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Stupid names
May. 8th, 2001 12:10 amOriginal: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/5/8/21056/42600
Murder Burger was pretty much a Davis establishment, one of the few places I'd heard of before I moved here. If you ask someone to name a hamburger place in Davis, they'd probably name Murder Burger.
Not surprisingly, the name was somewhat controversial. Though people in Davis didn't really mind it, apparently people in the city where the other branch is located complained. And their sales go down every time there's a school shooting or other high profile murder.
So they had a contest to change the name. Yesterday we drove by, and the new name was up. And the winning entry was...
(Also, a plea for a roommate)
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Murder Burger was pretty much a Davis establishment, one of the few places I'd heard of before I moved here. If you ask someone to name a hamburger place in Davis, they'd probably name Murder Burger.
Not surprisingly, the name was somewhat controversial. Though people in Davis didn't really mind it, apparently people in the city where the other branch is located complained. And their sales go down every time there's a school shooting or other high profile murder.
So they had a contest to change the name. Yesterday we drove by, and the new name was up. And the winning entry was...
(Also, a plea for a roommate)
( Read more... )
