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Dear Burger King, This is not a Transformer

Posted in Humor by User ImageDouglas Karr at 7:24 pm

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Dear Burger King,

I purchased a Kid’s Meal today because it was supposed to have an Optimus Prime Tranformer in it, but here is what I actually got:
Optimus Prime

Much to my child’s disappointment, the “Transformer” was really just 3 pieces of crap plastic that barely held on to one another. No “transformation” here, it just basically falls apart:
Optimus Prime Transformed

Here is a real Transformer:

I’m not sure how we will recover from this. Perhaps I’ll see the movie on Sunday.

Signed,
Doug

PS: Okay, I didn’t buy it for my daughter, I bought it for me. But she did kind of feel sorry for me.
PPS: Okay, she didn’t really feel sorry for me, she laughed at me.

UPDATE 7/7/2007: I’m not the only one complaining… check out this post from Mark on his crappy transformer. His kid was disappointed!

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Comment by no imageAL (SezWho)
2007-06-30 01:37:56

Oh man that is so sad. Not the broken toy, but the kid laughing at you and your crappy meal :)
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Comment by no imageDouglas Karr (SezWho)
2007-06-30 09:44:50

I didn’t even want to go into the crappy meal! :)
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Comment by no imageMichel (SezWho)
2007-07-01 09:47:26

Haha, that was hilarious :-D
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Comment by no imageDouglas Karr (SezWho)
2007-07-01 10:35:57

Thanks Michel!
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Comment by no imageMichel (SezWho)
2007-07-02 05:22:58

Lemme give you something funny in return:

cheers ;-)

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Comment by no imageDouglas Karr (SezWho)
2007-07-03 07:20:02

Michel,

I’d be designing an obstacle course!

Doug

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Comment by no imageWill Rowan (SezWho)
2007-07-03 04:28:50

Hi
Lovely….
Though generally I don’t mind BK: at least you can go there for the food. Somehow on the rare occasions I’m dragged to McD it feels like we’re ordering off the toys menu, not the food menu.

Will

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Comment by no imageDouglas Karr (SezWho)
2007-07-03 07:21:57

Fast food is definitely an issue for me. I work a ton of hours so dropping by a fast food joint for the family is soooo convenient. Both my kids are blessed with active lifestyles and healthy eating - fast food is a treat for them. For me, though, it’s a terrible habit that I’m pushing away from!
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Comment by no imageMichel (SezWho)
2007-07-03 08:00:04

Thx for the comment at optimiced ;-)

I think you go play ping-pong, right? ;-)

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Comment by no imageMichel (SezWho)
2007-07-04 02:36:12

Hey, Doug, THIS PAGE IS BROKEN in my Firefox Browser!!! Check it out, something’s wrong…
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Comment by no imageDouglas Karr (SezWho)
2007-07-04 09:51:15

Thanks Michel! I edited the page utilizing the ‘rich editor’ in WordPress. I was giving that editor a try since someone pinged me on my blog to try it… and it still totally hoses up any script tags. I’m sticking to the old school editor!
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Comment by no imageMark (SezWho)
2007-07-07 17:48:33

You mean someone else noticed it? I have a similar story on my blog, except mine doesn’t even fall apart. If it did it would be more entertaining.
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Comment by no imageDouglas Karr (SezWho)
2007-07-07 20:58:20

Too funny Mark! I’m going to update the post with a link to yours as well.
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Comment by no imageTray Gamble (SezWho)
2007-07-10 23:53:02

That’s so funny! My kids had a similar reaction, “Hey! Where’s the Transformer?! That’s the Transformer?! Aw, man…”
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Comment by no imageZZEUSS (SezWho)
2008-03-18 19:59:40

Your all fools, It transforms from car to autobot.. It may loosly transform, but non-the-less, transforms..
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