Let's talk about The Colonel.

[Lautremont]

Yes, THAT Colonel. Sanders. What's the story on his chicken, his patrician manners and deep Southern charm, his tie? Why does the chicken come in a bucket? Is it, as Neil Hamburger tells us, so you've got something to vomit in afterwards?

Any personal details about the Colonel will be welcome in this thread, as will opinions on his chicken.

[NewWaveChick1981]

1. Ach! I hate the Colonel...with his wee beady eyes...

He puts an addictive chemical in his chicken to make you crave it fortnightly, smartass! :rofl: :hi:

In all seriousness, my husband was addicted to KFC chicken for years. From the biography things I've seen on him, Colonel Sanders was an ornery bastard. But if you ask my husband, his chicken was second to none. It's definitely not the same now.

[skygazer]

2. And what's with the white suit?

I don't know - there's something strange about someone who wears a blinding white suit. :hide:

[mentalsolstice]

3. My dad actually knew Harlan Sanders

As a KY State Policeman he used to stop into the Colonel's restaurant, and he'd talk to him on occasion. This was before he was famous. My dad said he was kind of an asshole, pretty full of himself. He's not a military colonel, but a KY colonel, which is kind of their version of knighthood...I'm also a KY Colonel, so that tells you how prestigious the title is.:eyes:

[Lautremont]

5. That's very interesting about his colonelhood!

Well, it was all interesting, but I didn't know such an honor existed. Can I become a Kentucky Colonel if I wasn't born there? Probably not, but it would give me an excuse to swagger about in an ice-cream suit and drink juleps day and night!

[mentalsolstice]

10. Yup!

Actually I wasn't born in KY either, and have never lived there (parents live there)...just knew someone in the governor's office (fortunately a Dem at the time). The ice-cream suit is mandatory, and let me tell ya, it's a real bitch to keep clean day in and day out, the only thing that makes it easier is the mint juleps...ah yes, those juleps!

[Lautremont]

16. You also get to

declare your intention of declaring something by declaring "Ah do declare!"

[trof]

15. So was my uncle.

Had his 'commission' framed and hanging on the wall.
I guess it meant you knew somebody who knew somebody.
I used to be a Captain in the Confederate Air Force, but I think they disbanded.
;-)

[mentalsolstice]

17. Mine's in a closet somewhere!

Not that I don't appreciate the honor. There are many colonels that have done wonderful things in life. When I got my commission, my SO simply asked if it meant we'd have a lifetime run on KFC, which he isn't crazy about, he's partial to Popeye's.

[TheMightyFavog]

19. They call themselves the "Commemerative Air Force" now, IIRC.

End of Line.

[trof]

21. I know. This wasn't the same thing.

It was a parchment-like fill-in-your-name-here thing from a souvenir shop in Birmingham.
I know it's terribly un-pc, but I'm sorry about the name change.
Can't ANYBODY stand a little humor anymore?
:shrug:

[wildhorses]

23. it cracked me up--but, then you know me

nothing is sacred it is all fair game when it comes to humor and satire...and frig it if i don't laugh over some of this crzy shit going on out there in the world i will go stark raving mad:crazy:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Colonel Sanders was a decorated veteran of the Poultry Wars.

Under the command of General Tsao, he bravely led the 3rd Breaded Infantry in an attack on fortifications deep within enemy barbeque sauce.

[malta blue]

6. I have visited his grave at the Cave Hill Cemetary in

Louisville, KY.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=926

[Lautremont]

7. Wait... he's dead?

[malta blue]

8. yup

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. I thought you meant this colonel:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. That's a nice base you've got there, Colonel.

I'd hate to see anything happen to it.

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. 'Fires 'appen, Colonel'

"Things burn."

[jpgray]

13. He should resign his commission. Along with Captain Crunch and Major Indifference

[Bunny]

14. And General Nuisance, too.

Don't forget the General - he's in charge of those assholes.

[sarge43]

20. And Major Payne. n/t

[DemoTex]

18. Adrian Cronauer on the Colonel (Robin Wms. in "Good Morning, Vietnam!")

Cronauer: Here's an incredible coincidence. Ho Chi Minh, Colonel Sanders actually the same person? You be the judge. Our lines are open.

[Dean Martin]

22. all I know is his chicken sucks now

It was great 30 years ago but it's all grease now and always tastes old. Church's is much better, as is Popeye's. I'd think Sanders would be rolling in his grave to see what they've done to his "recipe" since he's passed away.

[wildhorses]

24. born in 1890--here is a link

http://www.answers.com/topic/harland-sanders

[ruiner4u]

25. Not Colonel Angus?

whose real name is Amel Angus...