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General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: Frank Cannon on June 06, 2018, 04:35:49 pm

Title: IHOP says it's changing name to IHOb. Huh?
Post by: Frank Cannon on June 06, 2018, 04:35:49 pm: http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/06/investing/ihop-ihob/index.html (http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/06/investing/ihop-ihob/index.html)

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IHOP stands for International House of Pancakes. The chain has been around for 60 years and has used the IHOP acronym since 1973. So what in the name of a Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity is IHOP thinking by changing its name to IHOb?

IHOP tweeted and posted to its Facebook page on Tuesday that it plans to "flip" the "P" in its name on June 11.

The announcement clearly got people talking. People started to wonder if the b stood for breakfast, brunch or bacon, which would make sense.

But some had more amusing suggestions, such as broccoli, burritos, bitcoin and even breakdancing.
Title: Re: IHOP says it's changing name to IHOb. Huh?
Post by: Frank Cannon on June 06, 2018, 04:36:07 pm: International House of Barf
Title: Re: IHOP says it's changing name to IHOb. Huh?
Post by: endicom on June 06, 2018, 04:40:33 pm: They obviously flipped all the letters.
Title: Re: IHOP says it's changing name to IHOb. Huh?
Post by: dfwgator on June 06, 2018, 04:43:46 pm: What about â€œDr. Tongue's Evil House of Pancakesâ€

(http://iamtalkytina.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Would-You-Like-Some-More-Pancakes_SMALLER.gif)
Title: Re: IHOP says it's changing name to IHOb. Huh?
Post by: aligncare on June 06, 2018, 04:51:46 pm: Quote from: endicom on June 06, 2018, 04:40:33 pm
They obviously flipped all the letters.

Hey, clever observation. Anyway, I chuckled.
Title: Re: IHOP says it's changing name to IHOb. Huh?
Post by: Oceander on June 06, 2018, 04:58:09 pm: Quote from: endicom on June 06, 2018, 04:40:33 pm
They obviously flipped all the letters.

:bigsilly:

Very good. Took me a second to figure it out.
Title: Re: IHOP says it's changing name to IHOb. Huh?
Post by: WingNot on June 06, 2018, 05:02:59 pm: With all this Starcrack diversity training going on in corp America... I thought it was "b" for brothers.
Title: Re: IHOP says it's changing name to IHOb. Huh?
Post by: Cyber Liberty on June 06, 2018, 09:36:01 pm: Quote from: Wingnut on June 06, 2018, 05:02:59 pm
With all this Starcrack diversity training going on in corp America... I thought it was "b" for brothers.

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Title: Re: IHOP says it's changing name to IHOb. Huh?
Post by: Frank Cannon on June 07, 2018, 05:38:01 am: Quote from: Wingnut on June 06, 2018, 05:02:59 pm
With all this Starcrack diversity training going on in corp America... I thought it was "b" for brothers.

Wouldn't the "B" be for bathrooms?
Title: Re: IHOP says it's changing name to IHOb. Huh?
Post by: jmyrlefuller on June 07, 2018, 11:55:24 am: International House Of puBlicity stunts
Title: Re: IHOP says it's changing name to IHOb. Huh?
Post by: jmyrlefuller on June 07, 2018, 11:56:44 am: Quote from: dfwgator on June 06, 2018, 04:43:46 pm
What about â€œDr. Tongue's Evil House of Pancakesâ€

(http://iamtalkytina.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Would-You-Like-Some-More-Pancakes_SMALLER.gif)
I'm still ticked Count Floyd ripped me off. $20 for those 3-D glasses that probably cost 20 cents!
Title: Re: IHOP says it's changing name to IHOb. Huh?
Post by: Free Vulcan on June 07, 2018, 12:07:20 pm: IHOP says it's changing name to IHOb

Someone break a leg?
Title: Re: IHOP says it's changing name to IHOb. Huh?
Post by: massadvj on June 07, 2018, 12:43:08 pm: Quote from: endicom on June 06, 2018, 04:40:33 pm
They obviously flipped all the letters.

Yes. None of the letters were rotated 180 degrees, as has been speculated upon in social media. All of them were flipped. However, some were flipped forward 180 degrees while others were flipped backwards 180 degrees. I leave it to the readers to solve this puzzle.