Posted on 06/06/2018 7:01:44 AM PDT by BBell
International House of Pancakes has created a stir by saying that after being IHOP for 60 years, it is "flippin' our name to IHOb" setting off speculation over what that mysterious b could signify.
For now, the company isn't saying. IHOP promises to reveal the meaning on June 11.
But the Internet isn't big on waiting. Hungry for answers, people responded to the cryptic tweets: Could it be breakfast? Biscuits? Brunch? The improbable bancakes? Simply, and minimally, bacon? The on-trend bitcoin?
Those are a few of the more popular guesses on IHOP's Twitter feed, in a thread that's littered with the company's coy responses and an annoying/cute (depending on your patience level) insistence on replacing p's with b's.
"Please tell me you're joking," a Twitter user named kayla said.
"Oh blease, this is no joke!" IHOP replied.
Patrick Ford tweeted, "I'm just over here wanting some answers! Stop b-ing elusive and tell me what the answer b!" and the company responded, "batience, Batrick, batience!"
After the company wrote, "There's so many obtions, what could it b?!" Extra D0G replied, "Can you not blease?"
Encouraging people to keep guessing, the folks running IHOP's social media account repeatedly cited the endless "possi-b-ilities." But at least two people noted that the company was missing out on a chance to say "bossibilities."
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Or John Deere changing to Tom Deere or John Doe.
New Coke is a good analogy. We all remember how well that went.
My old high school football coach used to tell us, if you make 5-10 yards on a play, keep running the same play until you score. Why mess with success?
Some consultant is behind this name change and IHOP will regret taking their advice. Leave success alone.
Re-centerIng their market to the older set and simultaneously becoming more inclusive of the disabled, those of us who can no longer hop to IHOP can now hob to IHOb. Marketing geniuses.
I’m voting for “Breakfast.”
Dunkin Donuts changed their name to Dunkin a couple weeks ago.
You’ve made me hungry for Chinese green onion pancakes!
Those are so good.
And blinis with sour cream and real caviar.
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