 | alpepper (21)
05/12/2005 |  Colonel Harlan Sanders gets my choice as all-time #1 icon in terms of brand recognition and loyalty. I never call these restaurants KFC; to me, they are Colonel Sanders Restaurants. In life, the Colonel seemed like a kind and likeable man (unless you were a chicken). I never, ever associated him with an antebellum plantation owner or slave driver. While waiting for my bucket of chicken, I read on the restaurant wall that the Colonel was actually owner of a modest hotel (Sanders Court) who lucked into the secret recipe. He may be the only Corporate pitchman who operates from the grave (reincarnated into a cartoon character). In my many travels throughout the world, the Colonel has always been a dependable friend who always served me up good chicken (except for the awful one in downtown New York City), whether I have been in Alexandria, VA or Alexandria, Egypt. I can honestly say, that if there wasn't for a Colonel Sanders near my Navy Cadet School in Rhode Island, I might have starved to death. One young Colonel Sanders waitress felt so bad for me (I was an emaciated 5'11 137 pounds), she would give me extra pieces of chicken when I ordered a 5-piece meal. I even have a picture of myself standing next to the ubiquitous Colonel (as a statue) in Fukuaoka, Japan. Salute the Colonel!
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 | excelsior30 (8)
11/25/2004 | If you know history, this man was from the Confederacy. He could not be portrayed everywhere as he had killed many slaves that were too ill or too old to work.
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