http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...622-story.html

Mystery of the rat-shaped KFC chicken is solved: It's a bird
Customer say KFC served me 'finger lickin' rat

A Los Angeles man says KFC served him a fried rat. KFC says it's a hoax.
By Veronica Rocha contact the reporter

A now-viral photo of a piece of KFC chicken that resembled a crispy,
fried rat drew skeptics and shocked others on social media.

Many wondered if it was a golden piece of chicken or a fried rat, as Los
Angeles resident Devorise Dixon claimed.

The photo showed a large rat-shaped piece of chicken attached to a
longer string of fried breading, appearing to be a tail.

Now the results are in.

A third-party independent lab tested the suspicious meal and determined
it was undoubtedly a piece of hand-breaded chicken€“an assertion KFC
stood firm on.
Man claims he got served fried rat at KFC

KFC says Los Angeles man's claim that he was served a fried rat at a KFC
restaurant is a hoax. (KFC)

KFC is now sorta asking for an apology.

€œThe right thing for this customer to do is to apologize and cease
making false claims about the KFC brand,€� KFC said.

Its unclear whether Dixon will apologize or move forward with any legal
action. Dixon retained an attorney, who agreed to turn over the piece of
chicken to the lab, KFC said.

Dixon, they said, has refused to communicate directly with KFC officials.

On June 12, Dixon posted the photo on Facebook, and within hours an
investigation was launched.

Dixon claimed to have purchased the meal at a KFC at Wilmington Avenue
and 120th Street, but the restaurant owner said security video doesnt
show him as an actual customer.

From the beginning, KFC said Dixons claim was a hoax.

On Wednesday, the company released a photograph showing various angles
of the chicken. It appears a bite was taken from the rat-shaped piece,
exposing white meat.

But Dixon said last week he knows what he bit into.

€œHonestly, it doesnt matter what others think I know what I bit into
and what it looks like never in life have .. seen a chicken strip with a
long tail,€� he wrote.

On 6/22/2015 5:49 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> This is not a "hoax" in my opinion.

Sqwertz wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 03:01:57 +0000 (UTC), Todd Michel McComb wrote:
>
>> Anyway, I don't want to diss Geoff, but I'm not feeling all this
>> sympathy either. Geoff's name is on that thread in large part
>> because Geoff liked to bait people in exactly that way. Enough
>> said.
>
> When I die and word comes across Usenet, I'm looking forward to no
> less than 3 immediate 100+ followup threads that are nothing but a
> pure shit-flinging brawl fueled by my detractors, my admirers, and the
> people who insist that I be respected in death. Plus at least one
> more lesser thread every year for another 5 years every time somebody
> mentions my name.
>
> Anything less, I would genuinely be surprised and very disappointed.
> You can't get that kind of feedback on Facebook!
>
> -sw

Rather than waiting until you die, I'll reply now. I've learned a lot
from you about food, both here and, years ago, on rfc when I used to
participate there. I assume you work in the food biz in some capacity;
if not, you're extremely knowledgeable for a non-professional. But
it's sometimes the case that I have to wade through an awful lot of
extraneous garbage -- like condecension, and fights with other posters
that are incomprehensible to me -- to get to your worthwhile comments.

I can only assume that it must have some importance to you to get
involved in those never-ending back-and-forth insult fests, otherwise
you wouldn't waste time writing them. Anyway, I still read your posts,
still occasionally learn something from them, and still do my best to
tune them out when they wander into displays of schoolyard
chest-thumping, but I almost never feel like engaging with you. Of
course I don't expect this to matter to you, and there's no reason why
it should.

Regarding Geoff, I wasn't a fan of his, neither his politics nor his
ideas about food. But it was his style of arguing that put me off, so
I rarely engaged with him. Too many of those arguments serve no
purpose other than some weird form of self-satisfaction for the
arguers, including me when I'd get hooked into one of them. By the
same token, there's no reason now for me to add my opinions to the
Geoff Miller thread.

