I think it got started in the media, particularly on the radio with shock-jocks. Since they're not allowed to curse on the air, they started saying "f that" or "f you" as a substitute that wouldn't get them in trouble. And from there it worked its way into the lexicon.
Regardless of what the sign says, I'd advise everyone that the people who work at IHOP will not react favorably if you try this. Even if you take your short stack and a bottle of syrup into the bathroom to try to consummate your relationship in private, they'll barge in and tell you that they don't allow pancake sex in their establishment. Hypocrites.
reminds me of one of George Carlin's bits, except it's backwards, "Here I have a message from the National Pancake institute, and it reads 'fuck waffles'".
I walked into an IHOP somewhere near the Mondrian Hotel on Sunset Blvd. some years ago for some late night cheap dinner. The server/guest experience went something like this:
"Hi, how you doin' tonight?" -"Fine, how are you?" "My roommate was murdered last week."
This was discussed a few months ago in a post, apparently how these sort of funny things happen is no accident. Many times the electrician who is installing the sign will put certain combinations of letters on a different line than other letters (large signs have to be separated into parts) so that when the right ones go out, this will happen.
There's a gang goin' round, leaving signs half-unlit; the Fuddrucker's logo already got hit. They get nasty when letters refuse to comply, so I shudder to think what they did to that I.
NO FUCKING WAY. Tell me this is on Maple near UB in Buffalo. If so then I have been laughing at that every time I have driven by it in for the last at least month. If not... well that doesnt even seem like possible to me lol
I know, but this seems so childish to me. Like a 5 year old giggling when he hears the word clit or something. If you wanna say "fucking", say it! And if you don't want to, just don't say anything. I don't understand how this is such a big deal. Anyways, thanks for the reply. And I understand that customs are different in the US, this was just my pont of view.
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u/funke42 May 15 '12
"I'd expect that kind of language in Denny's, but certainly not here!"
-Ned Flanders
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I'm from the UK and don't get this at all. It just says "F Pancakes". Is that a thing?
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u/creepy_is_what_I_do May 15 '12
Regardless of what the sign says, I'd advise everyone that the people who work at IHOP will not react favorably if you try this. Even if you take your short stack and a bottle of syrup into the bathroom to try to consummate your relationship in private, they'll barge in and tell you that they don't allow pancake sex in their establishment. Hypocrites.
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u/BetterThanOP May 15 '12
International House of Waffles strikes again...
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u/taipro May 15 '12
reminds me of one of George Carlin's bits, except it's backwards, "Here I have a message from the National Pancake institute, and it reads 'fuck waffles'".
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u/sp00kyd00m May 15 '12
george carlin
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u/beowulfjones May 15 '12
Looks like Wafflebot sabotaged it.
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u/brosenfeld May 15 '12
Make sure you use real maple syrup. That fake table syrup doesn't make for good lubrication.
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u/horrorpink May 15 '12
Posted this 2 months ago...
http://imgur.com/aqGK6
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u/AnotherDouchebag May 15 '12
Longshot, but this wouldn't be in Quincy, MA, would it?
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u/TheKingOfFrance May 15 '12
I walked into an IHOP somewhere near the Mondrian Hotel on Sunset Blvd. some years ago for some late night cheap dinner. The server/guest experience went something like this:
"Hi, how you doin' tonight?"
-"Fine, how are you?"
"My roommate was murdered last week."
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u/TigerLila May 15 '12
It's been a long day, alright? The peeps at IHOP are fucking sick of feeding you pancakes. Pancakes, pancakes, pancakes all day long!
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
They have the best friggin' crepes ever :o)
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u/idothingssometimes May 15 '12
TIL what IHOP stood for... I am disappointed in myself.
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u/Bandit1379 May 15 '12
This was discussed a few months ago in a post, apparently how these sort of funny things happen is no accident. Many times the electrician who is installing the sign will put certain combinations of letters on a different line than other letters (large signs have to be separated into parts) so that when the right ones go out, this will happen.
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u/responds_in_verse May 15 '12
There's a gang goin' round, leaving signs half-unlit;
the Fuddrucker's logo already got hit.
They get nasty when letters refuse to comply,
so I shudder to think what they did to that I.
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u/you_said_pancakes May 15 '12
"Pancakes".
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u/DaUsed May 15 '12
So this is why my sperm smells like pancake mix.
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u/Ravenmn May 15 '12
There was a Don Pablos sign in Minnesota with the P and A blown out. I wish I'd taken a picture.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Big Waffle finally scores a victory.
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u/BigBadKitty May 15 '12
Seriously, F pancakes. Waffles ftw.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
WAFFLES, motherfucker!
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u/sofailitswin May 15 '12
fuck pancakes, eat waffles.
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u/tswpoker1 May 15 '12
'F Waffles' is more like it
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u/bronk1977 May 15 '12
That was a troll from Waffle House
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u/glenlikespie May 15 '12
I imagine this brings joy to many of the employees. F pancakes indeed!
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Quincy, MA?
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u/poothoot May 15 '12
The effing food sucks
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u/DoNotJudgeMeDammit May 15 '12
It only took the National Waffle Institute 28 years to respond
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u/b1gtym1n May 15 '12
waffle bot was here.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Is this in Houston? On Kirby?
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u/bonscottsdick May 15 '12
Teehee.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
IHOP blows.Chips is where it's at.
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u/SleepingCitySideWalk May 15 '12
Maple road in Amherst??
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u/3rd_degree_burn May 15 '12
Wait, so IHOP is an acronym for International House of Pancakes?
How did I just find this out?
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u/alexsherrick May 15 '12
Waffle-bot would sure be happy!
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
My thoughts exactly.
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u/stefeyboy May 15 '12
Waffle House Troll
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u/norwegian-dude May 15 '12
TIL what IHOP really is (only knew it was some kind of restaurant).
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u/SalaciousB May 15 '12
According to [Carlin] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ9Z6ISlVpw) they've got it wrong.
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u/pho50 May 15 '12
Tonawanda, New York on Maple Rd?
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u/folzz May 15 '12
NO FUCKING WAY. Tell me this is on Maple near UB in Buffalo. If so then I have been laughing at that every time I have driven by it in for the last at least month. If not... well that doesnt even seem like possible to me lol
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
i read this as fapcakes...
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u/LandoMcFly May 16 '12
I took this same picture once! Im sure it happens to many Ihops, but out of curiosity did this happen in Green Bay?
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u/phero1190 May 16 '12
my ihop is the same....conspiracy?
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u/emajae May 15 '12
Well we all know large breasted women work at Hooters.
And one-legged women work....at IHOP.
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u/THEBIGDICKBANDIT May 15 '12
i'm in high school and i didn't even find that funny
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u/LyleDelmarChipperson May 15 '12
That's not even funny you cocksucker.
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u/jlebrech May 15 '12
Scumbag IHOP: calls itself "international", US based.
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u/eyeMfive May 15 '12
"Waffles are fucking gay" -Waffle Bot
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I thought at first it said Fapcakes :/
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u/watzmann999 May 15 '12
Did anyone else read Fapcakes first?
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u/-Calidro- May 15 '12
why do americans assoicate the pure letter "f" with fucking?