Have you tried our new left handed-burgers?

English language learning materials for students & teachers: CEF language level: A2

Burger King announced a new dish on April 1st 1998.

‘We have a great new item for our menu,’ an advertisement in USA Today claimed. ‘The Left-handed Whopper has been specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans.’

Greater Comfort?
The new product included the same ingredients as the original Whopper – with one important change. ‘We have rotated the burger 180 degrees,’ the company announced. ‘Now our left-handed customers can enjoy the Whopper in even greater comfort.’

Until this time, left-handed people had not noticed problems eating hamburgers. But that day, thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to request the new sandwich. And “many others” asked for their own ‘right-handed’ burgers 

Extension Activity (Level B2)

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