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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 09: Pop singer Melanie Brown and Olympic-level swimmer and model Amanda Beard (R) pose backstage at the Mel B With Ultimo Spring 2009 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at the Metropolitan Pavilion on September 9, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images )
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You see, KFC hired some million-dollar PR firm that figured replacing the word "fried" with "grilled" would make the chain's genetically engineered birds sound healthier and the company would sell more chicken. Its new slogan: "un-think what you thought about KFC."
Yeah, right. I'll do that right after I un-think what I thought about Dominos Pizza's YouTube special. I don't know what's worse, Oprah's Grilled Chicken or Obama Chicken Fingers.
Free chicken scares me. Here's why. Did you hear about what happened when Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits gave out free chicken last month? It got ugly when they ran out. Watch the video.
Anyway, before you go storming your local KFC, read the rules and print a coupon, which includes two free sides and a biscuit. It's a recession, money's tight and I'll stop hatin'.
+ COMMUNITY: Got My Free KFC Chicken
The Oprah Winfrey Show/Kentucky Grilled Chicken Two-Piece Meal Coupon
Limited time download coupon available from 9 a.m. CDT on May 5, 2009, to 9:59 p.m. CDT on May 6, 2009. Coupon is redeemable at participating KFC® locations in the United States from May 5, 2009 to May 19, 2009 -- excluding Mother's Day, May 10, 2009.
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By: Sherry on 5/05/2009 9:30PM
Mike I thought it didn't work either, but you have to run the coupon printer download program in order to get your coupon. Try it again. It tells you that it is safe to do so. Good luck!
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By: ml on 5/06/2009 7:11AM
it does work! down load it!
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By: ed on 5/06/2009 11:58AM
i tried to print the coupon quite a few times. then it said i printed it. no coupon no chicken. is this a scam?
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By: jeremi on 5/05/2009 8:31PM
Genetically engineered chicken? what has the world come to? I like my chicken the old way...seasoned/coated in flour/deep fried- with mac & cheese and a buttermilk biscuit on the side...
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By: "DimePiece" on 5/05/2009 9:30PM
Jeremi, that sounds so good right about now. Don't forget to dip that chicken in Buttermilk. Look can't nobody mess with my homemade baked mac and cheese not no Mac & Cheese in da box. Ummm GOOOOOOD with some hot sauce on the side! Don't forget the soda. Are you going to make some for me? :-)LOL
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By: Char on 5/06/2009 11:18AM
STOP!!!!! You guys are making me hungry!!!!!! YUM!! They don't make food like that any more!! ;o)
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By: Kristy on 5/06/2009 8:21PM
I hate to tell y'all but we used to raise just about 20 chickens a year mainly for eggs but then they would get butchered for meat before winter. Those chickens, because they ran free and weren't factory farmed were the toughest and gamiest meat I've ever eaten. As a kid I refused to eat it. If your chicken is tender and juicy, it hasn't been treated well and it has been "altered".
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By: don mankow on 5/06/2009 6:19PM
Thanks to Oprah & KFC for free food! Well, the nonsense about not wanting genetically enhanced chicken is just that..nonsense. There is nothing wrong with it, and it makes the chickens resistant to last years swine flu, bird flu. All of our animals used for food should be genetically enhanced to reduce the transmission of animal diseases to humans. If we can only get dirty perverts from molesting animals and spreading disease that way, we wouldnt have any health concerns!
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By: Penny Preston on 5/05/2009 7:23PM
Thank- you Oprah and Thank-you KFC. I can not wait to try the new grilled chicken seeing that chicken is one of my favorites and bisquits are my second favorite. Penny from Oregon
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By: Mammy on 5/06/2009 12:19AM
Lord, the last thing Oprah needs to be endorsing, is Chicken. She should be doing a water commercial, or promoting exercising..What the hell is wrong with her?
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