Eat Mor Chikin

[vovat]

I went to Chick-fil-A for brunch today. It wasn't a traditional brunch meal, but it was breakfast eaten at lunchtime, so I guess that's what it is, right? I had a coupon for a free one, which was cool. I really like Chick-fil-A. Since I was bored while eating, though, I thought of a few questions I had about the advertising campaign, with the poorly-spelling cows. Why do they seem to hate chickens so much? I mean, I get that they think that, if you eat something else, you'll be less likely to eat them. If this is the extent of it, though, why don't they encourage eating, say, pork or fish (or, for that matter, vegetarian meals)? Is there some big cow/chicken rivalry of which I, not being from a rural area, am not aware?

Also, I'm sure this question has been asked countless times before, but why can't the cows spell? I mean, they can apparently walk around on their hind legs, paint signs, and write in English, but they just aren't good at spelling. (Actually, didn't Gary Larson do some Far Side strips with a similar premise? Maybe not, but it seems like the kind of thing he would have done.) I guess you have to draw the line somewhere, or else we'd have to wonder why the cows aren't RUNNING the restaurant.

Now that I think about it, maybe the chickens are actually SMARTER than the cows, and actually know proper English spellings and all. The cows don't want us to find this out, so they encourage us to cook and consume the chickens.

By the way, I tend to doubt that Truett Cathy was actually the first person to think of putting a chicken patty on a bun, but I have no historical research to back this up.

Oh, and you know how Ben Folds says he grew a mustache and a mullet, and got a job at Chick-fil-A? Well, when I applied for a job there when I was nineteen, they said my hair was too long. (I don't think that's why they didn't hire me, but they said I'd have to get it trimmed down to shoulder length if I DID get the job.) So how come Ben would have been allowed to work there with a mullet? Are the rules different down south?

(Man, I wish I were actually GOOD at this kind of humor.)

And now, as a twist on that "six songs" thing, here are six songs that I've heard either today or yesterday that I've particularly enjoyed:

Wouldn't Want To Care - The Minus 5
Sunday Sunday - Blur
Militia Song - Camper Van Beethoven
California Rose - Laura Cantrell
Little Bell - The Young Fresh Fellows
Howling At Midnight - The Corn Sisters

Comments

[colleenanne.livejournal.com]

Not to burst your bubble o' humor, but it was actually a Hardee's he worked at. I think he said that last year when I saw him in Dayton (if Erika's reading this, maybe she can corroborate this story, as she was there too.)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Assuming you mean Ben, that might well be true, but in "Army," he definitely says he got a job at Chick-fil-A. I wouldn't be surprised if he changed the facts somewhat (or, indeed, if the whole song were fictional, although the introduction he gives at concerts seems to imply it's at least partially autobiographical), but that's still the song lyric, right?

[colleenanne.livejournal.com]

Yes, but the truth of someone with a mullett getting hired at Chik-Fil-A has been dispelled.

I love Ben Folds. With or without mustache and/or mullett. :)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. I guess it's possible he's not even familiar with Chick-fil-A's hiring policies.

[skylark-king.livejournal.com]

I was at Chik-Fil-A the other day and there was a sign it said "Long-haired Freaky-People need not apply"

Damn fine samiches, but I don't think thier nuggets/strips are crispy enough.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I always get the sandwiches. They actually seemed a little stale or something today, but were still good. I like the waffle fries quite a bit, and that's saying something, because I'm not usually much of a potato fan. The lemonade is great, too.

[loz]

This was, actually very amusing... especially for someone who has no idea behind the bad spelling cows of which you speak. We don't have chick-a-fil here, and we don't have badly spelling cows.

However, "Is there some big cow/chicken rivalry of which I, not being from a rural area, am not aware?"

Yes! It started in 1724, when Maisy, O'Halloran's cow got into the chicken yard and started...

[vovat.livejournal.com]

This is what they look like:



There's actually a page devoted to the Chick-fil-A cows (http://www.eatmorchikin.com/). They've been using the ad campaign for several years now, and the cows are on billboards and stuff.

[3x1minus1.livejournal.com]

maybe the cows didn't pay attention in english class? i don't know. it seems odd, like if you're going to allow fictional cows to write, go the whole way and have them spell correctly!

and maybe ben omitted the part where he got a haircut. :)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Maybe they didn't go to English class. Maybe they pieced the language together from old newspapers lying around in the barn.

and maybe ben omitted the part where he got a haircut.

Maybe, but then it doesn't make much sense that he would mention growing the mullet and getting the job in the same line. Oh, well. {g}

[obsessical.livejournal.com]

People think mispellings are cute. Like that sign by the road that says "Slow down my mommy works here" and it's all misspelled and letters are backwards and stuffs.

Also, everyone down south has a mullet. I'm sure they'd just make him wear a hairnet. We northern folk are more sanitary.

...hopefully.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Or lemonade stands (http://www.deconna.com/graphics/lemonade_stand.jpg).

[bethje.livejournal.com]

He could totally have a shoulderlength mullet, you knowz.

Also, I think the cowz are cute. Chickens aren't cute, so the people should eat more of them. I know I do.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

He could totally have a shoulderlength mullet, you knowz.

Good point.

I really don't have anything against the cows. They make for a creative ad campaign, certainly. But overanalyzing things is fun, right? {g}

And you eat cows, too! I've SEEN you! :P

[slfcllednowhere.livejournal.com]

If this is the extent of it, though, why don't they encourage eating, say, pork or fish (or, for that matter, vegetarian meals)?

Because it's an ad campaign for a chicken place.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

True, but why are the cows shilling for a chicken place? That's the question.

Maybe they just pay better than Long John Silver's. AND they get Sundays off!