Retired - or Unemployed? Fluffy suspects something

[inhouston]

Fluffy just pointed this out to me -

MIAMI (AP) — The king is dead.

Burger King's spooky "The King" mascot is retiring so the struggling burger chain can refocus its marketing to reach new customers. The mascot has been around for years, but recently has become a more prevalent and somewhat creepy presence in ads - showing up in people's beds and peeping in their windows.

The fast food chain, which has suffered declining sales, will roll out a new advertising campaign this weekend sans "The King" that will focus on its burgers. The campaign is the first since Burger King switched advertising agencies in July.

"We won't be seeing The King for a while," a Burger King spokesman said.

Maybe neither -

Peeping into windows - and showing up in beds invited - maybe doing some time behind bars instead?

[smackdown]

BK needs much more than ditching the plastic freakish "King". It needs new restaurants and modernization of those back room facilities. the Whopper is still a great burger. Switch out the heart-stopping mayo for something tastier and healthier and it blows away anything else out there. Maybe some type of yogurt cucumber relish with a lot less calories.

Ahhh... in my youth I could down two double beef cheeseburgers with mustard only and a bag of fries and still bound two steps at a time up my complex apartment stairwell without huffing. Now, just seeing one of those things makes my heart jump (with fear).

[frankq]

Aug 27, 2011 22:29:54 GMT -5 @franktheimpaler said:

Blow it out your rear end dude!

If I ate 2 whoppers, that's exactly what would happen!!

[frankq]

"We won't be seeing The King for a while," a Burger King spokesman said.

Good. Because he was scaring the shit out of the kids.....

[usaone]

Mc Donalds still the king of marketing by far!!

Nobody pivots and restructures quicker than they do.