-PJ
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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Cheap and lazy free PR gambit. See also: Miss America.
Dont really care what it stands for. I’ll hopefully never have to go to an International House of BLACK again.
Not because I’m a racist. Because I cant stand being served food, or eating in the presence of openly flamboyant fags. (OMG, right?)
I suggest they off with their true meaning before the International House of BUTT Rapers gets a bad name.
Idiot corporate decision. They would get more customers by playing up the world’s different kinds of pancakes. Japan has some amazing savory pancakes, there are crêpes, blinis, Etc. Don’t be ashamed of your food and change your name to hide the food.
-PJ
Just to toss in my two cents, I really don’t care what they do. That is one of many establishments to I never go to.
Waffles & Steak and hashbrowns ( Scattered, Smothered and Covered). And over easy eggs. Good stuff.
General Rule for Success in Life/Business: If it ain’t broke, leave it alone.
Yea, they roped me in to giving them free publicity.
It’s just you. Never occurred to me.
Sarcasm aside, you posted it. QED.
Maybe it’s an LGBT thing. “International House of Butts.”
“Isn’t IHOb just IHOP up-side down?”
Brilliant observation!
Yup.
If it’s anything like the IHOPs down South, it is.
Thug women fight in IHOP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro8eFoq0Y_4
More IHOP Ghetto fighting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n-AnZf-83w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xBKEY4gRwo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXvOl3M5uto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVWbG11VjDw
White Thugs fight at IHOP, BLACK MAN breaks it up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnZ_Lk_FJhI
These are just a SMALL sample of videos on IHOP Thug fights. I avoid eating at IHOP.
Well you are right. Clever.
do NOT go to an IHOP in New England.
You’ll get speared the moment you open the door. Places are just an absolute zoo.
And I think you know what my vote for the letter “b” is.
I understand wanting to be more inclusive (after all, they’ll serve steak, too), but at least I-HOP plays on words, but “I hob” does not! (Never mind it’s an acronym, i.e., laziness, and is NOT the “original name”.)
We only JUST finally got one in our area after 40 years! They just put up the signs - and now they’re going to have to change out the P?
Waffle House stinks.
Just BTW.
Yes and no. This will not NEARLY be the firestorm Coke was!
Finally!
Now we know what the 'boom' event is that QAnon has promised for June 11th...
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