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skeptik

skeptik

New Orleans, LA
February 2004

APR 23, 2005 10:16 PM

I think the "church's fried chicken" thing was about the food you buy at a church benefit - like a bake sale, only with meat.
... and stuff.

HenryC

HenryC

Philadelphia, PA
November 2003

APR 23, 2005 10:21 PM

HenryC

HenryC

Philadelphia, PA
November 2003

APR 23, 2005 10:24 PM

Oh my bad I guess the whole image doesn't want to fit frown

Walker

Walker

Redmond, OR
March 2005

APR 23, 2005 10:29 PM

My best friend wishes they just sold buckets of fried skin.

Koenigsegg

Koenigsegg

I'm lost
July 2004

APR 23, 2005 10:32 PM

DireChocobo said:

dkmfc said:
church's whoops kfc ass.



Amen to that.



oh well. popeye's kicks the shit out of either of them

mQx

mqx

Seattle, WA
January 2003

APR 24, 2005 01:54 AM

Also from Snopes:



It sounded good, but the real reason behind the shift to KFC had nothing to do with healthy food or finicky consumers: it was about money — money that Kentucky Fried Chicken would have had to pay to continue using their original name. In 1990, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, mired in debt, took the unusual step of trademarking their name. Henceforth, anyone using the word "Kentucky" for business reasons — inside or outside of the state — would have to obtain permission and pay licensing fees to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It was an unusual and brilliant scheme to alleviate government debt, but it was also one that alienated one of the most famous companies ever associated with Kentucky. The venerable Kentucky Fried Chicken chain, a mainstay of American culture since its first franchise opened in Salt Lake City in 1952, refused as a matter of principle to pay royalties on a name they had been using for four decades. After a year of fruitless negotiations with the Kentucky state government, Kentucky Fried Chicken — unwilling to submit to "such a terrible injustice" — threw in the towel and changed their name instead, timing the announcement to coincide with the introduction of new packaging and products to obscure the real reasons behind the altering of their corporate name.

Kentucky Fried Chicken were not the only ones who bravely refused to knuckle under. The name of the most famous horse race in North America, held every year at Churchill Downs, was changed from the "Kentucky Derby" to "The Run for the Roses" for similar reasons; many seed and nursery outfits that had previously offered Kentucky Bluegrass switched to a product known as "Shenendoah Bluegrass" instead; and Neil Diamond's song "Kentucky Woman" was dropped from radio playlists at his request, as the licensing fees he was obligated to pay the Commonwealth of Kentucky exceeded the peformance royalties he was receiving for the airplay.



Ezell's is the best fried chicken in the world, but I do admit to slumming at KFC every so often... though, honestly, it's mostly because of the biscuts and fake honey.

[Edited on Apr 24, 2005 1:55AM]

strobangel

strobangel

Bloomington, IN
May 2003

APR 24, 2005 06:42 AM

jake_lex said:

wottan said:
I thought it was changed from Kentucky fried chicken to KFC because they couldnt actually say it was Kentucky fried. Making the store IN Kentucky with the full name seems go along with that theory.



As I understand it, there were two big motivations: first, get the word "fried" out of the name, and, secondly, the thought that "KFC" sounded hipper than "Kentucky Fried Chicken." Oh, and, also, there was thought of expanding the menu out past chicken, so calling it "Chicken" would hurt that. (It's the same reason Boston Chicken became Boston Market.)

It hasn't quite worked.

[Edited on Apr 23, 2005 12:53PM]



Actually Kentucky copywrited it's name, so that, a sfar as I know, anything outside of the state using its name would have to pay a royalty. By switching to KFC, the restaurant chain avoided having to pay out. That's at least what I heard in some mythbusting article.

Dammit, yeah. what mqx said

[Edited on Apr 24, 2005 6:44AM]

StudentDriver

StudentDriver

Greenwood, IN
June 2004

APR 24, 2005 07:29 AM

jake_lex said:

In addition to using the "Kentucky Fried Chicken" name, the new Louisville restaurant [...] features a younger, apron-clad image of the chain's founder, Colonel Sanders.



Wow, I can't wait until they unveil a young-looking CGI Xtreme Sanders, who skateboards down a mountain, then eats some chicken. whatever

I can see the appeal of updating/changing fictional mascots, but Sanders was a real man, and he was pretty old when he started Kentucky Fried Chicken. Seems almost sacrilegious to alter his appearance now that he's dead.

pg1456

pg1456

United Kingdom
May 2003

APR 24, 2005 09:35 AM

Mmmmm Soylent Chicken

Vampirate

Vampirate

Durham, NC
October 2004

APR 24, 2005 11:12 AM

MisterSatan said:
People still think KFC's chicken is genetically created in a lab? Check it.

