OT KFC 'colonel' breaches United Nations security
Matthew Kruk
By Steven Edwards,
Canwest News Service
October 26, 2009 6:02 PM
UNITED NATIONS - Red-faced United Nations officials Monday admitted to a major
security lapse after a UN guard helped Kentucky Fried Chicken's "Colonel
Sanders" gain access to restricted areas.
The guard escorted the white-suited intruder past security barriers, where he
got a handshake from the UN General Assembly president, Dr. Ali A. Treki of
Libya.
The faux fast food chain founder also posed for a picture beneath the assembly's
giant UN logo, which overlooks the spot where world leaders address their
international counterparts.
"It should not have happened - that I will stress, and very strongly," said
Michele Montas, spokeswoman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
"There was some lapse in security and the individual in question . . . was, on
the initiative of one security guard, taken . . . into the UN."
The real Harland "Colonel" Sanders typically wore a white suit and string bow
tie, but he has been dead since 1980.
Montas said security officials, many of whom are brought in from overseas, were
"still trying to find out exactly what happened."
The incident last Thursday apparently was part of a publicity stunt by the fast
food chain, which is seeking to promote its grilled alternative to its signature
fried chicken. It had dispatched the Sanders look-alike, identified by KFC as
Robert Thompson, and also wrote to Ban.
Montas warned the UN could take legal action against the company, whose letter,
signed by KFC president Roger Eaton, asked that the secretary general register
the "Grilled Nation" of grilled chicken eaters as the 193rd UN member state.
"That letter is absolutely void to us; it has no meaning whatsoever," Montas
said. "The UN cannot be involved in a commercial venture. Period. This is being
touched upon by our legal department."
Treki, who introduced world leaders at the recent General Assembly summit, posed
with the Sanders look-alike in a lounge area frequented by diplomats and
government leaders.
"I wouldn't call that a meeting," bristled Jean-Victor Nkolo, Treki's spokesman
after a reporter asked if he could confirm the two had "met."
"There was no meeting. No appointment scheduled with the actor impersonating
Colonel Sanders . . . there was a brief encounter with the president of the
General Assembly."
Nkolo said Treki shook the impersonator's hand because "he's a very polite man."
UN TV crews eventually raised the alarm after being stunned when the
impersonator approached cameras set up for diplomats, and began making claims
about the extent of the "Grilled Nation." At that point, additional security
guards arrived and escorted him from the building.
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Charlene
> KFC 'colonel' breaches United Nations security
> By Steven Edwards,
> Canwest News Service
> October 26, 2009 6:02 PM
>
> UNITED NATIONS - Red-faced United Nations officials Monday admitted to a major
> security lapse after a UN guard helped Kentucky Fried Chicken's "Colonel
> Sanders" gain access to restricted areas.
>
> The guard escorted the white-suited intruder past security barriers, where he
> got a handshake from the UN General Assembly president, Dr. Ali A. Treki of
> Libya.
Well, of course he did. Treki knows well enough not to go against a
colonel.
wd45
PS Why don't these military dictators ever give themselves promotions?
Why doesn't Ghadafi make himself a general?
David Carson
>food chain, which is seeking to promote its grilled alternative to its signature
>fried chicken. It had dispatched the Sanders look-alike, identified by KFC as
>Robert Thompson, and also wrote to Ban.
>
>Montas warned the UN could take legal action against the company, whose letter,
>signed by KFC president Roger Eaton, asked that the secretary general register
>the "Grilled Nation" of grilled chicken eaters as the 193rd UN member state.
>
>"That letter is absolutely void to us; it has no meaning whatsoever," Montas
>said. "The UN cannot be involved in a commercial venture. Period. This is being
>touched upon by our legal department."
This is hilarious, as long as I don't stop to think about how much money -
probably some of mine - it's costing to have the UN's lawyers decline a
membership request from the Grilled Nation of Chicken Eaters.
David Carson
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Matthew Kruk
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> >The incident last Thursday apparently was part of a publicity stunt by the
> >fast
>>food chain, which is seeking to promote its grilled alternative to its
>>signature
>>fried chicken. It had dispatched the Sanders look-alike, identified by KFC as
>>Robert Thompson, and also wrote to Ban.
>>
>>Montas warned the UN could take legal action against the company, whose
>>letter,
>>signed by KFC president Roger Eaton, asked that the secretary general register
>>the "Grilled Nation" of grilled chicken eaters as the 193rd UN member state.
>>
>>"That letter is absolutely void to us; it has no meaning whatsoever," Montas
>>said. "The UN cannot be involved in a commercial venture. Period. This is
>>being
>>touched upon by our legal department."
>
> This is hilarious, as long as I don't stop to think about how much money -
> probably some of mine - it's costing to have the UN's lawyers decline a
> membership request from the Grilled Nation of Chicken Eaters.
It is. Funniest thing I've read in quite some time. There's a photo at the
URL.
Charlene
> "David Carson" <d...@neosoft.com> wrote in message
I didn't see that. Oh God. Tears running down my face. Best news story
ever.
wd45
Terry del Fuego
> What they did is the inevitable result of being too chicken to execute
> telemarketers and door-to-door salespeople who can't read "NO
> SOLICTORS" signs.
Though I guess I can't blame them for refusing to read signs written
by idiot children who can't spell "SOLICITORS".
Louis Epstein
: On Oct 26, 8:00?pm, "Matthew Kruk" <anywh...@wind.blows> wrote:
:> KFC 'colonel' breaches United Nations security
:> By Steven Edwards,
:> Canwest News Service
:> October 26, 2009 6:02 PM
:>
:> UNITED NATIONS - Red-faced United Nations officials Monday admitted to a major
:> security lapse after a UN guard helped Kentucky Fried Chicken's "Colonel
:> Sanders" gain access to restricted areas.
:>
:> The guard escorted the white-suited intruder past security barriers, where he
:> got a handshake from the UN General Assembly president, Dr. Ali A. Treki of
:> Libya.
:
: Well, of course he did. Treki knows well enough not to go against a
: colonel.
at the helm?
: wd45
:
: PS Why don't these military dictators ever give themselves promotions?
: Why doesn't Ghadafi make himself a general?
Some do...Idi Amin made himself a Field Marshal...I think Sergeant Doe
(the lowest-ranking coupster?) of Liberia made himself a general.
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