THE GLOBAL INTERNATIONALIST: Oh hey it’s your editor’s new column thing: “The worldly chicken: How fast food is merging our global culture.” [True/Slant]
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Tethered swimming, anyone?
According to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia offered in many of the world’s languages, both KFC and Taco Bell share a single corporate parent.
Whoa!!!!! That’s stranger even than gay marriage! Missiles flying toward New York. Film at 11:00.
It’s culinary miscegenation!
What’s next, half-muslin cuisine?
A Mexican and a Southerner walk into a bar. Bartender says, “What is this, Yum Brands?”
With all the name brands in the lede, I thought you were going all Freidman on us, Ken.
Oh, I guess you were. Yours was wittier, however. As in brevity-being-the-soul-of.
I’m assuming deep-fried severed thumbs and mouse parts are available from this amalgamation?
From Ken’s profile: “I currently cover global affairs for Wonkette.com, a policy website in Washington DC.” Policy? What policy? The policy on Cocktober, Blowvember, Buttseks, Trucknutz, teabagging, the Dirty Sanchez and Cleveland Steamers?
I read this and though for a minute. “What’s he saying?” I sketched it out on a napkin. Oh, my goodness! The world is FLAT!
And then I read it again and though, “Hmmm. Maybe thought is better than though. Yes, I am sure of it. I need more napkins.”
You do a spookily dead-on Tom Friedman impression. This is better than your Richard Cohen.
I am continually amazed/proud that Wonkette continues to be cited (or at least given as credentials for the editors media presences elsewhere) in the mainstream media. I just imagine a little granny in Ohio seeing that and saying “oh, well, my stars and garters I should go look at their wonkyt site to see what else they have to say”.
[re=286556]rev_matt_y[/re]: Given that is often more accurate than the mainstream media, I don’t think citations are a bad thing.
Would that the warrior-gastronomes, General Tso and Colonel Sanders been able to lead their forces in an all-consuming battle to determine whose chicken was better. We need playoffs. Uh, what were you talking about again … for some reason I’m getting hungry.
This actually is the corporate version of the little Asian-run places all around this area that have in big font in their windows or on their signs a variant of this one (wish I had a pic):
“CHINESE BAGELS SUSHI PIZZA SUBS MILKSHAKE BREAKFAST!”
Um, did Ken just become a certain mustachioed nytimes columnist?
I was going to post a pithy and witty comment, but then I remembered the advice of a wise man: If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. And if you find yourself in three holes, dig harder.
There has to be a teabagging joke in there somewhere…
Holy crap. The humour is like an underground river: you can’t see it, but you know it’s there…
I simply do care for this Global Internationalist!
[re=286570]Doglessliberal[/re]: Totally, and Wonkette has the value add of teh buttsecks jokes. I consider Wonkette, the Onion, and the Daily Show the only truly credible news sources left in this country.
[re=286506]The Cold Sea[/re]: It does sound rather grand, doesn’t it? I must look it up some time.
Also, Ken, the Irish Examiner?? Really? I mean there’s nothing wrong with that, it just seems a bit . . . random.
Ken, why are you “following” Matt Taibbi? Does he know about this? And can I join you?
And next there will be Dunkin’ Donuts/Sabarro’s aglominations — oh, wait, there already are. What does THAT tell you about the world we live in?
[re=286617]FMA[/re]: That reminds me of the time I worked in a cubicle, and I overheard someone say on the phone “I’m getting triple fucked; there isn’t a hole left.” That was awesome.
Who would have thunk that Illinois is way ahead on the curve on this issue, we’ve had these combo’s for a very long time now. So long they’ve put these up AND they’ve gone out of business. New State Motto Illinois, come to us for our lame politicians AND artery clogging fast food.
this is a thing of real beauty. i am so impressed! i can even see the near euphoric expression on toms face as he pulls his finger from his anus, wafts it beneath his nose and inhales deeply.
We used to have a KFC-Taco Bell-Pizza Hut.
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