Comments | fpb: You couldn't make it up dept. no.56: blessed? Kentucky? Fried? Fish?

fpb

You couldn't make it up dept. no.56: blessed? Kentucky? Fried? Fish?

Feb 23, 2007 20:23

The corporate mind continues to provide me with rich pickings for my You Couldn't Make It Up Department. From today's CNA bulletin:
LOUISVILLE,KY, February 23 (CNA) - The U.S. based Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) company, long known for its fast-food chicken is planning to sell fish for the first time and has asked for Pope Benedict XVI’s blessing ( Read more... )

you couldn't make it up dept.

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rfachir February 23 2007, 22:35:42 UTC

The Colonel and Jesus are tight. They're both from Kentucky - (I read it on a bumper-sticker so it must be true).
I think the eleven secret herbs and spices were first written in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

aduxxx February 24 2007, 01:03:01 UTC

How exactly do you send a "sample" of a greasy, fast-food fish sandwhich from one continent to another?

fpb February 24 2007, 01:58:08 UTC

Unfortunately, I am sure there must be a few KFC franchises in Rome. I can tell you they are all over the place in London.

aduxxx February 24 2007, 02:52:59 UTC

Wow, I had no idea. I haven't been to Rome in... 21 years :/

guarani February 25 2007, 21:07:30 UTC

There is one in Asunción, so there should be at least one in Rome too.

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guarani February 25 2007, 21:06:36 UTC

According to the AP, the letter asks the Holy Father for a special blessing and offers him a sample of the sandwich.

As long as they don't send it by surface mail...

chipperazzi March 6 2007, 08:12:07 UTC

Hi, got here from a comment you left on cette_vie's LJ.

I thought I'd let you know that KFC in Malaysia (where I'm from) has been serving fish sandwiches since last year. There was no explanation on why the decision was made, apart from the standard "we thought it was time to diversify our menu".

fpb March 6 2007, 08:39:50 UTC

Did they ask the highest religious authorities for a blessing?

chipperazzi March 6 2007, 08:53:12 UTC

Not to my knowledge, but a lot of toothpaste ads on TV now make a big deal about the advertised product being halal. And fast food ads might be banned soon because they make people fat.

elegant_bonfire March 13 2007, 06:01:08 UTC

They probably needed some good press to balance this story--->

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/rats-run-wild-at-new-york-kfctaco-bell/20070223145709990001

Though I have to admit I squeed over that video.

fpb March 13 2007, 06:37:03 UTC

Hmmm, yes, I can see where they might be rather badly in need of prayers.