Word of the Day: Burgacide

No burgers actually committed burgacide at Matty's cookout. [Photograph: Robyn Lee] Sniglets are words that don't appear in the dictionary, but should. Here's a burger-related one I found while browsing this collection of sniglets: Burgacide - n. What you...

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8 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, November 2, 2010 at 1:30 PM
Tagged: funny

Cubicle Costume: In-N-Out Burger

[Photograph: Freddog] Happy Halloween, everyone! Blogger Freddog says, "This guy at work went all out for his Halloween costume and desk decoration. I really hope he plans on taking it one step further and gives out hamburgers." AHT gives...

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1 Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, October 31, 2010 at 2:30 PM
Tagged: funny, Halloween, In-N-Out

Video: Real World McDonald's Burger Experiment

There's that experiment with the 12-year-old McDonald's hamburger, and the art project with the 137-day-old McDonald's hamburger, and Kenji's currently-in-progress experiment, but Consumerist reader GitEmSteveDave blows them all out of the water with his highly controlled four-hour experiment... ...Well,...

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5 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, October 19, 2010 at 1:30 PM
Tagged: funny, McDonald's, videos

Video: Morrissey's Mozburger

"I've grown weary of the music industry and, like Oscar Wilde before me, have decided to start my own business." If Morrissey opened his own vegan-friendly burger place, his commercial would go a little something like this....

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1 Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, October 14, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Tagged: funny, videos

Video: Jamba Juice's Cheeseburger Chill Smoothie

Nothing refreshes you after an intense workout quite like the new Cheeseburger Chill smoothie from Jamba Juice. A whole cheeseburger is blended with ice and water and topped with ketchup and mustard for a frosty delight.

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12 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, July 26, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Tagged: ads, funny, Jamba Juice, parodies, videos

Cartoon: 'Launch the Cheeseburgers'

[Illustration: Walt Handelsman] Ahmadinejad found our weak spot: cheeseburgers. From editorial cartoonist Walt Handelsman for Newsday....

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Post a Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, April 27, 2010 at 4:30 PM
Tagged: comics, funny, illustrations

Cheeseburger Flowchart

We've linked to Wayne Geyer's cheeseburger list before, but it looks like we missed his awesome 'Cheeseburger Rules' flowchart: "Disqualifications: Miscellaneous — 'steamed,' 'char-broiled,' 'teriyaki-glazed,' 'in a pita,' and especially 'gourmet,' an insidous marketing gimmick developed by 'legitimate' restaurants in the 1980s...."

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20 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 19, 2010 at 1:55 PM
Tagged: burger awesomeness, cheeseburgers, flowcharts, funny, Wayne Geyer

LOL: LOTOR (Lord of the Onion Rings)

Lord of the Onion Rings by artist Dave MacDowell. 2010. Acrylic on canvas, 24-by-36 inches. Available at Flatcolor Gallery. Hmmmm, yes, we wants it. Come to Sméagol. Must have THE PRECIOUS.... If only we had $900 lying around. [via Laughing Squid]

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4 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 11, 2010 at 11:45 AM
Tagged: art, Burger King, Dave MacDowell, funny, Gollum, Lord of the Onion Rings, Lord of the Rings, puns

Photo of the Day: Cat-Eating Cheeseburger

In the never-ending battle between cheeseburgers and cats, sometimes the cheeseburger wins. By a lot.

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6 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, March 10, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Tagged: cats, funny, lolcats, Photo of the Day

'What Kind of Hamburgers Did Wimpy Prefer?' (And Other Questions)

Today on The Awl, guest op-ed writer Jeff Johnson has many questions relating to J. Wellington Wimpy, the Popeye cartoon character whose iconic phrase lent itself (part of it, anyway), to the name of A Hamburger Today. Among them...

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3 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 13, 2010 at 4:15 PM
Tagged: funny, J. Wellington Wimpy, The Awl, videos, Wimpy