At 11:56 AM 2/14/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
"Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo" wrote: > > >From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright > >Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 21:48:30 -0600 > >Whopper? > > > >Burger King is British owned IIRC. > > > >xponent > >Fun House Maru > >rob > > DOH!I'm guessing that you don't have Jack In The Box in PR. Awhile back (on the order of 3 years or so?), we had a whole lot of JitB commercials that had Jack trying to call heads of other burger chains to ask them why they don't do X, and he didn't get an answer on the BK call, and then he figuratively slapped his head and said something to the effect of, "That's right, the owner of Burger King is British, so he won't be up now!" And he re-iterated the BK head being British, so you got the point....
Of course, an alternate interpretation of the commercial could be that the UK still has a royal family (though at the moment a queen instead of a king) and the US does not . . .
-- Ronn! :)
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