Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Cars, Burgers and Lemony Justice!

Have you ever been to a Wireless Wave store? Yes? No? Well pretty much every mall has one. They sell cellphones and cellphone accessories (spoken in a Hank Hill accent). Well, they are known for having the front end of a car in all their stores.
Did you ever wonder if there is some giant Wireless Wave warehouse somewhere with the rear end of all theoe damn cars? Why would they only use half the car? Ever more puzzling, what does half a car have to do with cellphones and cellphone accessories?(this time lets do it as a Kramer impression)

In other news - I was at A&W the other day (Mozza Burgers rock!), and I noticed something hilarious.


You know how the trays at fast food places usually have a little paper place mat on them that is usually an ad, or, if you're lucky, fun facts and a word problem? Well A&W is mocking this tradition right now with their latest paper place mat. They just came out with the new Sirloin Uncle Burger, and their current place mat features all sorts of word games with an Uncle Burger theme. The best part is, every single answer to every single question is Sirloin. There is a word search that asks "How many secret ingredients of the Uncle Burger can you find?" and the only letters in the word search are S,I,R,L,O, and N. There is a word match section with only two things to match, "Sirloin" on one side and "Uncle Burger" on the other. There is a word jumble where each jumble is just a different way to mix up the word "Sirloin". There is even a 3 question crossword puzzle, where the clues are as follows:

"Premium cut of beef"
"Rhymes with firloin"
"Starts with sir, ends with loin"

If that wasn't enough they even put a list of the answers upside down at the bottom. It reads, "sirloin, sirloin, sirloin, etc. (for another 30 times)"

I think this parody of regular fast food paper place mats is hilarious and refreshing. I'm so glad that a big corporation like A&W is humble enough to make fun of themselves and their colleagues in a fun and interesting way. They don't go out of their way to seem like big shots, getting Justin Timberlake to sing "I'm loving it!" on their ads like a tool. (sorry Justin, I love you, but in that moment and several others throughout your career you have come off like a tool) Anyway, that is the brain thoughts for the day. Now for some lemony justice!



























when life hands you lemons, throw them at Jimmy Fallon! (Bring Conan back!!!!!!)

1 comment:

  1. I think A&W was just trying to brainwash all those kids. They'll take the uncle burger away, and re-emerge it 10 years from now when all those young impressionable children are old enough to buy a burger, and all the masses will swarm in for a s-i-r-l-o-i-n.
    well done A&W

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