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That would be awesome - they could replace the meter clocks with chicken-shaped kitchen egg timers.
As for the asphalt, they'll probably fill the potholes with the contents of a KFC Gravy Bowl - congeals into a smooth solid surface in mere hours!
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I will boycott KFC and all YUM brands if this goes into effect on any road I drive on.
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@Murph1908: You're boycotting them for fixing roads but not for the alleged mistreatment of animals? Baroo?
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@Murph1908: You're a wise man. You should find some potholes that haven't been fixed and purposely drive through them, too. That'll show 'em!
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@Murph1908: So you'd rather drive over potholes?
\"STOP TAKING OUR TAXES! WAIT WAIT! But don't let corporations sponsor fixes that I don't want to pay for with taxes! Just leave the damn potholes!\"
@nakedscience:
No, I want the pot holes fixed by the people I am already paying my tax dollars to fix them.
I don't need more damn advertising taking up more of the empty space in the world.
Ads are becoming more and more ubiquitous every where we look. Advertisers are always looking for that next edge that will get their ads noticed. It's a vicious cycle that will lead to things like ads on roadway warning signs, or painted on the streets (other than this KFC idea).
Table of Contents in magazines are now on page 20, with 19 pages of ads in front of it you have to wade through to find.
Pop-up ads on websites move, making it harder to click the x.
The world is filled with examples of annoying advertising tricks such as these. And they'll only continue to get worse.
So go on and eat your KFC, and continue to feed the Madison Avenue monster.
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@Murph1908: I totally agree. Maybe stop bailing out big companies with money we don't have, and spend my tax money on making roads safe to travel on?
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@Murph1908: \"I don't need more damn advertising taking up more of the empty space in the world.\"
I'd rather see ads on potholes than billboards. They're providing a useful service AND not wrecking the view.
\"Pop-up ads on websites move, making it harder to click the x.\"
Firefox, dude.
@Eyebrows McGee (on Twitter: LPetelle):
\"I'd rather see ads on potholes than billboards. They're providing a useful service AND not wrecking the view.\"
But you won't. You'll see them both. Along with the other places where some marketing genius decides is a good place to put them.
\"Firefox, dude.\"
I got it, dude. It was an example.
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@Eyebrows McGee (on Twitter: LPetelle): Say it with me folks: There's no such thing as bad publicity.
@Murph1908: It will give me great comfort to know that I didn't have to see a KFC ad painted on the pavement while I am having a blown-out tire and bent rim replaced.
@HiPwr:
How many times has that happened to you?
Me? Never. And I lived in Chicago, with a car, for 4 years.
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@Murph1908: I'd rather they spend advertising dollars making my life just a little bit better rather than deceiving me.
This reminds me of the hotels.com ads with the staff kissing butt for good reviews. If you want my business, do stuff for me.
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@Murph1908: Good. More chicken for me.
I don't care who fixes the potholes, as long as they are fixed. If they want to spray their logo on it, more power to them. Every one is happy.
But I'll be the first to call April Fools on this one.
@winshape: Actually, I was listening to an NPR report the other day on a city in Tennessee that's already doing this.
@Eyebrows McGee (on Twitter: LPetelle): Thank you. It does appear that it might actually be happening. It is odd, though, that the only picture available is the same Col. Sanders picture standing over a pothole. There are no other corroborating images/video any where that I could find.
And if it is true, then kudos. Someone needs to repair the roads, and local governments have failed at this. The mayor of Atlanta promised to fill potholes as part of her campaign, and she actually did it for the first few months of her term.
@trujunglist: Yes, yes it does, but some people think they are ~special~.
If it's not on APRIL 1st, it's not APRIL FOOLS.
March 30th is not April 1st, last I checked. Hell, it's not even April.
@nakedscience: I just checked, March 30th is in fact in April now. March couldn't afford to pay its rent for the 30th and 31st days so April came in and bailed it out and took them.
@winshape: It's still 2 entire days early. And if it's not on April 1st, it's just a prank and not an April Fools joke. Since, you know, April Fools is on April 1st, not March 30th.
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@nakedscience: It's still 2 entire days early.And if it's not on April 1st, it's just a prank and not an April Fools joke.
