Thursday, January 24, 2008

Directed advertising

There is an e-mail provider out there that uses directed advertising based on the content of your mail. Perhaps you've heard of it. Now, I'm a big fan of the Yum food franchise. You may have heard of their restaurants: Long John Silver's, A&W, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Kentucky Fried Chicken. One of these establishments will deliver food to your house, allowing for you to be as lazy as humanly possible. They will even allow you to order online, so you don't have to talk to anybody. Because I do this, I get e-mail from Pizza Hut. As a result, it should be established to my e-mail provider that I like bad food. Imagine my shock and surprise when the link to KentuckyFriedCruelty.com appeared before me. Yes, the contents of my e-mail seem to suggest that Pamela Anderson should tell me that Kentucky Fried Chicken is horribly immoral. The problem here is that I loves me my fried chicken. Especially in Canada. In America we get mashed potatoes and gravy, which I love, but in Canada, the Blessed Land of the North, they have the nectar of the gods themselves: poutine. Seeing that I use such words to describe KFC (or PFK as they sometimes say in Canada), should I really be receiving e-mail vis-a-vis the supposed cruelty performed by the evil corporation? Especially when the spokesperson for this campaign against fried chicken is a huge PETA supporter and would rather I be a vegan as opposed to a consumer of tasty animal meats! JUST ABOUT MY WHOLE DIET CONSISTS OF TASTY ANIMAL MEATS!

Otherwise ... what's new with you guys?

Tartarology: n. doctrine about Hell.

9 Comments:

Blogger SSC said...

I couldn't decide what I wanted for dinner now I know. Tasty animal parts from KFC!!!!

How awesome will that be to email my fast food order and have them deliver to my house? But that will never happen as I love to go to the McDonalds inside play area and let my children get their energy out before taking them home some nights.

1/24/2008 8:03 PM  
Blogger Doug Murata said...

SSC: How I do so love the tasty animal parts from KFC! PETA shall never make me stop the consumption of animal flesh!

Never say never. When the boys grow out of playing in the McDonald's play area (it's a sad fact of life, but the boys will grow up), online pizza ordering will probably sound like a good idea.

1/24/2008 9:00 PM  
Blogger Ultra Toast Mosha God said...

Ah!

The return of the unusual word definition. I make a habit of trying to use these in daily conversation.

I think you have a right to be offended.

How would PETA members who get lots of emails about fluffy ducks being hurt feel if they suddenly got cross-marketed by someone offering duck skinned slippers?

Not good, that's how!

They should be more considerate

1/25/2008 2:20 AM  
Blogger グラント said...

Since selling my house and moving into an apartment, I now get (you guessed it) offers for home improvement loans and landscaping. As for PETA, you should send them a nice e-mail stating that if Pamela Anderson will personally come to your place and ask you not to eat meat, you'll kill and eat her too.

1/25/2008 6:03 AM  
Blogger Doug Murata said...

Ultra: When I first started doing the unusual words, you requested more, and I always think of that on the odd occasion when I look up something new for the footnote.

Duck skin slippers! Fantastic!

When I saw the link, I was so amused by it. I even went to the site and played their Super Mario Bros. spoof video game. Not exactly something that would make me change my evil ways!

グラント: Threatening to kill and eat Pamela Anderson if she tries to convert me to a life of veganism is one of the coolest things I have ever heard.

1/25/2008 1:15 PM  
Blogger Joe said...

Ah, you're blessed poutine makes it's long awaited return. If you were truly devoted, you'd open up a poutine shack in LA. You'd make a fortune.

As for PETA, well the less said the better.

1/25/2008 2:16 PM  
Blogger Doug Murata said...

Joe: I wouldn't know where to begin with a poutine shack. When it comes to the preparation of food, I'm utterly hopeless. Now, a poutine delivery website, for example, would be more up my alley. However, I'd need someone else to handle the logistics.

Yes.

1/25/2008 2:21 PM  
Blogger SSC said...

Yes that is true they will grow up as I can't let them stay in this bubble much longer. When that happens I will be the creepy old lady watching all the children play and reminisce on all those happy times. Okay now I am depressed. I need to order a pizza now.

1/29/2008 4:43 PM  
Blogger Doug Murata said...

SSC: That's me, spreading depression one pizza at a time. Remember, you can order that sorrow laden pizza online!

1/29/2008 4:46 PM  

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