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Bucky

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Sat Apr 27, 2013, 11:36 AM Apr 2013

Chic-Fil-A family values: Mother-Son Date Knight. (No, really.) [View all]

http://io9.com/chick-fil-a-really-wants-you-to-take-your-mom-on-a-medi-482949482

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[font size="4"]Chick-Fil-A really wants you to take your mom on a medieval date[/font]

Chick-Fil-A, the disturbingly delicious fast food chicken chain and protector of traditional family values, does not approve of things like gay marriage. They do, apparently, approve of sons and their moms dressing up like knights and queens and then going out on dates together, because they just instituted the infinitely disturbing “Date Knight” promotion.

Yes, at 49 of the company's DC-area restaurants (and select other locations), customers are encouraged — actively encouraged — to dress up in medieval garb and go on mother-son dates to Chik-Fil-A, obviously. From the actual press release sent by the actual company:

"During this special medieval-themed evening, moms and their sons are encouraged to spend some time together while they enjoy dinner, great conversation and several special activities. Every Mother-Son pair will also receive a place mat with fun questions and topics to get the conversation started, and a take-home booklet that provides ideas for future dates and questions that both moms and their sons can ask each other.”



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If you're determined to dress in medieval costume, go find a Renaissance Fair and eat a turkey leg. tanyev Apr 2013 #1
Oedipus wept! Cirque du So-What Apr 2013 #2
... while Atlas Shrugged... Raine1967 Apr 2013 #10
Ugh. Lifelong Protester Apr 2013 #3
So this idea is a bit weird WolverineDG Apr 2013 #4
Nothing's wrong with what you described. Bucky Apr 2013 #12
Marketing fail! BethanyQuartz Apr 2013 #5
Strange. treestar Apr 2013 #6
Or if they want to make it about families, why not make it a family night? Bucky Apr 2013 #15
A boy's best friend is his mother. LuvNewcastle Apr 2013 #7
I will be the first to admit to seeing innuendo where it may not exist because I have a dirty mind. MindPilot Apr 2013 #8
It may not be *intended* innuendo but marketers are hired to catch these things Bucky Apr 2013 #16
They can't even get their history right. MADem Apr 2013 #9
squick. htuttle Apr 2013 #11
So, so weird. TwilightGardener Apr 2013 #13
If you need the help of ChickFilA to talk to your child.... ZRT2209 Apr 2013 #14
New porn movie ...coming soon. n/t L0oniX Apr 2013 #17
My mom is more the quick tempered Amazon warrior type, not a queen. hunter Apr 2013 #18
paging Kirdy Stevens.... KG Apr 2013 #19
Do lots of Chick-fil-a customers have medieval garb? jmowreader Apr 2013 #20
OK. So that's a little weird. smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #21
gosh Voice for Peace Apr 2013 #22
What is wrong with wanting moms and kids to hang out? n-t Logical Apr 2013 #23
Because it's chic fil a WolverineDG Apr 2013 #24
+1 dlwickham Apr 2013 #25
Hanging out, sure. "Date night/Knight" ... not so much Bake Apr 2013 #28
Some of my best pictures with my now college age girls... Logical Apr 2013 #31
Grade school, sure. Bake Apr 2013 #33
father / daughter Niceguy1 Apr 2013 #35
Maybe for a 7 year old and his mom itsrobert Apr 2013 #26
The marketing is targeting older teens, if you go by the pictures Bucky Apr 2013 #40
That is seriously creepy Katashi_itto Apr 2013 #27
Like the purity balls for dad and daughter. Creepy. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2013 #29
Thank you. I liked going to father-daughter dances. Making them into virginity rituals is just tacky Bucky Apr 2013 #41
I was thinking just sort of creepy Progressive dog Apr 2013 #30
Oedipus, Schmedipus. Any man who loves his mom can't be all bad Major Nikon Apr 2013 #32
I see nothing wrong with this. 840high Apr 2013 #34
EGads...... what next take your daughter to work? whistler162 Apr 2013 #36
Well, Daddy and daughter are probably on their date at the tblue37 Apr 2013 #37
Motherboy!!!! Initech Apr 2013 #38
I want to encourage all the guys out there to take LuvNewcastle Apr 2013 #39
can they take their guns and bibles too? datasuspect Apr 2013 #42
Only if it's siege guns and Catholic bibles JHB Apr 2013 #43
I'll never call my activities with Ilsa Apr 2013 #44
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