How a lot of these elaborate corporate April fool jokes go, they start in march, let it get sent around and get publicty then they either
A) Announce April fools this feature/plan/etc. is not actually coming
B)continue it to the point of over the top absurdity on April 1 so that it is clear it was all a joke stunt.
Just look at what google did a year or so ago they announced the take back a sent email feature and played it up and built on it for a couple weeks before making it clear on april 1st it was a prank.
@nakedscience: OK, please disregard my previous post. It should read:
But I'll be the first to call \"End of March Prank Since It is Technically Not April First and Couldn't Possibly Be Considered an April Fool's Joke\" on this one.
Better?
@winshape: So basically it's not an April Fools joke, and likely not a joke since others have mentioned bellow that this is NOT the first time something like this has been suggested. So basically your \"LOL Aprils fools joke\" is wrong.
@winshape: I want KFC now. Someone stop me.
O WAIT I forgot my wallet at home, so it's canned soup for me. I've been saaaved.
@nakedscience: Their advertising worked, and you haven't even driven over one of their fixed potholes yet. All part of their evil plot. Kind of like Chick-fil-a pumping out odorless chicken sandwich craving gas on Sundays when they are closed. EEeeevil.
Remember when Taco Bell put out an ad about them purchasing the Liberty Bell? That one did actually happen on April 1st.
@winshape: I still think anyone trying to do an APRIL FOOLS joke BEFORE April is a huge doofus and lame. lol.
But dammit, yeah, I want chicken. Popeye's is better, tho.
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@taking_this_easy: Right! And if Chicago politicians are as good as I hear they are, they should succeed in getting KFC to stencil and pay for each ad while requiring that they're stenciled ONLY with black paint.
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I love Chicago, I live here. I worry about the relatively high number of times that it pops up on consumerist, compared to other cities.
Are we really that messed up?
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@exploded:
My sister lives up near Chicago (lived in the city for a while; now a suburbanite) and she loves it. She keeps telling me to move up there. I might if it wasn't so fracking cold.
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@exploded: could be worse... i'm a former floridian and reading news of the weird is just embarassing
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@exploded:
I recently moved to the midwest from the East Coast, and yes, the whole state of Illinois is a clusterfark compared to everywhere else I've been.
Don't get me wrong though - I love Chicago. It's just that the insane taxes would prevent me from ever wanting to LIVE there. Love to visit though.
@exploded: I actually think Chicago is LESS screwed up compared to a lot of places I've lived, but Chicago does run on secret rules and norms. Which means things get DONE much more efficiently than in many other places, but the rules are secret and/or only known to lifetime residents.
I swear it's a relic of machine politics. Machines are often terrifically efficient -- they can cost less in graft and fraud than you pay to run a clean government -- but totally full of secret rules and back-room deals and whatnot.
@Eyebrows McGee (on Twitter: LPetelle): It isn't a \"relic of machine politics.\" It's flat out machine politics. I was at the Field Museum the other weekend and they had a little survey out where visitors could vote on the name of their next exhibit. One dad told his child \"No, honey, only mark next to one\" and another visitor piped up \"No, it's Chicago, vote early and often!\" Suddenly, a large group of people who didn't know each other was comparing sayings about Chicago's politics. \"In Chicago, everyone votes--including the deceased.\"
I've lived here my entire life and Richard M. has been the mayor since I was 5 years old. That's a loooong time for one person to be Mayor, especially since there's no sign he's planning on retiring soon.
And as for it costing less to run a machine government, I have to point out our lovely %10 sales tax. Cheaper? I wish!
Yeah, you can get away with being corrupt and competent here. Corrupt and incompetent, as ARP pointed out, will get you impeached.
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@Eyebrows McGee (on Twitter: LPetelle): That's why Chicagoans are so tolerant of corruption. Our attitude is we don't care about corruption as long as things get done efficiently. If you're corrupt and don't get things done, we don't take to that kindly.
@ARP: Yes! This was Blago's problem -- corrupt and incompetent! You can be corrupt and efficient, or straight-arrow and incompetent, but you cannot be corrupt and incompetent!
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@exploded:
Having lived in Chicago for several years as well as living in a few other places throughout the country...
Yes, yes it is.
