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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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At what point in their decision matrix did this seem like a good idea?
1 posted on 06/20/2018 5:03:45 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

There are some really stupid people out there.


2 posted on 06/20/2018 5:05:16 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Hold the pickles…


3 posted on 06/20/2018 5:05:28 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

So if a women gets preggers and then BK pulls the advert, then ?????


4 posted on 06/20/2018 5:06:25 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

F’n Trump!


5 posted on 06/20/2018 5:07:22 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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To: Tax-chick

I can not argue with that.


6 posted on 06/20/2018 5:07:53 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunnies!! Or maybe midgets....)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

And some of them are Russian. Obviously.


7 posted on 06/20/2018 5:08:37 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

You have to remember the legacy of the old Soviet Union: Vodka was cheaper than clean drinking water because a drunk and stupid population was easier to control.


8 posted on 06/20/2018 5:08:40 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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Any of the wives of the players who happen to be pregnant should make a claim.

Even if it was pulled, they did offer. :)

9 posted on 06/20/2018 5:11:44 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunnies!! Or maybe midgets....)
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One of my pet peeves for many years has been “high level decision makers” whe don’t give any concrete indication that they know their gluteous maximus from a cork pistol. This Booger King decision just cements that opinion for me.


10 posted on 06/20/2018 5:11:53 PM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

If they eat a Whopper everyday for the next 60 years, that’s about $80,000 in value alone!


11 posted on 06/20/2018 5:13:23 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: Tax-chick
Quod erat demonstrandum!

(Thus it has been demonstrated.)

12 posted on 06/20/2018 5:16:12 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunnies!! Or maybe midgets....)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/02/25/clinton.money/


13 posted on 06/20/2018 5:19:02 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I like it.


14 posted on 06/20/2018 5:19:26 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

What a dumbass idea!


15 posted on 06/20/2018 5:22:52 PM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: Tax-chick

Have a cheeseburger!


16 posted on 06/20/2018 5:23:17 PM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Haha, they would be hurting for cash if they were serious.
It reminds me of this:



It's all a part of our Krusty Burger Olympic Sweepstakes.
Just scratch off the name of the Olympic event on your game card and if America wins a gold medal you win a free Krusty Burger!
How much are these free burgers gonna cost me?
Not to worry, Mr. K. We've rigged the cards.
They're all in events that communists never lose.

This just came over the wires, Big K.
Soviet boycott. U.S. unopposed in most events.

You people are pigs! I personally am gonna spit in every 50th burger.
I like those odds.
17 posted on 06/20/2018 5:24:43 PM PDT by Trillian
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Darn. I was hoping to get pregnant. Hoping for twins.

Does this mean I don’t get free Whoppers for life??


18 posted on 06/20/2018 5:27:34 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: MNDude

If you eat a whopper every day you probably won’t live another 60 years.


19 posted on 06/20/2018 5:28:13 PM PDT by NorthstarMom
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Quod erat demonstrandum! (Thus it has been demonstrated.)

It's been ergoed.

20 posted on 06/20/2018 5:30:49 PM PDT by ladyjane
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