Burger King Russia apologizes for World Cup 'impregnation' advert

CNN via MSNBC ^ | 06/20/2018 | Chris Scott

[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."

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

At what point in their decision matrix did this seem like a good idea?

[Tax-chick]

There are some really stupid people out there.

[Vaquero]

Hold the pickles…

[SkyDancer]

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

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

F’n Trump!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I can not argue with that.

[Tax-chick]

And some of them are Russian. Obviously.

[Vigilanteman]

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.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Any of the wives of the players who happen to be pregnant should make a claim.

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

[Tucker39]

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.

[MNDude]

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

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Quod erat demonstrandum!

(Thus it has been demonstrated.)

[Sacajaweau]

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

[EEGator]

I like it.

[House Atreides]

What a dumbass idea!

[rrrod]

Have a cheeseburger!

[Trillian]

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.

[ladyjane]

Darn. I was hoping to get pregnant. Hoping for twins.

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

[NorthstarMom]

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

[ladyjane]

Quod erat demonstrandum! (Thus it has been demonstrated.)

It's been ergoed.