@exploded: I'm not from Illinois, but I live here now. Yes, Chicago is screwed up and so is the whole state.
@exploded: I think Meg is a Chicago native, so she has an affinity for our beloved (if not a little odd), city.
I just had to pay to get my alignment fixed after hitting a pothole that they should put a ramp in front of and let motorcross folks jump. So, I'm all for it.
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@exploded: Look on the bright side. At least they still report on Chicago! Some cities *cough*Detroit*cough* that are beyond hope have no one reporting what is going on there serves little purpose other than to depress and slowly kill off folks.
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I will support anything that keeps my bus from breaking clear in half on Lake Shore Drive.
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Chicago just ought to get it over with and sell the naming rights of the city to the highest bidder.
Quarterpounder, Illinois. With the honorable Mayor McCheese running the city.
@rpm773: Who will run the police force? Will they bring the Hambugerler to justice? Can these potholes kill the Grimace?
@JartMaster_GitEmSteveDave: I think the entire City Council would henceforth be referred to as \"Hamburglar\"
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Next step: delta city. What's your name, son?
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Sounds like what I have heard about Chicago is true.
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Argh, why is it not just \"Refreshed\"?
Also, I read IDOT as \"IDIOT\". I like the idea of being the IDIOT spokesperson better.
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I like this idea, I can't see how this would be any more distracting than the lines and arrows already in the road.
However I should point out that there is a line they could easily cross. Simply stamping their logo on a pothole is not bad. But making additional messages or giving directions to the nearest KFC would indeed cross that line and become too distracting for drivers. As long as this would be done tastefully, it would be done well.
@pb5000: If you think that is too distracting, I guess we had better take down all roadside billboards.
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I read in the Trib the other day about them doing this in another city, and immediately said to Ms. Scorpio \"They should do that here.\" I'm glad to see it's actually being considered.
If the city can't be bothered to pay to fix the potholes, I've got no problem with some corporation doing it.
Of course, if they'd stop using asphalt for the main roads to begin with, this would be less of a problem.
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Love it. If I have to see an ad, might as well serve a purpose.
In my wildest dreams it would result in lower taxes since the city saves on pothole repair. Oh, if only capitalism were that user-friendly.
@Beki: Hahahahaa *wipes tear* Bwa hahahahaa!
They'll just find something worse to spend the excess on.
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Depends on the product-
I could see tire companies/car repair companies, etc. really benefitting from this idea.
KFC? Do all those KFC signs mark potholes repaired or just where they picked up the roadkill to fry up for lunch.
@JGKojak: Why does it matter which corporation does it as long as they are the highest bidder or whatever? If tire companies, etc., wanted to do it, they would.
I'm in favor of this as long as some friends/relatives of politicians can somehow reap some monitary reward. We can't break from tradition.
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@HiPwr: Well this is how it could go down: the DOT will only allow a specific company to do delicious pot hole patching, and that company is owned by the brother of the president of the road commission. I could totally see that happening.
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I think they should come here and fix the pot holes in Atlanta. If the city won't fix them let them put their little logo on it. who cares?
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@DeanOfAllTrades: I used to live in Atlanta, and there were days when I started to think Sherman had the right idea.
@DeanOfAllTrades: I agree, all the potholes (which I swear are recent) on Peachtree in Buckhead need to be fixed, ASAP...
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This may sound like a good idea, but what KFC isn't telling the city is that the potholes will be filled with mashed potatoes, layered with sweet kernel corn, loaded with bite-size pieces of crispy chicken, and topped with homestyle white pepper gravy sprinkled with a three cheese blend.
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@NoWireHangers: I, for one, welcome our new delicious pothole fillings. That asphalt really sticks to the roof of my mouth.
In a completely unrelated move, I'm sure the rainbow/push coalition will be announcing a boycott of KFC now until they agree to put a bunch of jesse jackson's business partners on the payroll.
Also, LOL at a logo on a pothole being a \"distraction\" -- what about all those billboards? Those aren't \"distractions\"?!
Best comment I heard about this program was that it should be renamed.
To:
The \"A Chicken in every Pothole\" program
@LadySiren (same name on Twitter): Wish I could claim the credit for it though. Heard it from a listener comment on NPR
It's a great idea that won't work. And why is an opinion attributed as fact: \"Despite the fact that the ads would be a 'distraction and safety hazard'\"?
