Is Burger King putting a hit on Musharraf? No, I don’t really think this macabre European ad for Burger King is taking aim at Pakistan’s “president for as long as I want to be” Pervez Musharraf. (It actually looks a bit more like Manuel Noriega.) But you know someone’s bound to raise a ruckus (or at least an eyebrow) over a political assassination- themed ad that comes so soon after a major political assassination. For that matter, has there ever been an ad that succeeded in finding humor in assassination? (If so, it wasn’t this one.) All that said, I’m still more freaked out by the BK campaign’s highly unappetizing whorehouse, which says you can choose whether you like it “pickle in” or “pickle out.” I’m going to vote “pickle out.” Or better yet, “pickle really far away from my food.” Via Ads of the World. —Posted by David Griner

January 17, 2008 in Burger King, Griner | Permalink

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Posted by: Jasy | Jan 17, 2008 6:17:39 PM

David, do you watch South Park? Maybe ads like this are inspired by that tv show. There is a huge market for the macabre. There's a hunger for work that is weird, offensive, different, sick, twisted, scary, etc.

Posted by: Bobby | Jan 17, 2008 7:06:16 PM

Love the pickles!

Posted by: Me | Jan 17, 2008 8:00:01 PM

Feel free to digg: http://www.digg.com/odd_stuff/Is_Burger_King_putting_a_hit_on_Musharraf

Posted by: ivan | Jan 18, 2008 2:31:41 AM

Quite irreverent. I'd love to here what the BKing reps say about it.

Posted by: Mush | Jan 18, 2008 11:46:57 AM

@jasy, Hey I like Adsoftheworld and brandsoftheworld they are a great help. Lets not call them scam.

Posted by: Salman | Jan 18, 2008 1:53:31 PM

Much of the work on adsoftheworld is scam, Salman. Sorry, but it's true.

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