Rant #2,242: I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night

Happy Halloween.

No, the scary day isn't here yet, but I thought I would get a jump on the festivities by wishing you a Happy Halloween a little early.

Burger King is doing the same thing, by introducing a new burger concoction that will extinguish itself by the big day on Oct. 31.

But according to the hamburger chain, it will also give you nightmares before it fades away into the sunset.

The new burger, called "Nightmare King," features a green bun, and it is basically a Whopper all dressed up for the holiday.

But this BK burger goes one step beyond, with the company claiming that the burger will give you nightmares after you eat it up.

The company says that using research subjects as guinea pigs, it found that those that ate the burger and then went to sleep had an increased chance of having a nightmare by three to five times the normal rate.

The burger chain didn't come to this conclusion alone. It actually partnered with Paramount Trials and Florida Sleep and Neuro Diagnostic Services Inc. and Goldforest Inc. to conduct a study over 10 nights with 100 participants.

Burger King said that doctors and scientists tracked the research subjects' heart rate, brain activity and breathing to determine whether they were having what they referred to as "vivid dreams" as a result of ingesting the spooky burgers.

Hmmm ... I don't know ... I think that anybody eating anything from Burger King and then going to sleep might have their sleep impacted.

Heck, I like Burger King as much as the next guy, but let's be honest about it, this is comfort food to the max, not healthy at all, lays in your stomach, and yes, that will certainly cause nightmares ... and probably indigestion too, in particular if you eat it and then go directly to sleep.

But I guess the mere possibility that one will have a flame-broiled nightmare will drive some people to try this sandwich, which doesn't come out until October 22.

Me, I have my nightmares on my own, thank you, and don't need anything else to help me get them.

Last night, I dreamed that the Boston Red Sox were going onto the World Series--

Dag nabbit, that isn't just a nightmare for this New York Yankees fan, that ended up being reality.

So as you can see, I am one person who absolutely, positively doesn't need to eat such a sandwich to see my nightmares turn into reality.

Belch!

Have a great weekend, and I will speak to you again on Monday.