On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 19:24:42 -0400, Travis McGee >
wrote:

> http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...622-story.html
>
> Mystery of the rat-shaped KFC chicken is solved: It's a bird
> Customer say KFC served me 'finger lickin' rat
>
<snip>
> Dixon, they said, has refused to communicate directly with KFC officials.
>
> On June 12, Dixon posted the photo on Facebook, and within hours an
> investigation was launched.
>
> Dixon claimed to have purchased the meal at a KFC at Wilmington Avenue
> and 120th Street, but the restaurant owner said security video doesn’t
> show him as an actual customer.

Thank goodness for security cameras.

>
> From the beginning, KFC said Dixon’s claim was a hoax.
>
> On Wednesday, the company released a photograph showing various angles
> of the chicken. It appears a bite was taken from the rat-shaped piece,
> exposing white meat.
>
> But Dixon said last week he knows what he bit into.
>
> “Honestly, it doesn’t matter what others think I know what I bit into
> and what it looks like never in life have .. seen a chicken strip with a
> long tail,” he wrote.

If he thought he was served a rat, why didn't he pull the coating off
and take another picture to prove it? The mystery would have been
solved rather quickly.

--

sf

On 6/22/2015 7:49 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 19:24:42 -0400, Travis McGee wrote:
>
>> KFC says Los Angeles man's claim that he was served a fried rat at a KFC
>> restaurant is a hoax. (KFC)
>>
>> KFC is now sorta asking for an apology.
>>
>> ´The right thing for this customer to do is to apologize and cease
>> making false claims about the KFC brand,¡ KFC said.
>>
>> Itÿs unclear whether Dixon will apologize or move forward with any legal
>> action. Dixon retained an attorney, who agreed to turn over the piece of
>> chicken to the lab, KFC said.
>


>
> OK, so I looked at he picture. It's not unreasonable to assume that
> it may be a rat - it sure looks like a deep fried rat to me. KFC is
> being carelessly indignant. KFC should be apologizing and kissing
> this guy's ass for not having enough quality control to serve
> something that looks like a rat. Are their lawyers nuts?

He says he knows what he bit into. If it looked like a rat and he
thought it was a rat, why did he bit it?

Oh wait, I know, he wanted to get a bundle of money. KFC should sue his
ass broke.


>
> I'd be so traumatized that I'd never be able to eat chicken again and
> would have to pay extra for pork or beef! I would ask for at least
> half a million for the price difference between of my having to buy
> pork or beef instead of chicken for the next 40 years.
> <slight tongue-in-cheek for the gullible>
>
> -sw
>

Andrew Zimern was eating rat in Viet Nam. The ones in the rice fields
taste OK. Once skinned, they don't look so bad. He can have my share.

On 6/22/2015 10:32 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:30:43 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> On 6/22/2015 7:49 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> OK, so I looked at he picture. It's not unreasonable to assume that
>>> it may be a rat - it sure looks like a deep fried rat to me. KFC is
>>> being carelessly indignant. KFC should be apologizing and kissing
>>> this guy's ass for not having enough quality control to serve
>>> something that looks like a rat. Are their lawyers nuts?
>>
>> He says he knows what he bit into. If it looked like a rat and he
>> thought it was a rat, why did he bit it?
>
> Yeah, I didn't quite understand that comment. That needed more
> context. Rat is white meat, right? If he knew it was chicken, why
> would he get a lawyer?
>
>> Oh wait, I know, he wanted to get a bundle of money. KFC should sue his
>> ass broke.
>
> I didn't see how he presented his gripe on social media. That would
> determine... OK, here it is:
>
> "I went to KFC and [bought] a 3 [piece] chicken tender! As I bit into
> a piece of it noticed it was very hard/touch and rubbery! Which sent
> this deep chill throughout my body. I looked down at it and saw it was
> a cooked rat! Made me feel sick!"
>
> A little dramatic, but I'd hardly call that a lawsuit from KFC. I
> still think KFC is more at fault here. Don't serve chicken that looks
> like rats and you won't have people questioning the content of your
> product. And you can't blame viral social media for making a mountain
> out of a mole! (or a rat ;-)
>
> -sw
>

And thereby hangs a tail...

