Giant Colonel Sanders visible from space

missy · Post by **missy** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:17 am

well, THAT will make sure ET never comes here!!!!

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:28 am

I read about this the other day. They are hoping it will make people forget how unhealthy KFC is for you and bolster their flagging sales in all parts of the world except China. Also notice that the colonel is no longer wearing his white jacket but a red apron. KFC thought this a significant update.

djm

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:46 am

I remember a science fiction story where two alien juvenile delinquents went back in time and scuplted the earth's continents to a particular shape.
When Earth finally met the Alien Federation, and the image of the Earth was displayed to the assembly, the information that the continents displayed was so upsetting that the Earth was instantly vapourised, by unanimous vote.

Hope that Colonel Sanders doesn't look offensive to anybody out there...

(and how would they know which way up he should be?)

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:55 am

missy wrote:well, THAT will make sure ET never comes here!!!!

Are you kidding!!?? This is the interplanetary version of a roadside sign!

Post by **Dale** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:53 am

The world is ending. Do you need any more proof?

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:56 am

Not with a bang but a 'pluck-a-pluck pluck!'

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 12:06 pm

Hey... (grabs calculator, puncheds in acreage, times monthly bilboard rates, plus added value from newsworthiness netting free publicity on top, less drive by gawker's damage, and taking off price of plowing, planting, and new brush-hog...) hmmm... I've got a few acres I could clear-cut...

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:53 pm

I'd think that, bein' in Nevada, they have sidestepped those costs.

brianormond · Post by **brianormond** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:07 am

-Perhaps its like the Mars face -a geological feature resembling a face only when viewed at poor resolution and from an odd angle.
-Excuse me please, I have a sudden urge for chicken...

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:32 am

I want the colonel to get his white jacket back, this red apron thing is sooooo undignifed.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:34 am

Denny wrote:I'd think that, bein' in Nevada, they have sidestepped those costs.

I ain't in Nevada, though.

khl · Post by **khl** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:07 pm

My worry is that aliens might mistake this as Burl Ives -- a symbol of pleasant, welcoming folk music. Imagine their surprize and anger when they discover what it's really about.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:43 pm

khl wrote:My worry is that aliens might mistake this as Burl Ives -- a symbol of pleasant, welcoming folk music. Imagine their surprize and anger when they discover what it's really about.

They already have, no doubt, although I find it curious that no mention has been made, to say nothing of outrage over it:

http://atyllahthehen.blogspot.com/2006/ ... lanet.html

I imagine they look something like this:

He must be a captive in a hidden detention center. No clothes.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:47 pm

anniemcu wrote:
Denny wrote:I'd think that, bein' in Nevada, they have sidestepped those costs.
I ain't in Nevada, though.

Hmmm...

the link wrote:The pic of the Colonel comprises 65,000 one-foot-square painted tiles laid out on a plot near Rachel, Nevada. Gone is Sanders' traditional suit, replaced by a with-it and happening red apron.