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It's Christmas season: Get your KFC Firelog
December 08, 2021, 08:12 PM
lkdr1989It's Christmas season: Get your KFC Firelog
If you have a fireplace and you're itching for that fried chicken scent to liven up the evening, here you go! Only $15.88
https://www.walmart.com/ip/202...weepstakes/574977294
...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV December 08, 2021, 08:27 PM
airsoft guyFor just one log? Damn, I like to keep cheater logs on hand for my firepit, but $16 is kinda steep when I can get a box of 6 for like $8.
Could be fun for a joke, I guess, slip one in when nobody is looking, and watch everyone get hungry for fried chicken.
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Originally posted by Will938:
If you don't become a screen writer for comedy movies, then you're an asshole.
December 08, 2021, 08:27 PM
Jim ShugartThere should be a similar product for those of us who haven't had a date in a while.
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw
December 08, 2021, 08:31 PM
Gustofer
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"Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
December 08, 2021, 11:13 PM
kkinaThis would market well in Japan, where Christmas and KFC are inexorably tied (long story).
December 08, 2021, 11:19 PM
BurtonRWquote:
Originally posted by kkina:
This would market well in Japan, where Christmas and KFC are inexorably tied (long story).
It’s not that long a story.
From what I understand, Christmas wasn’t generally celebrated in Japan at all owing to the <2% Christian population at the time. Then along comes KFC with a brilliant advertising campaign (KFC = Kentucky For Christmas) and the Christmas bucket takes root in the culture. Essentially, Col. Sanders becomes the 13th apostle and Christmas is introduced to Japan by way of secret spices and the rest is history.
How did I do?
-Rob
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A=A December 08, 2021, 11:23 PM
kkina^Pretty close. The Japanese tradition of eating KFC on Christmas was due to a marketing campaign of somewhat nefarious origin initially by a single person. The manager of the first KFC restaurant in Japan confirmed in an NHK interview that eating fried chicken for Christmas was a common Western tradition- a total fabrication aimed at promoting the new business. Incredibly, the notion went viral (not easy back then), even becoming an official company marketing campaign.
The manager has since admitted his lie, saying he regrets it even though it was hugely responsible for the success of the chain in Japan.
December 09, 2021, 10:02 AM
straightshooter01quote:
Originally posted by Jim Shugart:
There should be a similar product for those of us who haven't had a date in a while.
Ok I am not going to touch that one
But how about Napalm scented. "I love the smell of Napalm in the morning"
December 09, 2021, 10:10 AM
airsoft guyquote:
Originally posted by Jim Shugart:
There should be a similar product for those of us who haven't had a date in a while.
I think Gwyneth Paltrow has a line of candles for this.
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Originally posted by Will938:
If you don't become a screen writer for comedy movies, then you're an asshole.
December 09, 2021, 10:46 AM
BigSwedeThey had those KFC logs last year, no one bought them and they were on the clearance rack everywhere right after Christmas
December 09, 2021, 12:51 PM
Jimbo JonesSo even though he helped the company, did they give him the "window seat" because he lied?
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Originally posted by kkina:
^Pretty close. The Japanese tradition of eating KFC on Christmas was due to a marketing campaign of somewhat nefarious origin initially by a single person. The manager of the first KFC restaurant in Japan confirmed in an NHK interview that eating fried chicken for Christmas was a common Western tradition- a total fabrication aimed at promoting the new business. Incredibly, the notion went viral (not easy back then), even becoming an official company marketing campaign.
The manager has since admitted his lie, saying he regrets it even though it was hugely responsible for the success of the chain in Japan.
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It's like my brain's a tree and you're those little cookie elves.
December 09, 2021, 01:02 PM
kkina^No, the official company line from KFC Japan is that a visiting foreigner started the whole thing, even contradicting Mr. Okawara's confession. In fact, Okawara went on to run KFC Japan.