldom do I eat fast food. Rarely more than once every couple months (and even then, it's usually something relatively healthy, like Subway).

Stradlater · Feb 16, 2006, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by Kevin

BK makes the best breakfast hands down. And their chicken fries....

I'll have to agree with the former. Early-morning flights might make me swing by BK on the way over. The croissanwich is bliss

I tried one chicken fry out of a friend's order on Superbowl Sunday, though, and boy, what a TERRIBLE aftertaste. Awful.

wdlove · Feb 16, 2006, 04:41 PM

I don't have all that much faith in fast food restaurants.

Dakar · Feb 16, 2006, 04:44 PM

That's good, Ronny McDonald & The Burger King are false idols anyway.

DeathToWindows · Feb 17, 2006, 05:11 PM

I haven't eaten fast food of that sort in years... and I'm content.

Salty · Feb 17, 2006, 07:52 PM

I don't really eat fast food at all any more... I'm happier for it.

iLikebeer · Feb 17, 2006, 08:44 PM

I exercise a lot so don't have to worry about occasionally enjoying some fast food crap. You don't have to be a Puritan about fast food if you go out and be active instead of sitting on the computer or watching TV all day. Everything in moderation really is a great saying. You don't have to stop doing every bad activity completely if you just find some balance.