That being said, even though it's real chicken, it's still fucking nasty.


Yeah, but the conditions under which chickens are raised in modern meat facilities is still horrifyingly awful. I'd almost rather they be fucked up alien mutant monstrosities than be actual animals raised the way they're raised.

undeserving

undeserving

Newnan, GA
October 2004

APR 24, 2005 05:04 PM

yeah, it's not really chicken, just pieces of meat on life support.

Hopey

Hopey

Corvallis, OR
January 2004

APR 24, 2005 08:57 PM

Mqx said:
Also from Snopes:



It sounded good, but the real reason behind the shift to KFC had nothing to do with healthy food or finicky consumers: it was about money — money that Kentucky Fried Chicken would have had to pay to continue using their original name. In 1990, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, mired in debt, took the unusual step of trademarking their name. Henceforth, anyone using the word "Kentucky" for business reasons — inside or outside of the state — would have to obtain permission and pay licensing fees to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It was an unusual and brilliant scheme to alleviate government debt, but it was also one that alienated one of the most famous companies ever associated with Kentucky. The venerable Kentucky Fried Chicken chain, a mainstay of American culture since its first franchise opened in Salt Lake City in 1952, refused as a matter of principle to pay royalties on a name they had been using for four decades. After a year of fruitless negotiations with the Kentucky state government, Kentucky Fried Chicken — unwilling to submit to "such a terrible injustice" — threw in the towel and changed their name instead, timing the announcement to coincide with the introduction of new packaging and products to obscure the real reasons behind the altering of their corporate name.

Kentucky Fried Chicken were not the only ones who bravely refused to knuckle under. The name of the most famous horse race in North America, held every year at Churchill Downs, was changed from the "Kentucky Derby" to "The Run for the Roses" for similar reasons; many seed and nursery outfits that had previously offered Kentucky Bluegrass switched to a product known as "Shenendoah Bluegrass" instead; and Neil Diamond's song "Kentucky Woman" was dropped from radio playlists at his request, as the licensing fees he was obligated to pay the Commonwealth of Kentucky exceeded the peformance royalties he was receiving for the airplay.



Ezell's is the best fried chicken in the world, but I do admit to slumming at KFC every so often... though, honestly, it's mostly because of the biscuts and fake honey.

[Edited on Apr 24, 2005 1:55AM]




I used to live a couple blocks from the Ezell's on 23rd. Man, that was good eatin'. No chicken comes close.

[Edited on Apr 24, 2005 by hopey]

JohnClement

JohnClement

Silver Spring, MD
January 2004

APR 24, 2005 09:06 PM

They opened one of those in DC. I remember the article about it in the City Paper.

rottenart

rottenart

Norman, OK
February 2004

APR 24, 2005 09:12 PM

StudentDriver said:

jake_lex said:

In addition to using the "Kentucky Fried Chicken" name, the new Louisville restaurant [...] features a younger, apron-clad image of the chain's founder, Colonel Sanders.



Wow, I can't wait until they unveil a young-looking CGI Xtreme Sanders, who skateboards down a mountain, then eats some chicken. whatever

I can see the appeal of updating/changing fictional mascots, but Sanders was a real man, and he was pretty old when he started Kentucky Fried Chicken. Seems almost sacrilegious to alter his appearance now that he's dead.



or hell, even a cartoon one who raps would be enough...oh wait.

StudentDriver

StudentDriver

Greenwood, IN
June 2004

APR 25, 2005 05:29 AM

rottenart said:

StudentDriver said:
Wow, I can't wait until they unveil a young-looking CGI Xtreme Sanders, who skateboards down a mountain, then eats some chicken. whatever

I can see the appeal of updating/changing fictional mascots, but Sanders was a real man, and he was pretty old when he started Kentucky Fried Chicken. Seems almost sacrilegious to alter his appearance now that he's dead.



or hell, even a cartoon one who raps would be enough...oh wait.



I take it that's something they've done. How sad. I think I'm glad I haven't seen much TV lately, then.

So, have the advertisers "updated" Orville Redenbacher or Dave Thomas yet?

sadisticmika

sadisticmika

I'm lost
July 2004

APR 25, 2005 02:51 PM

A younger hipper Col. ? See, I don't see why they have to church it up. I don't have anything against KFC... I like KFC... I know it's bad for me... A friend told me about a time when the Colonel came to Japan and it apparently was a super huge deal. surreal

BurningKrome

BurningKrome

San Jose, CA
April 2005

MAY 02, 2005 06:39 PM

You know...I am not sure if KFC's chicken is genetically mutated or not; but the real question that comes to mind is...

Who gives a shit!?

What are people afraid of? A genetically mutated chicken is going to burst out of your stomach and take over the spaceship?

1. If you cross breed of chicken "A" with breed "B", you have genetically altered it. Seemed to work for the last 10,000 years.

