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Old 04-13-2009, 11:48 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Mexico slams Burger King for 'whopper' of insult

Mexico slams Burger King for 'whopper' of insult
Apr 13 06:28 PM US/Eastern
By MARK STEVENSON
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MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico is protesting what it says is a whopper of an insult. An advertisement for Burger King's chili-flavored "Texican" burger that has run in Europe shows a small wrestler dressed in a cape resembling a Mexican flag. The wrestler teams up with a lanky American cowboy twice his height to illustrate the cross-border blend of flavors.
"The taste of Texas with a little spicy Mexican," a narrator's voice says.

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Old 04-14-2009, 01:30 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I say who cares? People in Mexico have a bad habit of burning foreign flags so to hell with them.
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Old 04-14-2009, 12:21 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Well ... it is funny.

I hate it when people can't laugh at themselves. Probably comes from growing up in WV. But then maybe that's more of being laughed AT.
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Remember the Chihuahua and Taco Bell? That didn't go over well either.
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I loved that dog, it was a cute marketing idea.
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Yes, it was but people really were upset by it. Remember the uproar it caused?
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Yeah, but I thought it was stupid then.

I know I was pretty young at the time, but didn't that campaign last for a while before they stopped? I remember seeing the Taco Bell dog t-shirts and stuffed animals and other stuff like that.
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They got speedy Gonzalez banned too.
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Think I'll go try one of those texican whoppers tomorrow.
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