# KFC, some kind of U.L .? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 19, 2000, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kfc-some-kind-of-u-l/6368 "2000-01-19T01:43:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kfc-some-kind-of-u-l/6368/21 "2000-01-19T15:15:00Z")
Oh, sure! You’re right…we should make them change their name to KFE (Kentucky Fried Embryoes). Actually, I hear pigeon is used because they’re abundant and undesirable! Also, those drum sticks are really frogs legs because it tastes just like chicken, right? C’mon! ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kfc-some-kind-of-u-l/6368/22 "2000-01-19T15:18:00Z")
BTW, any email that urges you to “pass on this important information to all your acquaintances” is almost universally a hoax. This ridiculous urban legend has been floating around for years. ---
**Author:** ![ignatiusjreilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@ignatiusjreilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatiusjreilly)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kfc-some-kind-of-u-l/6368/23 "2000-01-19T15:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > When Colonel Sanders founded the company almost fifty years ago, he served only his Original Recipe™ fried chicken. The name Kentucky Fried Chicken’ was selected to describe his unique product, and that name served our company well for decades. In the early '90’s, our menu expanded to include non-fried chicken. As such,our name changed accordingly to ‘KFC.’ What a joke! Methinks they failed to mention to focus groups and consultants who let them know that many people aren’t going to be attracted to a restaurant with the word “fried” in the name. Changing the name is understandable, but they’re not even coming clean on it why. ---
**Author:** ![TomH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@TomH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TomH)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kfc-some-kind-of-u-l/6368/24 "2000-01-19T15:39:00Z")
I don’t disagree with that, johnnyharvard. I wqas just quoting it as an example extensive use of the C-word. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kfc-some-kind-of-u-l/6368/25 "2000-01-19T19:09:00Z")
“Listen to their commercials and I guarantee you won’t hear the word chicken” ??!! Isn’t their current slogan, “We do chicken right?” Besides, kids, I do the pest control service for 2 KFCs, and I get there early enough in the morning, before they open, but while they’re prepping for the day. You can’t disguise RAW stuff to make it look like chicken. Can you? Please say you can’t. * * * The Dave-Guy “since my daughter’s only half-Jewish, can she go in up to her knees?” J.H. Marx ---
**Author:** ![frolix8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@frolix8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frolix8)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kfc-some-kind-of-u-l/6368/26 "2000-01-19T19:25:00Z")
I read somewhere that the state of Kentucky trademarked the name “Kentucky” and tried to get companies to pay a royalty to the state for use of the name. Suddenly Kentucky Fried Chicken became KFC and the Kentucky Derby became “the run for the roses”. Anybody else hear this? Sounds UL I know, but stranger things have happened when politics and money are involved. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kfc-some-kind-of-u-l/6368/27 "2000-01-19T19:30:00Z")
Actually, frolix, you’re not allowed to use the name at all if you haven’t payed a licensing fee, which makes your above post illegal. Please don’t use the word K------y again. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kfc-some-kind-of-u-l/6368/28 "2000-01-19T19:30:00Z")
Mjollnir says “I understand that there is footage proving this.” So, by this logic, then soap operas are real, too? Things are staged, and cameras can show you whatever your mind can be convinced to see. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kfc-some-kind-of-u-l/6368/29 "2000-01-20T12:07:00Z")
Uhh, Jinx, I hate to tell you this, but Mjollnir was yankin’ yer chain. He says it’s on the same tape as the “in da butt, Bob” footage. Both are ULs. That is all. * * * The Dave-Guy “since my daughter’s only half-Jewish, can she go in up to her knees?” J.H. Marx [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kfc-some-kind-of-u-l/6368.md?page=1)