On 6/22/2015 8:32 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> Don't serve chicken that looks
> like rats


Eat shit and die, you worthless woman hater.

On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:49:19 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>I'd be so traumatized that I'd never be able to eat chicken again and
>would have to pay extra for pork or beef! I would ask for at least
>half a million for the price difference between of my having to buy
>pork or beef instead of chicken for the next 40 years.
><slight tongue-in-cheek for the gullible>
>
>-sw


It's interesting the way the Fast Food Goliaths operate. They place
surveilance cameras all over the property. For instance, directly over
the cash register for accountability in case money begins to
disappear. By the same token, they should have video surveilance of
the entire process of food handling by the employees. A lot of
teenagers working in fast food would find it very humorous to through
a rat into the chicken fryer. The teenagers would think twice if they
knew Yum Brands was going to go to great lengths to have them
prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. They should ask all the
employees to submit to a polygraph examination.

William

On Monday, June 22, 2015 at 1:24:46 PM UTC-10, Travis McGee wrote:
> http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...622-story.html
>
> Mystery of the rat-shaped KFC chicken is solved: It's a bird
> Customer say KFC served me 'finger lickin' rat
>
> A Los Angeles man says KFC served him a fried rat. KFC says it's a hoax.
> By Veronica Rocha contact the reporter
>
> A now-viral photo of a piece of KFC chicken that resembled a crispy,
> fried rat drew skeptics and shocked others on social media.
>
> Many wondered if it was a golden piece of chicken or a fried rat, as Los
> Angeles resident Devorise Dixon claimed.
>
> The photo showed a large rat-shaped piece of chicken attached to a
> longer string of fried breading, appearing to be a tail.
>
> Now the results are in.
>
> A third-party independent lab tested the suspicious meal and determined
> it was undoubtedly a piece of hand-breaded chicken-an assertion KFC
> stood firm on.
> Man claims he got served fried rat at KFC
>
> KFC says Los Angeles man's claim that he was served a fried rat at a KFC
> restaurant is a hoax. (KFC)
>
> KFC is now sorta asking for an apology.
>
> "The right thing for this customer to do is to apologize and cease
> making false claims about the KFC brand," KFC said.
>
> It's unclear whether Dixon will apologize or move forward with any legal
> action. Dixon retained an attorney, who agreed to turn over the piece of
> chicken to the lab, KFC said.
>
> Dixon, they said, has refused to communicate directly with KFC officials.
>
> On June 12, Dixon posted the photo on Facebook, and within hours an
> investigation was launched.
>
> Dixon claimed to have purchased the meal at a KFC at Wilmington Avenue
> and 120th Street, but the restaurant owner said security video doesn't
> show him as an actual customer.
>
> From the beginning, KFC said Dixon's claim was a hoax.
>
> On Wednesday, the company released a photograph showing various angles
> of the chicken. It appears a bite was taken from the rat-shaped piece,
> exposing white meat.
>
> But Dixon said last week he knows what he bit into.
>
> "Honestly, it doesn't matter what others think I know what I bit into
> and what it looks like never in life have .. seen a chicken strip with a
> long tail," he wrote.

That got to be the dumbest KFC eater/whopper around. That thing is the same general shape as their chicken strip. If it was in the shape of a horse or an elephant, would they think it was anything other than chicken? My guess is that the entire story is just a hoax or a joke that people are treating seriously. And that's the way it is in the social media world.

