1998: Burger King published a full page advertisement in USA Today announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a "Left-Handed Whopper" specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new whopper included the same ingredients as the original Whopper (lettuce, tomato, hamburger patty, etc.), but all the condiments were rotated 180 degrees for the benefit of their left-handed customers. The following day Burger King issued a follow-up release revealing that although the Left-Handed Whopper was a hoax, thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to request the new sandwich. Simultaneously, according to the press release, "many others requested their own 'right handed' version."
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I could have saved them a lot of money!
All they had to do mas make an ambidextrous whopper. That way they would only have to rotate the condiments 90 degrees not 180 degrees. This would save a lot of time!!! };~)
Posted by Rick Lines  in  Wilkes Barre, Pa., USA  on  Sun Mar 28, 2004  at  07:22 PM

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LOL, great thinking Rick!

The Left-Handed Whopper is a great joke too. Reminds me of the Ren Faire I used to go to in Mass, there was a store that sold (every year) Right handed mugs and Left handed mugs, right-handed on the right side of the store and left-handed on the left. Until I actually stopped and looked at the things (to see that it was simply which way the cup handle was pointed) I totally thought that was a cute idea.
Posted by Jennifer  on  Thu Apr 01, 2004  at  09:39 AM

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omg this is the funnest think ive heard
tis great
im lovin it
Posted by derek  in  john town  on  Thu Apr 01, 2004  at  11:34 AM

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being a lefty and quite gullable i probably would have believed this haha im a lil slow but i would have fallen for it:)!
Posted by samantha wickenheiser  in  lancaster, pennsylvania  on  Thu Apr 01, 2004  at  12:36 PM

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hahah
Posted by BFL  in  the goatse man's house  on  Thu Apr 01, 2004  at  02:36 PM

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hahaha..only in America:-)
Posted by Alma-Yu  in  USA  on  Thu Apr 01, 2004  at  03:05 PM

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A left handed Whopper? Now that was one heck of a talented advertising guru that came up with that one. I work in the advertising field myself - doggone it I wished I'd thought of that one. LOL
Posted by TBS  in  Indianapolis, In.  on  Thu Apr 01, 2004  at  05:03 PM

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i would have asked for a two-handed whopper because it would have to be huge!
Posted by Bernard Moon  in  seoul, korea  on  Thu Apr 01, 2004  at  10:38 PM

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ambidextrous whopper???
you do realize that most people are right handed
Posted by Rick sucks  on  Mon Apr 05, 2004  at  04:06 AM

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I'm gonna ask my friend who works at burger king to give me a left-handed whopper and see what he says hahaha
Posted by Andrew  in  ID  on  Tue May 04, 2004  at  01:51 PM

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derek wrote "im lovin it", possibly without realizing that it's the current slogan of BK's biggest competitor, McD's. Now *that's* funny!
Posted by Bob  on  Sun May 09, 2004  at  12:15 AM

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this is utter shite
Posted by a  in  z  on  Wed Jun 30, 2004  at  03:53 AM

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FUNNY!!!!!!!
Posted by sunny  in  norway  on  Sun Jul 04, 2004  at  04:33 AM

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Can we really be this stupid collectively as a people? Oh my frikkin' head. LMFAO!
Posted by Anon  on  Thu Sep 23, 2004  at  05:28 PM

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HaHaHa!! THat is very funny I cant beleive they actually did that!!! I wonder how much time it took to think that up!! SMILEYS!![email=eandcpeoples@sbcglobal.net]
Posted by Adrianna Peoples  in  Carthage,MO  on  Sun Mar 27, 2005  at  10:37 AM

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wow, I work at Burger King, and I tell you what, if they really did come out with a left handed wopper, my luck would be that it was the only thing I did not know how to ring up, and everyone for an hour and a half would order it!!! this is some crazy stuff!!!
Posted by megan carter  in  indiana  on  Thu Mar 31, 2005  at  08:19 PM

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DOESN'T EVERYBODY REALIZE THIS WHOLE THING IS A WHOPPER OF A HOAX??
Posted by luganrn  on  Thu Mar 31, 2005  at  08:50 PM

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Umm, I'm from NZ and here all burgers are round therefore the same on everyside anyway! I'm pretty sure its the same everywhere else so u'd have to be pretty stupid to believe that.
Posted by Emma  on  Thu Mar 31, 2005  at  09:34 PM

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WOW! amazing april fools day joke! how do you think of thins like that! wow!
Posted by Mr.Blobby  in  Aylesbury, England  on  Thu Mar 31, 2005  at  11:08 PM

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i wuld have never fallen 4 itt ::biites into right handed whopper::...HAVE IT UR WAY !! lol
Posted by burgerqueen  in  miami  on  Sat Apr 02, 2005  at  10:25 AM

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