In article <smjames-0405990412510...@ppp-206-170-2-169.sntc01.pacbell.net>, Inflatable Space Bunny <smja...@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
>I cannot bring myself to call McDonalds Mickey D's. It always comes out >Mucky Drek.
Why would you want to?
I caught a Star Track episode where the villain in some bad novel that was being recreated was named "Mickey D", and that same night the first commercial where McDonald's called themselves that aired.
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smja...@my-dejanews.com (Inflatable Space Bunny) writes:
>I cannot bring myself to call McDonalds Mickey D's. It always comes out >Mucky Drek.
Speaking of American fast-food cultural icons, I have just a twinge of trouble with "Kentucky Fried Chicken" being "modernized" and now called "KFC." Not to mention the little animated, old, white dude dancing around in the commercials. Old white dudes don't dance that way, they make fun of people who dance that way.
"I hired you people to try and get a little track laid not to jump around like a bunch of Kansas City faggots!"
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In article <7gp5rp$...@nbc.ksu.ksu.edu>, Culturally Sensitive Ed <r...@address.in.sig> wrote:
> Speaking of American fast-food cultural icons, I have just a twinge >of trouble with "Kentucky Fried Chicken" being "modernized" and now called >"KFC." Not to mention the little animated, old, white dude dancing around >in the commercials. Old white dudes don't dance that way, they make fun >of people who dance that way.
What's worse is, that old white dude was ALIVE twenty years ago.
And what's worse than that is, that's not the first time they "re-animated" him, so to speak... they ran a bunch of ads around 1995 where, I think, they hired an actor to portray the Colonel in some commercials that were sort of a cross between Pepperage Farms and Bartles & Jaymes.
What's probably worse than that is, that in Japan there are probably ads with a little anime Colonel running around doing weird hip things, which is a lot like our commercials except the Japanese Colonel is probably in a schoolgirl uniform.
I remember when the Tonight Show aired some American guy asking the Japanese people on the street to identify American celebrities, and while some people got OJ, and a few others got MC Hammer, EVERYONE could identify Colonel Sanders. This explains why there's no record of him in the Confederate army registry -- he joined the army after the Civil War, and was part of the American occupying forces following World War II. Now I have the material I need to write my thesis!
The "KFC" thing is because the name Kentucky is trademarked, though. Blame the state of Kentucky(TM).
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>In article <7gp5rp$...@nbc.ksu.ksu.edu>, >Culturally Sensitive Ed <r...@address.in.sig> wrote:
>> Speaking of American fast-food cultural icons, I have just a twinge >>of trouble with "Kentucky Fried Chicken" being "modernized" and now called >>"KFC." Not to mention the little animated, old, white dude dancing around >>in the commercials. Old white dudes don't dance that way, they make fun >>of people who dance that way.
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>What's probably worse than that is, that in Japan there are probably >ads with a little anime Colonel running around doing weird hip things, >which is a lot like our commercials except the Japanese Colonel is >probably in a schoolgirl uniform.
You're absolutely right. The Colonel is actually one of the new Sailor Scouts on "Sailor Moon." Just saw it on Toonami. He's called Sailor Extra-Crispy.
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> which is a lot like our commercials except the Japanese Colonel is > probably in a schoolgirl uniform.
Traditional Japanese armor, actually, because yesterday was kodomo-no-hi. Flying carp everywhere! I got a haircut.
I've shown the jpeg of the Colonel I have on my laptop to many Japanese, and everyone recognized him as the fried chicken statue guy but could not tell me his name.
p...@sff.net (Paul Guertin) wrote: >ni...@primenet.com (Nick S Bensema) wrote:
>> which is a lot like our commercials except the Japanese Colonel is >> probably in a schoolgirl uniform.
>Traditional Japanese armor, actually, because yesterday was >kodomo-no-hi. Flying carp everywhere! I got a haircut.
>I've shown the jpeg of the Colonel I have on my laptop to >many Japanese, and everyone recognized him as the fried >chicken statue guy but could not tell me his name.
Give them a hint and tell them he has the same name as my dog. That should do it.
--Terri -- I don't know what the real armed forces of the US wear, but I hope they're better than those freaking boots. I almost got laughed out of the S&M fetish beating bar because of those. That was the WORST PROM EVER! -- Joseph M. Bay 4/7/99
[|>>I've shown the jpeg of the Colonel I have on my laptop to [|>>many Japanese, and everyone recognized him as the fried [|>>chicken statue guy but could not tell me his name. [|>> [|>Give them a hint and tell them he has the same name as my dog. [|>That should do it.
Lawsuit 'em for it. How dare they name fast f--d chain after your dog. Unless you're getting a cut. Of money.
Paul Guertin <p...@sff.net> wrote: >ni...@primenet.com (Nick S Bensema) wrote:
>> which is a lot like our commercials except the Japanese Colonel is >> probably in a schoolgirl uniform.
>Traditional Japanese armor, actually, because yesterday was >kodomo-no-hi. Flying carp everywhere! I got a haircut.
That must have been some sharp carp!
>I've shown the jpeg of the Colonel I have on my laptop to >many Japanese, and everyone recognized him as the fried >chicken statue guy but could not tell me his name.
Or his rank? OH NO.
Do they really have fried chicken in Japan? It seems as if everything edible in Japan is either fish or little and square, usually both. And the token McDonald's to prove that America owns everything. But I have a hard time seeing KFC in Japan.
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In article <7gtmvd$7h...@nnrp02.primenet.com>, ni...@primenet.com (Nick S Bensema) wrote:
> In article <37360997.12473...@news.newsguy.com>, > Paul Guertin <p...@sff.net> wrote: > >ni...@primenet.com (Nick S Bensema) wrote:
> >> which is a lot like our commercials except the Japanese Colonel is > >> probably in a schoolgirl uniform.
> >Traditional Japanese armor, actually, because yesterday was > >kodomo-no-hi. Flying carp everywhere! I got a haircut.
> That must have been some sharp carp!
Well, as you probably know, "kodomo" means "haircut" and "hi" means "free!!!!111!". So "kodomo-no-hi" is "FREE HAIRCUT DAY D00D!!11". They attach razorblades to the flying carp to facilitate this very special festival.
Also, Hiroshima's baseball team is called the "Hiroshima Carp". And they sure are bottom feeders. They lose ALL THE TIME! But the surpising bit is, I asked some Japanese people if they knew what "carp" meant. THEY DIDN'T!!!!1! THEY HAVE BIG CARPS FLYING EVERYWHERE, PONDS FULL OF CARP, A BASEBALL TEAM CALLED CARP, AND NOBODY KNOWS WHAT A CARP ACTUALLY IS!!! I was a bit surprised.
> >I've shown the jpeg of the Colonel I have on my laptop to > >many Japanese, and everyone recognized him as the fried > >chicken statue guy but could not tell me his name.
> Or his rank? OH NO.
KERNEL!!
> Do they really have fried chicken in Japan? It seems as if everything > edible in Japan is either fish or little and square, usually both. > And the token McDonald's to prove that America owns everything. > But I have a hard time seeing KFC in Japan.
What, do you want PHOTOS??? They even have gigantic fibreglass Colonels that they wheel out when they open the shop. He stands out in the stleet rooking fliendry. And a LOT of Japanese food is fried. They have some fried chicken Japanese food called "karaage". It's pretty good in a bento. Also, have you heard of "tempura"?
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