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Burger King Russia apologizes for World Cup 'impregnation' advert
CNN via MSNBC ^ | 06/20/2018 | Chris Scott

Posted on 06/20/2018 5:03:45 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear

Fast food company Burger King Russia has been forced to apologize after an advertisement offered Russian women the chance to win $47,000 and free Whoppers for life if they got impregnated by a World Cup player.

The short-lived campaign was promoted in Russia on Tuesday via social media platform VK -- Russia's equivalent of Facebook -- before being pulled down after a flurry of angry responses from the public. Burger King Russia then released an apology on VK, saying they had removed all materials related to the campaign as it was 'insulting."

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: burgerking; pregnancy; pregnant; russia; vodka; worldcup
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Here's another example of marketing genius from not too long ago:
Ikea wants pregnant women to pee on an advertisement in a magazine for a discount
21 posted on 06/20/2018 5:35:27 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

A special prize for parents of seven or more children– the Order of Parental Glory – was established in 2008, Russia

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/10/putin-paying-women-have-children-inside-russias-super-families/

22 posted on 06/20/2018 5:35:45 PM PDT by donna (Maricopa County, AZ: 22 percent of felons are illegal aliens)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

You got this from CNN and MSNBC? It must be fake news, then.


23 posted on 06/20/2018 5:36:23 PM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: ladyjane

For twins they give you free whoppers with cheese and a order of fries. :)


24 posted on 06/20/2018 5:36:29 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunnies!! Or maybe midgets....)
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To: ladyjane; Harmless Teddy Bear

I can see some law suits coming.


25 posted on 06/20/2018 5:36:55 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Trillian
Is there a closet of bad ideas where these things come from?

I have to admit it is creative in a very weird sort of way.

26 posted on 06/20/2018 5:39:43 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunnies!! Or maybe midgets....)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

That’s my question for sure.


27 posted on 06/20/2018 5:56:34 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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That is priceless.

Years ago an operational planner explained to me that the USSR was a third world country with a first class military. So it doesn’t surprise me that this would come out of Russia.


28 posted on 06/20/2018 6:27:59 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Bringing new meaning to “The Whopper.”

Nice buns.

Where’s the beef.

Hold the pickle.

What exactly is in the special sauce?


29 posted on 06/20/2018 6:53:10 PM PDT by dangus
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To: dangus

And this one we can blame on the Russians.


30 posted on 06/20/2018 6:56:17 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunnies!! Or maybe midgets....)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Wendy's did it better.
31 posted on 06/20/2018 7:13:11 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Ironically, MacDonald’s special sauce is pretty much Russian dressing. Or un-dressing as the case may be.


32 posted on 06/20/2018 7:29:48 PM PDT by dangus
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To: donna
Father Sergei is of Don Cossack heritage, meaning he descends from the warrior clans who once defended Russia’s borders. He espouses a muscular version of Christianity, organising classes in Cossack culture and regular military training for the young people who attend his church. At one recent summer school, children eagerly undertook lessons in minesweeping, weapons handling and hand-to-hand combat. They may have some practical application: in Rostov-on-Don, the fighting in Ukraine is close enough to be occasionally audible.

Sounds like a fun church. I would have loved this when I was a kid as it would have kept me happily in church.

So much for "turn the other cheek" with these Cossacks.

33 posted on 06/20/2018 8:37:40 PM PDT by BBell (not drinking, just a smart a$$)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

How many Whoppers do they get if they get knocked up by Putin?


34 posted on 06/20/2018 8:52:35 PM PDT by rfp1234 (I have already previewed this composition.)
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To: BBell

Back in Oklahoma, I was ready to sign my sons up for “IDF Commando Day Camp” at the Jewish Community Center, but we moved, instead.


35 posted on 06/21/2018 5:26:42 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
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