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20080610 Tuesday June 10, 2008
The Pickle Makes it Southern Humor

A recent tweet about pickles reminded me about a recent trip to Arby's.  They were advertising a "Southern Chicken Sandwich."  My wife got one and she ended up with a tiny sandwich consisting of the following:

  • tiny bun
  • tiny fried chicken patty
  • mayo
  • pickles
Arby's Southern Chicken Sandwich
Arby's Southern Chicken Sandwich

We weren't sure where the "Southern" part came from.  Maybe we are just ignorant Yankees, so was it the pickle?

Soon afterwards I saw an adversisement for McDonald's Southern Chicken Sandwich.  It, too, consisted of just chicken and pickle.  I was sensing a pattern.

McDonald's Southern Chicken Sandwich
McDonalds's Southern Chicken Sandwich

So, I put down my copy of William Shatner's book, Get a Life, and went to google "southern chicken pickle" to see if, indeed, the pickle is the key to making a Southern Chicken Sandwich.  What I found where two blog postings [1, 2] mentioning that McDonalds was ripping off Chick-Fil-A's southern chicken sandwich.  Ah ha!  (Arby's didn't make their RADAR).

Chick-fil-a Southern Chicken Sandwich
Chick-Fil-A's Southern Chicken Sandwich

Again with the pickle.

I don't get to the south much, nor even to the few Chick-Fil-As in California.  The first time I saw their name I pronounced it "chick-FILL-ah."  Can someone tell a dumb Yankee why the pickle makes it Southern?

Update: Pulled from the comments, it's a NY Times story on the chicken-pickle sandwich wars.


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20060526 Friday May 26, 2006
News Flash: Idiots Figure Out Chicken and Egg Paradox Humor

Solving a problem that I "solved" when I was seven years old, a team of "eggsperts" (their lame pun, not mine) have concluded that the egg came first.

What bugs me most about this story is that it's labeled as a question that has "baffled scientists through the ages."   No, only the stupid ones.

For the benefit of science, here is a list of my answers to some of life's other "great mysteries":

  • Is the glass half empty or half full?
    Well, it depends on if you're filling it up or emptying it. Duh. If it's just sitting there, then assume evaporation, thus "half empty."

  • If a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one to hear it, does it make a sound?
    No. It makes compression waves in the air.

  • Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
    I'm going to stop here, because this begins the list of moron questions. I will say that you can drive on driveways and park on parkways, so get on with your life.

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