Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/06/07/ihop-appears-to-be-changing-it.html
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International house of breakfast, is my guess.
International house of bad acronyms. The a is silent.
Intentional harassment of blacks?
(I’ll get my coat.)
International House o’Blubber?
I hear that they’re coming out as Satanists and it will be International House of Blasphemy. Hey, I’d certainly go there.
Unless it’s International House of Beer, I ain’t interested.
Intestinal Hellscape of Beelzebub
International House of Blockchain. Now sit back and watch Dine Brands’ stock price skyrocket.
Well, at least all the franchises have to do is flip the p to get a b. Just about the cheapest relabeling they could have done.
As for guesses, I’m going with: International House of Baccara. Because who doesn’t want to feel like James Bond (see, another B!) while they wolf down their pancakes?
International House of Bukkaki? “Come and taste the Chef’s Special Sauce”?
Edit: I just realised I’d put the apostrophe in Chef’s in the wrong place; it should have been Chefs’.
Brépes…?
“Utter BS?”
Batter
International house of Tampons?
International House of barf.
“IHOP” is fine as it is. This change will be like the New Coke of greasy spoons. And like the disaster that New Coke was, it will bring them lots of publicity.
too much to hop for
What could it be? International House of …
botulism?
bad decisions?
bastards?
belching?
bollocks?
bullshit?
blockchain?
boxers?
backgammon?
badgers?
bankruptcy?
beggers?
bevers?
So many choices!