Slashfood (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Filed under: Southern States , Fast Food Photo: Colin McMillen, Flickr . There are statues of Colonel Harland Sanders standing sentry at KFC outlets across Asia , but the town where the legendary restaurateur opened his first café has long resisted memorializing the man many locals consider a fast-talking, two-timing scoundrel. "There are a lot of people here who knew him from way back,"...
PA Pundits (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
By Andrew Bolt Tim Blair laughs that an intruder managed to sneak right into the heart of power in the United Nations: Red-faced United Nations officials on 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 [...]
The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
A Col. Sanders impersonator, on a publicity stunt for KFC, gained entry to restricted areas of the U.N. and had a handshaking photo-op with the President of the U.N. General Assembly, Dr. Ali A. Treki of Libya: KFC president Roger Eaton had earlier written to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, asking that the "Grilled Nation" of grilled chicken eaters be registered as the 193rd U.N. member...
Wendy Williams. The Queen of All Media (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
The United Nations headquarters in NYC is supposed to be one of the most secure building in the world, yet a man, dressed as KFC founder Colonel Sanders, was able to waltz in and shake hands with a diplomat.It was all a publicity stunt.According to the Britian Telegraph, KFC has been "lobbying" for Grilled Nation to be accepted as a member state, even writing letters to UN Secretary General...
Adrants (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
And, yea, there was that whole KFC Colonel Sanders thing at the UN.
NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
An audacious actor dressed like Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders sneaked into United Nations headquarters and shook hands with a senior official before finally being ejected.
The WOW Report (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Last Thursday, a man looking like and representing himself as Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, managed to get himself escorted warmly into the restricted areas of the United Nations where he shook the hand of UN General Assembly president, Dr Ali A Treki of Libya, who was unaware that the Colonel has been dead since 1980 – if, in fact, he was aware of the...
Adelaide Green Porridge Cafe (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
via telegraph.co.uk Pitching takeaway to diplomats, Chasers style. Posted via web from poobumwee's posterous
Eater (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
As part of the promotional extravaganza of KFC's grilled chicken, a man dressed as Colonel Sanders sneaked into the United Nations recently in what actually sounds like a story from The Onion. Not only did the colonel manage to find...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The UN launches an investigation after 'Colonel Sanders' gains access to the UN General Assembly.
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
At huge cost, the United Nations installed a sophisticated swipe-card security system at its headquarters in New York a couple of years back - and made the entrance points doubly secure by posting guards at them all. Who knew you could breach it just by turning up dressed like Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken fast-food chain? Not only did a Col. Sanders impersonator...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
A man impersonating the Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders managed to dupe his way into the UN headquarters in New York and shake hands with a senior official.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
A man impersonating the Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders managed to dupe his way into the UN headquarters in New York and shake hands with a senior official.
head in the clouds and a mouthful of pie (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
I'm quite used to going to gigs by myself, but this was one of those times where everyone seemed to know everyone else, and I felt a teensy bit out of place. First published on mINtSOUTH.com in June 2009 Words - Suzy Sims Editor - Rob Ball (c) mINtSOUTH.com THE REBS, JAZICA, ANDY HUNT, SAMUEL TINGMAN & RACHEL GUYER @ TALKING HEADS, SOUTHAMPTON 09/06/2009 I didn’t break my chair. Honest, I...
Let Me Out of Tennessee (prov) (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Leaving Shelbyville we struck back towards our friends in Raccoon Valley, near Heiskell, near Powell, near Knoxville, TN. En route we wanted to visit the Cumberland Falls, so planned to stop at Levi Jackson State Park, disappointingly, since it is such a good dance, Levi Jackson was only a State Governor, though there may be more to find out. The weather was cloudy and not very warm. The park is quite...
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