A KFC in Denton, Manchester (that’s in the UK) is closed.
That’s not what’s unusual. I know many KFC stores that need to close. Or at least, do a better job of hiring if they stay open.
No, what’s unusual is why it’s closed. It burned.
Okay, a restaurant burning isn’t really all that unusual. You know of a restaurant or two that closed because of a fire.
It burned because it the fire spread from the burning car at the drive-thru window. Now we’re talking. That is unusual. BBC reports:
Dean Gardner, who took pictures of the aftermath, said KFC staff told him the car was already on fire as it pulled up to the restaurant order window.
A KFC spokesperson said: “We’re proud of the quick thinking and brave actions of our team members, and immensely relieved that no one was hurt.
I wonder if that’ll lead to a new menu item. Besides Original Recipe, Extra Crispy, the chain offers Kentucky Grilled, Nashville Hot, and Georgia Gold. Maybe they’ll add Manchester Fire?
Man! Continuing to the drive-through when your car is on fire.
Paging Jeff Foxworthy, huh?
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But usually the drive-through girls aren’t that hot.
It’s finger-lidocaine good!
The U.K. is what it is: a Denton nation waiting to happen.
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Rest in Twelve-Piece, Leo Getz.
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Amusingly enough, the auto-ads appearing on the left sidebar of my screen is showing a “KFC – Get Free Coupons!” ad. Now I’m hungry.
“Keep Calm, Carry Out”
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Socialized menace hen?
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“Bravo. ‘Well done,’ old chap!”
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“You wanna fry with that?”
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They despised the Americanization of “Drive-Thru,” so they restored the “Ogh!”
Coal barges and KFC have the same problems when their tenders catch fire.
“If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, this was their fryin’est hour.”
Doh!
Shouldn’t have ordered the fission chips.
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“Ask not for whom Taco Bell trolls: it trolls for thee.”
— Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Church’s Yard”
Dr. Evil: “We’re going to — take out — the competition?”
“C’mon, throw me a boneless here.”
Quick! Call in Scotland Yardbird.
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Austin Powers: “I’m guessing this wasn’t on his Bucket list?”
Vanessa: “That’s enough.”
KFC has basically written off its American market. They’re saving all their best efforts for South Asia and Japan