Let them eat Pancakes

Pompey Magnus

‘In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Irish famine, Denny’s is offering free endless fries and endless pancakes, though we haven’t ever heard of a pancake shortage before,’”

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Apparently US restaurant chain Denny's decided to celebrate the Irish Famine by promoting a special offer to its customers. How they thought this would be a good idea is beyond me, or am I wrong in thinking that this a little beyond the pale.

I mean, what next? Bord na Mona offering discounts on its briquettes to celebrate the end of the holocaust, "Why burn Jews when you can get peat this cheap"? Lifejacket companies offering a buy one, get one free deal to celebrate Hurricane Kathrina? Or is it ok because its the Irish and we should all have a good old laugh about it and stop being so sensitive?

Millicent

Charco wrote: »

‘In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Irish famine, Denny’s is offering free endless fries and endless pancakes, though we haven’t ever heard of a pancake shortage before,’”

Link

Apparently US restaurant chain Denny's decided to celebrate the Irish Famine by promoting a special offer to its customers. How they thought this would be a good idea is beyond me, or am I wrong in thinking that this a little beyond the pale.

I mean, what next? Bord na Mona offering discounts on its briquettes to celebrate the end of the holocaust, "Why burn Jews when you can get peat this cheap"? Lifejacket companies offering a buy one, get one free deal to celebrate Hurricane Kathrina? Or is it ok because its the Irish and we should all have a good old laugh about it and stop being so sensitive?

:eek: That is all I can respond to that. WTF?!

Biggins

LOL You got to laugh.
Just goes to show yet again the funny world we live in sometimes. LOL

cafecolour

Endless fries and pancakes? I don't think anyone sitting in a Dennys needs to be encouraged to eat more than they are already.

GLaDOS

I wouldn't care if I was getting free food

CathyMoran

How tasteless can you get...mad!

Bolag_the_2nd

Charco wrote: »

‘In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Irish famine, Denny’s is offering free endless fries and endless pancakes, though we haven’t ever heard of a pancake shortage before,’”

Link

Apparently US restaurant chain Denny's decided to celebrate the Irish Famine by promoting a special offer to its customers. How they thought this would be a good idea is beyond me, or am I wrong in thinking that this a little beyond the pale.

I mean, what next? Bord na Mona offering discounts on its briquettes to celebrate the end of the holocaust, "Why burn Jews when you can get peat this cheap"? Lifejacket companies offering a buy one, get one free deal to celebrate Hurricane Kathrina? Or is it ok because its the Irish and we should all have a good old laugh about it and stop being so sensitive?

BOGOF

Dj Stiggie

How stupid can Americans get?

The Famine ended in 1852.

Argue the year if you want, but it ended around then. It definitely didn't last til 1860

Pompey Magnus

Bolag_the_2nd wrote: »

BOGOF

Oh...ok. I'll get my coat so .

Michaelrsh

Americans ... :rolleyes: ... they're just not P.C.

Dudess

Charco wrote: »

I mean, what next? Bord na Mona offering discounts on its briquettes to celebrate the end of the holocaust, "Why burn Jews when you can get peat this cheap"? Lifejacket companies offering a buy one, get one free deal to celebrate Hurricane Kathrina? Or is it ok because its the Irish and we should all have a good old laugh about it and stop being so sensitive?

Because the last survivor of the famine died a long, long time ago, and there are still holocaust survivors living, and obviously Katrina is still recent.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Dumb yanks, you don't need an excuse to eat endless pancakes :rolleyes:

flowersagogo

Dudess wrote: »

Because the last survivor of the famine died a long, long time ago, and there are still holocaust survivors living, and obviously Katrina is still recent.

150 years is a mere drop in the ocean to a true bigot(as can be seen on other threads around here tonight)

mikom

IBTOH

In before the Overheal.

Pompey Magnus

Dudess wrote: »

Because the last survivor of the famine died a long, long time ago, and there are still holocaust survivors living, and obviously Katrina is still recent.

So its ok to make light about stuff, just as long as people who suffered in it aren't around to hear about it? Seems kind of disingenuous to me.

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

(crappy quality I know)

Sir Oxman

Dudess wrote: »

Because the last survivor of the famine died a long, long time ago, and there are still holocaust survivors living, and obviously Katrina is still recent.

That's a rubbish excuse, tbf.

Dudess

I'm not defending it.

Charco wrote: »

So its ok to make light about stuff, just as long as people who suffered in it aren't around to hear about it? Seems kind of disingenuous to me.

Pretty much imo. It's a case of "know your audience".

smurgen

[ there are still holocaust survivors living

so when they die it'll be fine?

Dudess

There are holocaust jokes - I personally don't find them funny (most of the time). But only an idiot would crack them to holocaust survivors (unless they know said holocaust survivor would find it funny - and you'd be surprised).

Like I said, know your audience.

dr.bollocko

I am as outraged by this as I was when I found out Soylent green wasn't Kosher.

flowersagogo

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I am as outraged by this as I was when I found out Soylent green wasn't Kosher.

merde, another green eyle scandal..

JPA

They're celebrating we have ****loads of food now, what should they do, honour it by running out of food?

OxfordComma

They're celebrating a famine?

Trying to blatantly cash in on a horrific famine that killed about a quarter of the Irish population is sick, in my opinion. :mad:

Michaelrsh

How do you think the French felt when ABBA made a song about Waterloo?

GLaDOS

1fahy4 wrote: »

They're celebrating a famine?

Trying to blatantly cash in on a horrific famine that killed about a quarter of the Irish population is sick, in my opinion. :mad:

They're celebrating the famine being over, so no more people would die.

Seriously, some people try to get offended. Yeah, it's stupid, but stop acting like they pissed on your granddads grave.

Dudess

I don't think the scale of it is fully realised anyway - would we in general be knowledgeable about the devastation caused by, say, a famine in Nova Scotia over 150 years ago?

Silverfish

My pancakes bring all the Irish to my yard,

And they're like, that Famine was hard.





(heard it somewhere else today, sorry)

Aidric

They should stick to making shit commercials.

muppet26

how do we get free fries and pancakes?

smurgen

There are holocaust jokes - I personally don't find them funny (most of the time). But only an idiot would crack them to holocaust survivors (unless they know said holocaust survivor would find it funny - and you'd be surprised).

Like I said, know your audience.[/QUOTE]


this isn't about a joke though,it's about a large company trying to make a profit off a stupid bloody insensitive add.also denny's are horrible,had chicken there as my first meal in the states,it was covered in a vinegar tasting sauce!

Closed ac

Someone should do that over here..

Free pancakes! \o/

Pompey Magnus

Dudess wrote: »

There are holocaust jokes - I personally don't find them funny (most of the time). But only an idiot would crack them to holocaust survivors (unless they know said holocaust survivor would find it funny - and you'd be surprised).

Like I said, know your audience.

Thats all well and good when you are in the company of a small number of people. However when your audience is 300 million people, a significant proportion of whom are descended from people who escaped the famine, surely anyone could see that the ad might not be a barrel of laughs to everyone. And I would hope its not just because it is the Irish famine that some people find it distasteful, I would hope in 100 years my descendents wouldn't see humour or opportunity for profit in the Ethiopian famine either.

donmeister

Silverfish wrote: »

My pancakes bring all the Irish to my yard,

And they're like, that Famine was hard.





(heard it somewhere else today, sorry)

Facebook!! For shame....

Silverfish

donmeister wrote: »

Facebook!! For shame....

Oh god no, was it? I want no association with that quote so. I heard someone singing it in the canteen. Instead they used 'potatoes' not 'pancakes'.

Trickery of the highest order.