Burger King Stinker

There are bad ideas, very bad ideas, unspeakably horrible ideas -- and then there is Burger King's Flame, a men's cologne being touted as "the scent of seduction, with a hint of flame-broiled meat". The fragrance is currently being sold in New York and online for $3.99, and though the...

By Lee Klein

December 22, 2008

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There are bad ideas, very bad ideas, unspeakably horrible ideas -- and then there is Burger King's Flame,

a men's cologne being touted as "the scent of seduction, with a hint of

flame-broiled meat". The fragrance is currently being sold in New York

and online for $3.99, and though the aromatics of cheap beef patties

may not prove enticing to the gals, users need never again worry about

lack of company -- Flame, after all, is pretty much guaranteed to

attract lots of attention from neighborhood dogs.

--Lee Klein

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