But why wouldn't it work? Well, the union people who are supposed to fix the roads would file grievances, that's why! Look what happened when the non-profit \"Green of Detroit\" tried to do some beautifying -- the city employees grumbled that it was their job, and effectively put a halt to the beautification efforts.
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I don't see a problem with this. They already have signs on the side of the road saying that this stretch of highway is sponsored by some company or group, who go out a couple times a year to pick up trash. They already have signs on landscaped medians that have been sponsored by some company.
Why can't they do the same thing here? Maybe not advertise on each pothole, but have a sign saying the roadway surface is sponsored by KFC. As long as the proper asphault used in the proper method, then it shouldn't make a difference who paid for it.
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@S-the-K: I would be OK with that. I wasn't really digging the idea of a road covered with KFC logos.
Would they use chicken parts to fill the holes, maybe some of their mashed potatoes (after sitting around of course
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This calls for an \"Idiocracy\" reference:
\"Brought to you by Carl's Jr. 'F**k you, I'm eating!'\"
Now I feel better.
And man, now I'm craving Chicken
I feel it needs to be pointed out that the ads are stenciled on with a chalky spray that will eventually fade/wash away.
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Must resist jokes about Chicago ...
Aww hell. If the corrupt Chicago politicians could run anything they wouldn't need this. Glad to see the private sector offering some solutions.
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I was going to say they should Just use K instead of KFC but the could cause other problems when you get 3 potholes in a row.
In order to avoid the safety hazard... they should use black paint.
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The Colonel demands the potholes fixed NOW!
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I love this idea, but I can't get past the slogan \"Refreshed by KFC\". What on earth does that have to do with chicken or promoting their brand?
When I think refreshed, that would be a far better slogan if the potholes were being filled by companies promoting Frebreeze, Dial soap, or maybe Summer's Eve? Those are products where \"refreshed\" is part of the brand message.
Now KFC had SO many opportunities for clever chicken crossing the road references!
Capitalism: always pissing away any of its benefits on the advertising arms race. How long before every square inch of everything will be covered in ads?
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I heard about this on NPR last week. Seems like a great idea to me, especially since the paint is formulated to fade away after a week or so. It's a nice way for the business to give back to the community.
So if the pothole repairs begin to crumble in such a short time, as they do now, does that mean that KFC will be at fault and have lawsuits to answer to? Perhaps if effective practices were in place potholes a) wouldn't constantly occur and b) wouldn't have to be constantly filled.
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Oh the insanity of wealth being concentrated in the private sphere while the public one withers.
Next up; McDonald's to sponsor all intra-city rail projects. \"How did you get to work today?\" \"I rode the Big Mac Express.\"
*note: McDonald's workers may or may not be qualified to construct and operate high-speed rail projects.
Dairy Queen to furnish industrial grade coolers for city morgues. \"We all know what a drag a dripping ice cream cone can be--now think about the discomfit a fetid corpse can wreak. Dairy Queen; Chill man.\"
These messages brought to you by the private sector, where there is no service too necessary to offer socially.
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I'm disgusted by the eager endorsement of posters in this thread. KFC wants to do this because it will prove very profitable, not because they are altruistic and kind to drivers. Do we need to live in a society where any and all public works projects are \"sponsored\" because we refuse to raise the tax dollars ourselves?
If KFC raised the price of chicken $0.05 /lb to pay for this, would we consider that a victory of privatization? You get to drive over the roads, but you don't HAVE to buy the chicken. Anything else is socialism?
Sick.
@jrizos: I agree. If the government were not squandering my tax dollars on corruption and graft, there would be no opportunity for KFC to do this.
What we really need is full accountability and traceability of every tax dollar spent. I don't think there is a number small enough to give the odds on that happening in Illinois.
This kicked off in KFC's hometown:
All Things Considered, March 26, 2009 · KFC has agreed to fill 350 potholes in Louisville, Ky., and in exchange it will be allowed to stamp them with a chalk stencil that reads, \"Re-freshed by KFC.\" Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson says KFC's $3,000 will fix 350 potholes in the city.
