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THE TOILET MONSTER
Your wife will never yell at you about leaving the seat up again! The Toilet Monster attaches to the inside of the toilet bowl by suction cups. As the unsuspecting person goes to use the bathroom, they'll scream as they lift the lid and are greeted by the Toilet Monster! Not recommended for the elderly or those with a weak heart.


#8: The Left-Handed Whopper
In 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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That is soooo funnny! Genious!
Posted by Lesley  in  Sacramento, CA  on  Sat Mar 31, 2007  at  10:19 AM
I wonder if this inspired the "left handed" G-gasm Method
- a G-spot orgasm how-to?
Posted by Bonnie  in  NYC  on  Sat Mar 31, 2007  at  02:08 PM
i think that was so crazy. omg the should make a news paper artical of that



lol
smile
Posted by emily scott  in  USA\georgia  on  Sun Apr 01, 2007  at  04:43 AM
HAHAHAHAHA! Im gunna go and order one now and see what happens!
Posted by Karen  in  San Jose, California  on  Sun Apr 01, 2007  at  09:43 AM
Man... it just sickens me that there are people out there that could fall for that.
Posted by Locke  in  St. Paul  on  Tue Apr 03, 2007  at  07:34 AM
That is hillarious!
Posted by Paul  on  Thu May 17, 2007  at  07:51 PM
What is the difference between a left handed burger and a regular one? They probably just did it so they could get more money or somethin, there is no way to make a left handed burger or right handed one or whatever. I agree with Locke on how anyone would believe this ;-D
Posted by Smiley  in  On Earth  on  Fri Aug 17, 2007  at  06:39 PM
can i have a left handed whopper and a right hander and a large fry and a soda lol :}
Posted by joey  in  texas  on  Wed Oct 03, 2007  at  05:44 PM
Well to be honest. I feel that Burger King missed out. Burger King has advertised for many years that it takes TWO hands to handle a Whopper.

If the original Whopper was right-handed then one, or should I say 2, people were necessary to properly eat a right-handed Whopper. That is two hands, two RIGHT hands, from two different people. (Remember, there were no hand transplants at that time.)

The solution, which I retain all rights to, is Whopper that is half right-handed and half left-handed. This ingenious method would provide the perfect solution for all sandwiches that require two hands to eat.

Please visit http://www.pghsave.com for to contact me for more information and licensing information.

Remember "It takes two hands to handle a Whopper" . Thanks to my invention now finally both hands can be yours.
Posted by Steve H aka  in  Pittsburgh, PA  on  Fri Dec 28, 2007  at  04:16 AM
That waz hilarious!!!!!
Posted by shantell  in  yuma,az  on  Mon Feb 04, 2008  at  12:01 PM
Nice blog. Thank you

This must be one of the stupidest thing I have seen that people will believe. Burgers for Left Handed people? What will they come up with next? Fries? smile
Posted by Sexy Girl Dance  on  Sun Mar 02, 2008  at  08:51 AM
LMAO I remember my dad actually telling me about this back when I was a little kid. Proud to be a lefty!

*orders one*
Posted by Jon  in  Orange County, CA  on  Mon Mar 31, 2008  at  11:37 PM
Being a leftie all my life I find this hoax to be one for the righties. At last, lefties have be regonized out there.
Posted by Katie Taylor  in  home  on  Tue Apr 01, 2008  at  07:47 AM
I did laugh at this, but at the same time am saddened to know that the following may actually be true:
A person is smart
People are stupid and will believe anything-People are dangerous and mindless
A person is smart

Could it really be that this society as a whole or in its smaller parts, could possibly believe that a ROUND food could possibly be made for different handed people? It seems here that most think this is funny, and individually it may be, but the scary part is that some people ACTUALLY tried to order this.
What do pranks like this say to the rest of the world about this country? That we don't need to pick on us, apparently we'll do it ourselves. Hey, we're gonna be mad if you laugh at us, but only cuz we didn't think of it first. We don't present ourselves as a whole to anyone in or out of this country, but we expect everyone to see us as a whole. I don't get people at all. I like a good joke as much as the next guy, but maybe we all need to grow up a little so when the big dogs come down off the porch, we don't get stampeded.
Im bitchy today.
Posted by Jennifer  on  Tue Apr 01, 2008  at  08:24 AM
Only in America. Are they putting stupidity genes in the food over there or something?!?
Posted by Jacob  in  UK  on  Tue Apr 01, 2008  at  09:16 AM
No, they're putting stupid genes in our schools, dumbing down to the lowest common denominator.
It'a easier to control an ignorant population and to steal from them.
Posted by PenDragging  in  Massachusetts, USA  on  Tue Apr 01, 2008  at  10:18 AM
You are right Jacob, only in America. BTW, do you know where I can get a spaghetti tree?
Posted by Joe  in  US  on  Tue Apr 01, 2008  at  10:39 AM
Hehe! I'm left handed and I would be very confused with a left handed whopper. I'm 10 so I would be very curious and confused. LOL! Great joke Buger King!
P.S. *whispers to Burger King* I love you! :D
Posted by Tamera  in  a Place in space  on  Tue Apr 01, 2008  at  07:36 PM
I love hamburger smile Oyun indir
Posted by Oyun indir  on  Fri Jun 20, 2008  at  05:20 AM
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