IHOP gets political

I was looking for instances of this blog in a Google search of “IHOP RULES” when I came across this gem of an article:

http://www.hotelstravel.com/news/20071206-001.html

That’s right, kids — IHOP is political!

The hilarity of the article can be best surmised by this AIM conversation between Mallory and myself:

Mallories4
do they think that people just sit and eat pancakes all day???

Dori
and will have to choose between pancakes and voting!

Mallories4
i like to sit inside the voting booth for at least 5 hours to make sure i make the right choice
and then i fast
for the rest of the day
just to make sure my vote sticks
it truly is a political/pancake conundrum

Dori
IHOP is doing what they have to do
so people dont wander aimlessly on national pancake/voting day
between IHOP and the nearest voting booth
unable to decide
or cope with the pressure

Mallories4
oooh the solution:
VOTING IN IHOP
same place
right in the booth
you draw a curtain around you
vote
get some pancakes

Dori
OR bringing free pancakes to the booths as an incentive for voting!

Mallories4
haha that’s a good idea too
or do both
that way, you catch both crowds
they don’t get a choice
the best part is they are not concerned with low pancake turnout…they think that pancakes will keep people from voting somehow
seriously, what these higher-ups in the government thinking when they get these letters

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And there you have it. So when election/national pancake day comes around this February, I implore you to make your decision wisely. But don’t forget, this is your CHOICE. Don’t let the gravitating draw of the voting booth pull you away from FREE PANCAKES — as tempting as that booth might be.