# WTF, Colonel Sanders?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-colonel-sanders/786556>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 13, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-colonel-sanders/786556 "2017-05-13T22:27:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-colonel-sanders/786556/21 "2018-08-07T05:22:28Z")

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> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> I would be a bit put off by a JFK impersonator selling toothpaste or what not.

Brylcreem

> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> The historical Harland Sanders \*was \*pretty rednecky.

Not like in the commercials. I remember him as a soft-spoken, kindly old geezer.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-colonel-sanders/786556/22 "2018-08-07T05:33:08Z")

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The Reba McIntyre one was horrendous. Nope. Not a good campaign.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-colonel-sanders/786556/23 "2018-08-07T05:36:55Z")

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KFC is big in Thailand. I knew an Englishman there who absolutely loved the stuff.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-colonel-sanders/786556/24 "2018-08-07T06:14:58Z")

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I am totally addicted to the coleslaw.

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**Author:** ![rat\_avatar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rat_avatar/32/255_2.png) [@rat\_avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rat_avatar)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-colonel-sanders/786556/25 "2018-08-07T06:32:04Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> Not like in the commercials. I remember him as a soft-spoken, kindly old geezer.

Well he did move to Canada, and opened [charities](https://www.bcchf.ca/stories/miracle-stories/colonel-harland-sanders-charities/)

So isn’t it a legal requirement to be polite up there?

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**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-colonel-sanders/786556/26 "2018-08-07T09:16:34Z")

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KFC coleslaw is the only side dish that compares to Gramma’s potato salad. Also, those bowl things - just keep making those, cole slaw, and throw in those massive double chicken sammiches my stomach loves and my heart hates, and I’m set.

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**Author:** ![baileygrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-colonel-sanders/786556/27 "2018-08-07T19:42:23Z")

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It was over for me when the Colonel started saying “Boo-yah!”

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