cfire Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 "The Kulina are also known for their complex language. FUNAI studies show that Kulina women speak a completely different language from the men." The perfect society has been found!! ...except for the eating people thing... Quote
lI1|1! Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 You know if they'd build more Starbucks in the Amazonian jungle there'd be fewer incidents like these. Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted February 10, 2009 Author Posted February 10, 2009 "The Kulina are also known for their complex language. FUNAI studies show that Kulina women speak a completely different language from the men." The perfect society has been found!! ...except for the eating people thing... Kulina women speak a completely different language from men... and that is different from the rest of the world - how? Quote
ivan Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 don't the christian-ites engage in ritual cannibalism too? Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted February 10, 2009 Author Posted February 10, 2009 You know if they'd build more Starbucks in the Amazonian jungle there'd be fewer incidents like these. McDonalds could get meat for their Chicken McNuggets and nobody would know the difference. Quote
cfire Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 "The Kulina are also known for their complex language. FUNAI studies show that Kulina women speak a completely different language from the men." The perfect society has been found!! ...except for the eating people thing... Kulina women speak a completely different language from men... and that is different from the rest of the world - how? Because they gave up even trying...perfect. Quote
G-spotter Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 I tried clown once, but it tasted funny. Quote
prole Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 I thought this thread was about this desperate "underground" marketing gimmick the Associated Press fell for: Colonel's secret recipe in new, safer vault at KFC By BRUCE SCHREINER – 2 hours ago LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Colonel Sanders' handwritten recipe for fried chicken was back in its Kentucky home Tuesday after five months in hiding while KFC upgraded security around its top corporate secret. Nothing went afoul when the recipe was returned from an undisclosed location to KFC's headquarters late Monday in a lockbox handcuffed to the wrist of a security consultant. KFC President Roger Eaton was visibly relieved when the door to a new electronic safe was shut with the single sheet of yellowing paper stashed inside. "Mission accomplished," he said. "It was very nerve wracking," Eaton said later of the recipe's hiatus from a vault where it has been kept for decades. "I don't want to be the only president who's lost the recipe." KFC is a subsidiary of Louisville-based Yum Brands Inc., which also owns Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's and A&W All-American Food. The recipe lays out a mix of 11 herbs and spices that coat the chain's Original Recipe chicken, including exact amounts for each ingredient. It is written in pencil and signed by Harland Sanders. The iconic recipe is now protected by an array of high-tech security gadgets, including motion detectors and cameras that allow guards to monitor the vault around the clock. "It's like an onion of security — many layers," said security expert Bo Dietl, who brought the recipe back to the building. Thick concrete blocks encapsulate the vault, situated near office cubicles, that is connected to a backup generator to keep the security system operating in times of power outages. "I can guarantee you, once it's in there, it will be safe," Dietl assured Eaton. The recipe is such a tightly held secret that not even Eaton knows its full contents. Only two company executives at any time have access to the recipe. KFC won't release their names or titles, and it uses multiple suppliers who produce and blend the ingredients but know only a part of the entire contents. "We've very comfortable with the security," Eaton said. "I don't think anyone can break into it." Just how valuable is the recipe? Thomas P. Hustad, professor of marketing at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, said the recipe "goes to the core of the identity of the brand." The recipe, along with the man who created it, conjure images for the chain that help set it apart in the minds of customers, he said. "I would say that the heritage value is just as high for this secret recipe as the stories around the Coke formula," Hustad said by phone Tuesday. "I guess I'd put the two of those at the top of the pyramid." Dietl said the security measures he installed replaced an "antiquated" system. For years, the recipe was kept in a filing cabinet equipped with two combination locks in the vault. "The colonel could have used a pry bar to open that thing up," Dietl said. Sanders developed the formula in 1940 at his restaurant in southeastern Kentucky and used it to launch the KFC chain in the early 1950s. Sanders died in 1980, but his likeness is still central to KFC's marketing. KFC had 15,580 locations worldwide at the end of 2008, including 5,253 in the U.S. The chain is hoping to revive sluggish U.S. sales with the launch of a value menu and an April rollout of a new grilled chicken product aimed at health-conscious consumers. Quote
Dechristo Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 I thought this thread was about this desperate "underground" marketing gimmick the Associated Press fell for: Colonel's secret recipe in new, safer vault at KFC By BRUCE SCHREINER – 2 hours ago LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Colonel Sanders' handwritten recipe for fried chicken was back in its Kentucky home Tuesday after five months in hiding while KFC upgraded security around its top corporate secret. Nothing went afoul when the recipe was returned from an undisclosed location to KFC's headquarters late Monday in a lockbox handcuffed to the wrist of a security consultant. KFC President Roger Eaton was visibly relieved when the door to a new electronic safe was shut with the single sheet of yellowing paper stashed inside. "Mission accomplished," he said. "It was very nerve wracking," Eaton said later of the recipe's hiatus from a vault where it has been kept for decades. "I don't want to be the only president who's lost the recipe." KFC is a subsidiary of Louisville-based Yum Brands Inc., which also owns Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's and A&W All-American Food. The recipe lays out a mix of 11 herbs and spices that coat the chain's Original Recipe chicken, including exact amounts for each ingredient. It is written in pencil and signed by Harland Sanders. The iconic recipe is now protected by an array of high-tech security gadgets, including motion detectors and cameras that allow guards to monitor the vault around the clock. "It's like an onion of security — many layers," said security expert Bo Dietl, who brought the recipe back to the building. Thick concrete blocks encapsulate the vault, situated near office cubicles, that is connected to a backup generator to keep the security system operating in times of power outages. "I can guarantee you, once it's in there, it will be safe," Dietl assured Eaton. The recipe is such a tightly held secret that not even Eaton knows its full contents. Only two company executives at any time have access to the recipe. KFC won't release their names or titles, and it uses multiple suppliers who produce and blend the ingredients but know only a part of the entire contents. "We've very comfortable with the security," Eaton said. "I don't think anyone can break into it." Just how valuable is the recipe? Thomas P. Hustad, professor of marketing at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, said the recipe "goes to the core of the identity of the brand." The recipe, along with the man who created it, conjure images for the chain that help set it apart in the minds of customers, he said. "I would say that the heritage value is just as high for this secret recipe as the stories around the Coke formula," Hustad said by phone Tuesday. "I guess I'd put the two of those at the top of the pyramid." Dietl said the security measures he installed replaced an "antiquated" system. For years, the recipe was kept in a filing cabinet equipped with two combination locks in the vault. "The colonel could have used a pry bar to open that thing up," Dietl said. Sanders developed the formula in 1940 at his restaurant in southeastern Kentucky and used it to launch the KFC chain in the early 1950s. Sanders died in 1980, but his likeness is still central to KFC's marketing. KFC had 15,580 locations worldwide at the end of 2008, including 5,253 in the U.S. The chain is hoping to revive sluggish U.S. sales with the launch of a value menu and an April rollout of a new grilled chicken product aimed at health-conscious consumers. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCrT96QJBfQ Quote
Off_White Posted February 11, 2009 Posted February 11, 2009 don't the christian-ites engage in ritual cannibalism too? Oh, don't get me started on that cannibal cult. Body of Christ, bleccch! Quote
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