Just days after Burger King drew the ire of an actual monarch while promoting its soon-to-open location in Belgium, the fast food chain has pulled ads that asked “Who is the king?” and declared that it is not, in fact, a king. [More]
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Belgian King “Not Happy” With Burger King’s Effort To Unseat Him
By 5.30.17
Who is more deserving to be the Belgian monarch: A man who was — literally — born to do the job, or a fast food chain? However silly that question might sound, it’s one that the actual King of Belgium would rather Burger King didn’t ask. [More]
Customer Sues AB InBev Because Leffe Beer Isn’t Brewed In A Monastery
By 4.4.16
What does “Abbey Ale” mean? To over-simplify, they’re beers brewed in the style of traditional beers made in European monasteries, which are well-respected and popular. A man in Florida has filed a class action lawsuit against brewing giant AB InBev over its Leffe beer, which he claims is marketed as a monastery-made craft brew when it’s really produced in the Stella Artois mega-brewery in Belgium. [More]
Medieval Belgian Town Installing A Beer Pipeline Because — Wait, A Beer Pipeline?!
By 9.25.14
Colin “My Waggling Eyebrows Are Hypnotizing” Farrell’s character was so wrong to be cranky about being stuck in Bruges in the movie In Bruges (pronounced “Brooooszh” in my head) — that city is about to be the first in Belgium to install its very own beer pipeline. I repeat: A beer pipeline. [More]
Waffle House Urges Team USA Fans To Boycott Belgian Waffles Ahead Of World Cup Match
By 6.30.14
At any other time, it would be perfectly acceptable — nay! completely encouraged to enjoy a tasty Belgian waffle. But this is not that any other time, Waffle House is reminding Americans, not when Team USA is about to face Team Belgium in the World Cup tomorrow. [More]
Magical Vending Machine Makes Fries For You In 90 Seconds
By 8.23.13
Want a snack? Vending machines that cook various foods for you are existed for years, but outside of a grocery store in Brussels, there is a machine that cuts and cooks French fries for you in only 90 seconds. The fries cook in beef fat and vegetable oil, since Belgium is the land where French fries were invented and anything not cooked in beef fat is a waste of perfectly good potatoes. [More]
Enraged Passengers Refuse To Leave Plane
By 11.17.10
A group of French tourists refused to leave the plane for four hours after it landed in protest of how they were treated. [More]
