Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for February 13, 2014
Transcript:
Arnold: How was your trip? Gramma Evie: LONG. Gramma Evie: 4 flights, 2 of them over 11 hours long...I feel like I've flown to the ends of the earth!! Arnold: You HAVE. Gramma Evie: Wait...is that a KFC?? Arnold: The ends of the earth...not as foreign as you might expect.
Joseph Houk about 10 years ago
Actually, FPF, it depends on the country. I understand KFC is more popular in China than anything else.
JB10000Lakes about 10 years ago
Funny you mention China. I had to go there for work and the hotel I stayed in was attached to their version of the Mall of America, complete with a TGi Friday’s.
JoanHelen about 10 years ago
The KFC outlets are very popular in South Africa, mainly with the previously-disadvantaged people; the more educated people prefer not to clog their arteries with animal fats and trans fats. MacDonald’s is catching on now, too.
hildigunnurr Premium Member about 10 years ago
We have Subway and KFC here in Iceland but no McDonald’s (don’t miss it, they used to be here but were expensive as hell so nobody shopped there)
pelican47 about 10 years ago
Bart, to some of us it is a serious ordeal.If I have to sit in a plane for more than a few hours, my sciatica takes a very bad turn for a couple of weeks.
frumdebang about 10 years ago
There’s also the very real threat of “economy class syndrome” on long flights. Cramped in the cheap seats without much ability to move or stretch, the risk of a fatal blood clot is high, even for younger folks. Solution? Front of the plane, of course.
Alexander Batey about 10 years ago
South Africa has their own fast food joints:Hungry Lion,Steers,Wimpy(a British company)and Nando’s.
gosfreikempe about 10 years ago
One of my sisters-in-law reported a couple of years ago that KFC in Turkey is a wonderful dish; whatever they do to it, they prepare it like real food.
ame_baby about 10 years ago
Do they actually drive on the “wrong” side of the road in South Africa? I am from the US, yes.
cgale42 about 10 years ago
ame_babyI noticed that in the last panel as well.
jbordzol about 10 years ago
There is a very large chain of McDonald’s in Poland. They even have their own street name!
graham177 about 10 years ago
To all those complaining about long plane flights… if you are travelling to a destination 4,000 miles away, you are there in less than 8 hours. Your great grandparents would have called that “science fiction”.
MotherOfMoses about 10 years ago
It’s a form of American colonization, my country fights it. I will not elaborate cuz don’t feel like starting anything.
ncalifgirl58 about 10 years ago
Is that why our local KFC closed? They are all in China now? wow
alondra about 10 years ago
KFC in another part of the world will not be the same as in the states. Even here in Canada you can’t get mashed potatoes with gravy, only fries but they’ll put gravy on the fries and make poutine (yuck!). We don’t go to KFC anymore, just Popeyes.
Comic Minister Premium Member about 10 years ago
I think so Evie.
jay_dallas about 10 years ago
I don’t think I’ve been anywhere yet where I haven’t seen a KFC and a McDonalds
ORMouseworks about 10 years ago
“I THOUGHT THERE, and following.” Please DO NOT SHOUT…it hurts my ears… ;)
ORMouseworks about 10 years ago
I am very happy to see that Jan is continuing Evie’s story with Arnold’s… ;)
pschearer Premium Member about 10 years ago
Kenyan Fried Chicken?