On 6/22/2015 10:32 PM, Sqwertz wrote:

>
> A little dramatic, but I'd hardly call that a lawsuit from KFC. I
> still think KFC is more at fault here. Don't serve chicken that looks
> like rats and you won't have people questioning the content of your
> product. And you can't blame viral social media for making a mountain
> out of a mole! (or a rat ;-)
>
> -sw
>

Does anyone really look at things like that? With automation, I can see
it getting through. Could have been worse, it could have been shaped
like a gun..Eat that at school and get suspended like the kid eating his
PBJ sandwich.

On 6/23/2015 2:13 PM, Sqwertz wrote:

>
> I'm still wondering what the "tail" was. Since they were tenders they
> would be skinless. It still could have been a rat tail attached to a
> chicken tender... (have we beat this rat to death yet?)

It does look a little odd. Maybe just a wad of the coating.
>
> I would have noticed the odd appendage as soon as I picked it up. I
> also read my alphabet soup for messages from Jesus (so far it's just
> been a bunch of jibberish - I think it may be in the wrong language).
>
> -sw
>

Get some alphabet soup in Spanish or French.

On 6/23/2015 8:44 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 6/23/2015 2:13 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm still wondering what the "tail" was. Since they were tenders they
>> would be skinless. It still could have been a rat tail attached to a
>> chicken tender... (have we beat this rat to death yet?)
>
> It does look a little odd. Maybe just a wad of the coating.
>>
>> I would have noticed the odd appendage as soon as I picked it up. I
>> also read my alphabet soup for messages from Jesus (so far it's just
>> been a bunch of jibberish - I think it may be in the wrong language).
>>
>> -sw
>>
>
> Get some alphabet soup in Spanish or French.


Eh wot, no umlauts?

On Monday, June 22, 2015 at 4:24:46 PM UTC-7, Travis McGee wrote:
> http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...622-story.html
>
> Mystery of the rat-shaped KFC chicken is solved: It's a bird

It's not a bird, fer crissakes.
It's a piece of white meat, breaded and fried, not a thing with bones
and a beak.

On Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:52:10 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

> On Monday, June 22, 2015 at 4:24:46 PM UTC-7, Travis McGee wrote:
> > http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...622-story.html
> >
> > Mystery of the rat-shaped KFC chicken is solved: It's a bird
>
> It's not a bird, fer crissakes.
> It's a piece of white meat, breaded and fried, not a thing with bones
> and a beak.

He's probably trying to say (very poorly) that it's just chicken meat.

--

sf

At Jamestown the winter half or more of them starved they were eating dogs, cats, rats and sometimes each other.

In article >,
says...
>
> On 6/23/2015 2:13 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm still wondering what the "tail" was. Since they were tenders they
> > would be skinless. It still could have been a rat tail attached to a
> > chicken tender... (have we beat this rat to death yet?)
>
> It does look a little odd. Maybe just a wad of the coating.
> >
> > I would have noticed the odd appendage as soon as I picked it up. I
> > also read my alphabet soup for messages from Jesus (so far it's just
> > been a bunch of jibberish - I think it may be in the wrong language).
> >
> > -sw
> >
>
> Get some alphabet soup in Spanish or French.

Jesus spoke French ? Non Dieu

Janet UK

On 6/24/2015 11:54 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On 6/23/2015 2:13 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I'm still wondering what the "tail" was. Since they were tenders they
>>> would be skinless. It still could have been a rat tail attached to a
>>> chicken tender... (have we beat this rat to death yet?)
>>
>> It does look a little odd. Maybe just a wad of the coating.
>>>
>>> I would have noticed the odd appendage as soon as I picked it up. I
>>> also read my alphabet soup for messages from Jesus (so far it's just
>>> been a bunch of jibberish - I think it may be in the wrong language).
>>>
>>> -sw
>>>
>>
>> Get some alphabet soup in Spanish or French.
>
> Jesus spoke French ? Non Dieu
>
> Janet UK
>


Cuneiform pasta - the next big thing.