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    Angry A Sign of the End Times, Part Deux

    KFC's double-down sandwich is a sure sign that the apocalypse, rapture, and return of the elder gods are all coming. Fast. In his tomb at R'lyeh great Cthulhu dreams, and the KFC double-down is integral to said Cthonic dreams.

    Behold, sinners! The KFC double-down! For when the inclusion of a white-bread bun is too healthy for you!




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    Somebody caught SNL last night...

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    At least it will be a delicious apocalypse.

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    Atkins Burger?
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    I'm sorry, am I ACTUALLY looking at a "sandwitch" which has replaced bread with fried chicken?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
    I'm sorry, am I ACTUALLY looking at a "sandwitch" which has replaced bread with fried chicken?
    Yes, gotta watch them carbs. Only 32 fat grams too. How many do you think Strike could eat in an hour?
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    I was planning on eating two tomorrow. Told my friends I was going to "double down on my double downs".


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    Quote Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger View Post
    Somebody caught SNL last night...
    Mm, actually I haven't watche SNL in over a decade. Linky, perhaps? Am I riffing on a theme they hit?

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    yet one more reason im glad i keep kosher.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
    Mm, actually I haven't watche SNL in over a decade. Linky, perhaps? Am I riffing on a theme they hit?
    You haven't missed much over the last decade....

    This sandwhich-thing was in Weekend Update.

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    Lemur, don't the rules say you have to put things that repulsive in spoiler tags?
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    All I can think of saying is: Yuck.
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    Needs more bacon. 2 strips of bacon and 2 slices of cheese do not make for the inside of a sandwich.
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    I wonder if it will be sold in the UK... I'd definitely try it.

    As Beskar can attest to, I have a real appetite for KFC; on one occasion, I ate a £12.99 Family Feast (eight pieces of chicken, four fries, two sides) to myself and still had room for dessert. The best part was that I didn't gain any weight from it, haha. Almost as bad as when I ate three foot-long Meatball Marinaras back in university... in the space of about an hour.

    Good eating! :D
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    Heck I want it, I want it!!!! But as far as healthiness is considered, it was best to kill murder cut your own chicken, burn them on the pyre, and eat them whole when it was still hot!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Secura View Post
    I wonder if it will be sold in the UK... I'd definitely try it.

    As Beskar can attest to, I have a real appetite for KFC; on one occasion, I ate a £12.99 Family Feast (eight pieces of chicken, four fries, two sides) to myself and still had room for dessert. The best part was that I didn't gain any weight from it, haha. Almost as bad as when I ate three foot-long Meatball Marinaras back in university... in the space of about an hour.

    Good eating! :D
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    Quote Originally Posted by Secura View Post
    I wonder if it will be sold in the UK... I'd definitely try it.

    As Beskar can attest to, I have a real appetite for KFC; on one occasion, I ate a £12.99 Family Feast (eight pieces of chicken, four fries, two sides) to myself and still had room for dessert. The best part was that I didn't gain any weight from it, haha. Almost as bad as when I ate three foot-long Meatball Marinaras back in university... in the space of about an hour.

    Good eating! :D
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    Quote Originally Posted by Strike For The South View Post
    Amatuer hour at the apolo
    What's that mean?

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    The funny thing is, you don't realise what everyones imagination of you looks like now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Secura View Post
    What's that mean?
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    https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...n&daysprune=-1

    Required reading,

    As for the Sammich, I can't have one. I'm cutting weight so it'll be a few months :/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Secura View Post
    What's that mean?
    Haha, I do realise, but at least you and I both know the truth; I just have crazy metabolism.
    Hmm..... 180 cm tall, 100 kg

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    Quote Originally Posted by Strike For The South View Post
    Required reading
    Good Lord, I'd die even trying to eat even half of any item on that list.

    Quote Originally Posted by Cute Wolf View Post
    Hmm..... 180 cm tall, 100 kg
    You're saying that I'm 5ft11 and weigh almost sixteen stone? Crikey... that's way off the mark!
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    that is the gayest cataphractos ive ever seen.

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    Seen it in the newspaper over here, had a good laugh and stuffed my face with French Belgian fries and cake and guzzled it all down with some of the best beers in the world.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peasant Phill View Post
    Seen it in the newspaper over here, had a good laugh and stuffed my face with French Belgian fries and cake and guzzled it all down with some of the best beers in the world.
    Why did you have to import British ales specifically for this? I know they'd be lower quality, but couldn't you have washed it down with some local beer?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Strike For The South View Post
    https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...n&daysprune=-1

    Required reading,

    As for the Sammich, I can't have one. I'm cutting weight so it'll be a few months :/
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    The whole thing should be dipped in beer-batter, deep fried and heavily salted. Then I would probably eat it. Otherwise, I'd probably just get a white buffalo pizza. (blue cheese dressing sauce and buffalo chicken topping). Well worth the coronary.
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    Heh. Following Lemur's link, I watched the TV ads. Whether English version or Spanish, the the actors are all skinny men - not one over 200 lbs. - unlike most of the customers I see entering or leaving my local KFC.

    But hey, without bread, maybe they could tout it as as dietarily-correct.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KukriKhan View Post
    I watched the TV ads.
    I hadn't noticed until now that there is a "KFC media player." Now I know the planet is doomed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost View Post
    Lemur, don't the rules say you have to put things that repulsive in spoiler tags?
    Until now we've had no rules for "explicit food," but that may have to change.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
    Until now we've had no rules for "explicit food," but that may have to change.
    I think you are okay. The product description does not specifically mention the meat being breasts or thighs...if it was the latter, that second picture might be considered very, very naughty.
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