2. It's meat. Meat breaks down to amino acids in your stomach. What you body can't use, it modifies. What it can't modify, it expels.

Parts is parts :-)

BurningKrome

BurningKrome

San Jose, CA
April 2005

MAY 02, 2005 06:46 PM

HenryC said:
Oh my bad I guess the whole image doesn't want to fit frown



We get the jist. I still laughed my ass off :-)

BurningKrome

BurningKrome

San Jose, CA
April 2005

MAY 02, 2005 06:50 PM

Mqx said:
Also from Snopes:



It sounded good, but the real reason behind the shift to KFC had nothing to do with healthy food or finicky consumers: it was about money — money that Kentucky Fried Chicken would have had to pay to continue using their original name. In 1990, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, mired in debt, took the unusual step of trademarking their name. Henceforth, anyone using the word "Kentucky" for business reasons — inside or outside of the state — would have to obtain permission and pay licensing fees to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It was an unusual and brilliant scheme to alleviate government debt, but it was also one that alienated one of the most famous companies ever associated with Kentucky. The venerable Kentucky Fried Chicken chain, a mainstay of American culture since its first franchise opened in Salt Lake City in 1952, refused as a matter of principle to pay royalties on a name they had been using for four decades. After a year of fruitless negotiations with the Kentucky state government, Kentucky Fried Chicken — unwilling to submit to "such a terrible injustice" — threw in the towel and changed their name instead, timing the announcement to coincide with the introduction of new packaging and products to obscure the real reasons behind the altering of their corporate name.

Kentucky Fried Chicken were not the only ones who bravely refused to knuckle under. The name of the most famous horse race in North America, held every year at Churchill Downs, was changed from the "Kentucky Derby" to "The Run for the Roses" for similar reasons; many seed and nursery outfits that had previously offered Kentucky Bluegrass switched to a product known as "Shenendoah Bluegrass" instead; and Neil Diamond's song "Kentucky Woman" was dropped from radio playlists at his request, as the licensing fees he was obligated to pay the Commonwealth of Kentucky exceeded the peformance royalties he was receiving for the airplay.



Ezell's is the best fried chicken in the world, but I do admit to slumming at KFC every so often... though, honestly, it's mostly because of the biscuts and fake honey.

[Edited on Apr 24, 2005 1:55AM]



Hmmm...I am suspicious of that one, being that (as a general rule) you cannot sue for the "post copyrighting" of a name. Because they had been using the name for 40 years, there would have been little chance of the state of Kentucky being able to successfully demand a licensing fee.

But, just in case, I'm going to run out and get a copyright for the term "www” (whoo hoo...Beverly Hills, here I come!)

skeptik

skeptik

New Orleans, LA
February 2004

MAY 04, 2005 12:12 AM

And also because of this:
http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2005/
"The Run for the Roses" is still its nickname, but it never changed the official name of the race from the "Kentucky Derby."
And the "Kentucky Bluegrass" part of the story is only a proposal for regional trade protection - like Scotch whisky or Champagne.
Oh, and I just found out I was right to be suspicious:
Snopes: False Authority


If any or all of the stories in this section caused your internal clue phone to ring, we hope you didn't let the answering machine take the call. That niggling little voice of common sense whispering to you in the background was right — there was something wrong with what you read.

You've just had an enounter with False Authority Syndrome.

Everything in this section is a spoof. Mister Ed was no more a zebra than the origin of the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence had anything to do with pirates on a recruiting drive. As for Mississippi's doing away with teaching fractions and decimals in its school systems because kids find them too hard to master, that's no more true than Kentucky's imposing a licensing fee on uses of its name, Edgar Rice Burroughs naming his celebrated apeman after the city he lived in (other way around, actually), George Bernard Shaw penning a poorly-attended play called Closed For Remodeling, passengers on the Titanic viewing a 1912 silent version of The Poseidon Adventure while their doomed ship was sinking out from under them, or the design of California's flag being the result of "pear" being taken for "bear."



Critical Thinking, folks. Always a good thing.

SirPsychoSexy

SirPsychoSexy

Ridgewood, NJ
January 2004

MAY 04, 2005 12:25 AM

undeserving said:
yeah, it's not really chicken, just pieces of meat on life support.



I have viewed these chickens on videotape, and have determined them to be inedible!

skeptik

skeptik

New Orleans, LA
February 2004

MAY 04, 2005 12:28 AM

But if we act now they might recover!

pygmy

pygmy

Portland, OR
July 2004

MAY 04, 2005 12:37 AM

In an unprecedented twist, going against this current trend of denial, the restaurant Nothing but Noodles recently changed its name to Nothing but BugParts.

[Edited on May 04, 2005 by pygmy]

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