Yes, I broke my internet hiatus after a mere 10 days but I'll address that in another post. A very close acquaintance of mine, M, once told me of a fairly unbelievable corporate policy. She told me that a few years back (maybe 10) at an Oregon gas station a hobo walked up to her car and told her that the old man Colonel Harland Sanders, on his death bed, decreed that if any man, woman, or child came into any of his restaurants hungry and penniless they can fill up on the Colonel's chicken at no cost. This was called the "Colonel's Creed". Well, I found this a bit, ahem...hard to swallow so I googled the Colonel's Creed to see if there was any truth to it beyond hobo legend. I was originally (Summer 2005) unable to find any references to it but when I tried again last night I found a single reference on a Lollapalooza forum (12th posting down) from October 2006 which contained the following passage:
"A rainbow person taught me the Colonels Creed..... Long story short: Go to KFC, ask for food, tell em you have no money & they have to give you something. WHY you ask, cuz when the Colonel died he put in his will that KFC must feed the poor & hungry. I never actually did it."
If anyone else has heard of this creed, or better yet, eaten free chicken from KFC after pleading poverty, I would love to hear about it. If it is, in fact, true and legally bound in company policy it may be time to dump those Yum! Inc. (KFC, Taco Bell, A&W, Pizza Hut,etc.) stocks and erect a giant drumstick monument in honour of the benevolent Colonel.
