Need4Speed
12-04-2004, 06:44 PM
Burger King really wants its SpongeBob inflatables back, and the burger chain is even willing to offer a one-year's supply of free Whoppers, salads or any other item on its menu as a reward for information leading to their safe return.
Miami-based Burger King has been inflicted with a spate of "Spongenappings" that began Nov. 11 in which vandals made off with several gigantic blow-up SpongeBob Squarepants figures that were perched on rooftops of different restaurants across the country.
"As to the motives behind these apparent 'Spongenappings,' we can only speculate. We did receive one ransom note related to an inflatable SpongeBob disappearance in Minnesota," Russ Klein, Burger King's chief marketing officer, said in a statement Friday.
heres the rest of the story.. :lol: (http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/03/news/midcaps/spongebob_reward/index.htm?cnn=yes)
http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/03/news/midcaps/spongebob_reward/spongebob_small.jpg
Miami-based Burger King has been inflicted with a spate of "Spongenappings" that began Nov. 11 in which vandals made off with several gigantic blow-up SpongeBob Squarepants figures that were perched on rooftops of different restaurants across the country.
"As to the motives behind these apparent 'Spongenappings,' we can only speculate. We did receive one ransom note related to an inflatable SpongeBob disappearance in Minnesota," Russ Klein, Burger King's chief marketing officer, said in a statement Friday.
heres the rest of the story.. :lol: (http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/03/news/midcaps/spongebob_reward/index.htm?cnn=yes)
http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/03/news/midcaps/spongebob_reward/spongebob_small.jpg