Shut your mouth ... it's KFC

So Kentucky Fried Crap are in trouble over an advert that shows people eating with their mouths open - while singing a crap song about crap food.

They aren't in trouble about the fact that their food is crap, that it is helping keep our nations children obese - but because it shows 'bad manners' - parents around the country have jumped on their soap boxes and written to the Advertising Standards Authority to complain about the Ad.

I don't know what all the fuss is about - my biggest complaint is the singing, the nasty smell from their 'restaurants' and the puke on the street outside after the drunks leave the pub and flock for 'food'.

The words in green are to be taken in the loosest sense possible.

Apparently this is now the most complained about advert in British television history with 1004 complaints so far (in just two weeks).

Although one of the most complained about adverts of all time was a leaflet about safe sex, commissioned in 1995 for that controversial of organisations 'The British Safety Council' - it promoted safe sex by showing the Pope in a crash helmet and prompted 1100 people to complain - sounds like a laugh if you ask me - crap food or the pope in crash helmet?

We got a KFC in Jersey a couple of years ago now, as part of the big Waterfront development that also included a swimming pool, gym, 10 screen cinema, Chicago Rock Cafe, Nightclub and Pizza Hut.

There was a mass of excitement at the time running up to and just after it opened, people loved the fact that it was their, couldn't get enough of the greasy boozer and teenager heaven - you can guess my feelings on it - although their 'heart blocking' Corn on the Cobb is pretty tasty - yes I have double standards and I'm hypocritical - so what!

The one main advantage of KFC opening is that shortly afterwards we saw the closure of the other 'great' establishment - Burger King.

Since we have been treated to the wonder that is Subway - this time I'm not actually being sarcastic - I am a big fan of Subway, I became I suppose addicted while working in Watford - a 6" for lunch every day - soon turned into a footlong - soon led to doubling of the trousers - still it was nice.

Original news story on this that prompted my blog entry is in the Media Guardian. Bloggers talking about it include Adrants who is taking the 'Human Race Looses Sense of Humour line, looking into the fact that after everything this really is just a bit of fun.

A Welsh View see's how the fact that it's crap could cause complaint but doesn't really get how it is offensive. Ad Jab have a good piece on it, basicaly saying the same thing as everyone else - with some good comments.

And many, many, many more bloggers have been bugged by this story.

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