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Seamus Fermanagh
06-12-2018, 02:49
International House of Pancakes is now International House of Burgers!

Link (http://www.businessinsider.com/ihop-ihob-name-change-sparks-pancake-cravings-2018-6)

What do you think?
Husar
06-12-2018, 15:01
Can it really be international if I have never seen one?
Seamus Fermanagh
06-12-2018, 16:08
Can it really be international if I have never seen one?

Far be it from ME to assert that they are in any way misnomered…
Beskar
06-12-2018, 21:58
It is like the American-Football World Series with only teams from the USA in it. USA = The World.
Agent Miles
06-13-2018, 16:25
Let's hope they never go online as International Steak House Internet Tavern.
Husar
06-13-2018, 18:23
Let's hope they never go online as International Steak House Internet Tavern.

Now that you say it, "I hob" is Bavarian for "I have", make of it what you want. :creep:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVDdrCS_NX0

"I hob koa Bier mehr" - "I have no beer left"
Brandy Blue
06-14-2018, 00:22
It is like the American-Football World Series with only teams from the USA in it. USA = The World.

That's a common misconception. The World Series (which is baseball, not American football) was named after its first sponsor, a New York newspaper named The World. The newspaper has been out of business for a long time, so I don't know why they don't change the name, but it never constituted a claim that the World Series is a world event, like the World Cup is.
Brandy Blue
06-14-2018, 00:24
Can it really be international if I have never seen one?

They have locations in Bahrain, Canada, Dubai (UAE), Guatemala, Kuwait, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and The Philippines, so unless Trump has annexed an awful lot of countries while my back was turned, I'd say they're international.
Shaka_Khan
06-14-2018, 02:58
The kids liked the original name because it matched well with the kangaroo mascot that IHOP used to use many years ago. Now they're turning more to a direction that has more competitors, and this would make IHOb a very generic restaurant. I think the pancake restaurant market has less competitors.
Gilrandir
06-14-2018, 04:46
That's a common misconception. The World Series (which is baseball, not American football) was named after its first sponsor, a New York newspaper named The World. The newspaper has been out of business for a long time, so I don't know why they don't change the name, but it never constituted a claim that the World Series is a world event, like the World Cup is.

What about NBA World Champions? The same story?
Brandy Blue
06-14-2018, 05:55
What about NBA World Champions? The same story?

The copied it off the World Series? Or they're just being parochial? I've no idea.
Gilrandir
06-14-2018, 09:47
The copied it off the World Series? Or they're just being parochial? I've no idea.

AFAIK, they have dropped "the world", but in the time of Jordan it was that way.
Husar
06-14-2018, 12:37
They have locations in Bahrain, Canada, Dubai (UAE), Guatemala, Kuwait, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and The Philippines, so unless Trump has annexed an awful lot of countries while my back was turned, I'd say they're international.

They could sponsor me a week-long trip to one of those to convince me. Please!?!