Not a joke

Video in link.

http://inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/23/whopper-promotion-a-struggle-to-swallow/

7 patties
777 Yen ($9)
7+7 cm tall
1.7 pounds of meat
707+707+707 calories
Available for 7 days at all BKs in Japan, to first 30 customers at each BK, after 1st 30, pay double!

Quote :

"TOKYO, Japan - There’s nothing like buzz to get your product selling, especially in Tokyo. The Japanese love what’s hot, hip and new. Microsoft, launching Windows 7 after a troubled reception here for Vista, decided to pair up with Burger King for some cross promotion. Burger King, for its part, could use some buzz itself. The king of whoppers has a fraction of the market share and revenue that McDonald’s boasts. McDonald’s, in the recession and slow recovery in Japan, has seen record profit levels as frugal diners lean to the US$1 menu. Hence, the Windows 7 Whopper was born. It’s really just a whopper with seven patties. Yes, 7. For one week, the Windows 7 Whopper is available at all of Japan’s Burger Kings for the low price of 777 yen, equivalent to about US$9. That’s a heck of a deal for beef in Japan, which is usually much more expensive. But like any good promotion, only a limited few get to partake of the gut bomb. Every day this week, the first 30 diners at every Burger King gets the deal. After that, you have to pay double for the Windows 7 Whopper."

Quote :

" I’ve won hot dog and ice cream eating contests, but this looked like a task too tough to finish."

10/24/2009 8:22:12 PM

jesus christ it's old!

10/24/2009 8:25:25 PM

[old] that was in the windows 7 thread in tech talk a couple of days ago.

still crazy

found it! message_topic.aspx?topic=553929&page=28#13379615

[Edited on October 24, 2009 at 8:28 PM. Reason : ]

10/24/2009 8:25:53 PM

this is motherfuckin CHIT CHAT

i don't give a shit that it was posted in tech talk.

10/24/2009 9:38:32 PM

old god dammit

10/24/2009 9:40:45 PM

as far as i can tell, this has not been posted/discussed in chit chat.

so i don't see how it is old.

10/24/2009 9:42:20 PM

i feel like taking a shit just from seeing that. and i just took one.

10/24/2009 9:42:27 PM

i am not even sure how i feel about this concoction

10/24/2009 9:47:46 PM

The Quad Stack at BK was bad enough. After two bites, I could feel my arteries clogging...


Let alone 7

10/24/2009 9:48:37 PM

10/24/2009 9:49:35 PM

I wish 777 yen was $9, I'd be that much richer these days

10/24/2009 10:04:31 PM

Does it use 4 times as much RAM as a Whopper XP?

10/24/2009 11:14:51 PM

The whopper vista has more of everything than a whopper original, but its under cooked and poorly put together.

10/24/2009 11:23:28 PM