Monday, July 20, 2009
Subservient Chicken, Whopper Freakout Come to BK.com
Burger King has redesigned its primary U.S. site, BK.com, to feature well-known but long-gone ads such as “Subservient Chicken” and “Whopper Freakout.”
Burger King has redesigned its primary U.S. site, BK.com, to feature well-known but long-gone ads such as “Subservient Chicken” and “Whopper Freakout.”
Some members of Twitter, the microblogging service, received a surprise over the weekend when they were informed that the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, had joined the site. “Dalai Lama (OHHDL) is now following your updates on Twitter,” the message read. But @OHHDL was an impostor, it was revealed, and banned from the site.
Ah, May! The weather gets a little warmer, high school kids nervously attend their proms and the movie studios begin to release their would-be blockbusters, eager to start the summer box-office rush early.
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