I'm so torn on this - this winter, I had to fix a flat tire. Last winter, a gaping pothole on Milwaukee avenue blew two of my tires instantly (I filed with the city and they actually footed the bill on that one).
Potholes are a huge problem for Chicago that never seems to get more than a temp fix since with the fluctuating weather all they can do is tamp asphalt in the holes, which creates a nice bumpy ride and invariably gets dug out again by all the cars driving over it.
I would love to see the holes get fixed, even through corporate sponsorship, but then again, I don't like the idea that city responsibilities here are seemingly all being auctioned off to the highest bidder.
On a side note - not so happy to read about the city re-paving park roads for the Olympic committee and admitting there isn't enough money to fix the roads we all use every day.
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High Times magazine has also offer to sponsor a number of \"pot\" holes.
I salute KFC for coming up with a way to use their marketing dollars to help people instead of just annoying us with 30 second tv adverts. Companies spent over $136 billion last year on U.S. advertising. That's a lot of potholes! Read more here if interested: http://tr.im/hZO0
I saw this on the news yesterday, and the ad was made out of chalk, so it would wash away fairly quickly. This would not be as big a problem as prople would think it would be. As long as the roads get fixed, who cares who does it.
A chance that the horrible potholes in my city might get fixed? I'm Lovin' It!™
...Wait, I need to do that one over.
damn fine idea. Damn bad idea. Safety, consistency of asphalt yada, yada, yada.
But all in all, what an interesting idea.
They could use chicken bones to fill them up.
They can come and do that here; we have tons of potholes from all the ice storms.
On the one hand, I want potholes fixed, and the government is rather bad at doing this.
On the other, I'm getting really freaking sick of every available surface being covered with advertising. Maybe just a sign by the side of the road, like they do with litter removal on the freeway?
@HeartBurnKid, creepy morbid freak: Pfft. Give it a few weeks, and people's tires will have worn all the paint from the ads off.
Then again, give it a few months and they'll probably be potholes again.
@Ubik2501: You'd think so, wouldn't you? But I drive down the 14 freeway every month or so from my mom's place, and there has been a three-mile long streak of spilled blue paint in the carpool lane for the past year. It may fade a bit, but I doubt it'd come off that easy.
Someone has a problem that a business wants to fix pot holes... seriously you have some weird ideas.
Another great idea for the privatized center of the mid west. 50,000 new sights for adds. Perhaps they should use old chicken wings laced with asphalt. Perhaps there is a KFC brand asphalt on the market. Other companies would chip in and soon Chicago's roads would brim over with colorful logos. Politicos could get in the act and there would be Daley pot holes and Sen Durbin pot holes. The posabilities are endless. We citizens could have a pot hole for our very own. Where do we sign up?
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its not a distraction, road/underground workers routinely graphiti the pavement with acronyms galore labeling whats under what etc in a rather colorful fashion.
nothings more distracting than having to dodge a pothole...or having to recover as you are jolted. or having to dive brake as the guy in front does something stupid braking/swerving because of the hole.
if the state cant properly fix these pot holes here is the alternative. Plus, it'll save money in your pockets
I've lived in Chicago for 15 years. The city \"fixes\" some potholes, but doesn't bother flattening the asphalt, so cars slow down to go over huge bumps. I'm all for KFC fixing them!
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whatever happened to the city getting off it's ass and using the gas tax dollars for road repair like it's supposed to, sans tacky bullshit on the pavement.
its a ROAD, not a marketing opportunity....
is nothing sacred anymore?
If it wasnt for the Grand Canyon sized potholes that are scattered about the streets, our pigeon friends would have no place to bath in sludge, or no dirty oily water to drink from. Leave the birds alone! Viva La Pigeons!!!
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Ads create a safety hazard? What about the gaping craters in the pavement?
@invisiblenemies: It really sounds like they are setting up KFC for lawsuits. I wonder how a judge is going to react when someone claims they were reading a KFC ad and therefore, the ad caused the accident.
@invisiblenemies: Yeah, I think the 6 inch deep hole you see seconds before you hit it, and either swerve to miss it or drive into it blowing out your tire/cracking a wheel off/etc... are MUCH more of a hazard. That and them Duke boys.