Putting their fear of the King into words

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How did the fast-food wars become a frightfest? A while ago, we wrote about Ronald McDonald and coulrophobia—aka, fear of clowns. But in recent months, it’s Burger King’s mascot who’s been giving people the willies. Check out the fear and loathing that a quick blog search pulls up: “If I were to ever chop down a tree to find the creepy King standing behind it with a nasty sandwich on a silver platter … well I would all of a sudden have a

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