Barry Humphreys found what he thought was a brain in his KFC

8:20am Tuesday 26th October 2010 in News By Scott McPherson

Barry Humphreys found what he thought was a brain in his KFC from Greenbridge Barry Humphreys found what he thought was a brain in his KFC from Greenbridge

DISGUSTED Barry Humphries has spoken of his outrage after finding a nasty surprise in his chicken takeaway.

As he munched on his chicken meal deal from KFC he found what he thought to be a chicken brain, but has now been confirmed by the company as a kidney.

The self-employed block paver, from Drakes Way, was so sickened by his discovery in the KFC meal he bought at the Greenbridge Retail Park last Thursday that he is now considering legal action against the company.

A spokesman for the franchisee that operates KFC in Swindon said: “We always try to ensure the highest standards in all of our stores.

“However, on this very rare occasion, the chicken was not fully trimmed prior to cooking.

“We have contacted our suppliers, who have identified the item as a kidney.

“While there was no health risk, we agree that this is unsightly, and have apologised to Mr Humphries and offered him a full refund.”

Mr Humphries also claims he was forced to miss a few days work after he found the organ in his chicken but was even more annoyed when he claims the staff at the restaurant would only refund the amount he paid for the meal with no more recompense.

He said: “I am absolutely horrified that this could happen.

“It is clearly a chicken brain and no matter what anyone else says I know what I found.

“My stomach turned when I saw what it was – I always eat my chicken in the same way - by eating the skin then picking it off the bone and it fell out.

“I had to take days off work because I was feeling so sick and I have lost money. The company have only offered to give me the cost of the meal back and that is not acceptable.”

Mr Humphries went back to the store and says he was told he could have a refund on the entire order, which amounted £15, but he says that was not enough after the distress it has caused him.

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Mr Blackwell says...
8:52am Tue 26 Oct 10

Good luck with this ridiculously obvious and grasping attempt at compensation.

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PaulD says...
8:53am Tue 26 Oct 10

Grow up Mr Humphries. Even if it was a brain, which it clearly isn't, as it's attached to the meat, then so what. It would still be edible.
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A big tough builder scared of a bit of an animal. Did your mum cut the crusts off your sandwiches? Do you pull a face if you get served vegetables? I bet you are scared of spiders.
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If you choose to eat at a facility such as KFC then you get what you deserve.

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llduce says...
8:55am Tue 26 Oct 10

get over your self... it is a chicken liver and your just a attention seeking little twerp.

what the hell did he think was inside a chicken...

i have and im quiet happy to prepair my own meat at times.

WUSS

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swindonsnumberonegay says...
8:57am Tue 26 Oct 10

serves him right for consuming such high quality food in the first place - although he might be lacking in brains so this may have done him a favour

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SoundOfReason says...
9:13am Tue 26 Oct 10

What's wrong with this guy - "I had to take days off work because I was feeling so sick"? Anyone else would feel sick for an hour or so, and then get on with their lives, but taking 'days' off work, seriously?!

If he'd worked for me, and phoned in with that excuse I'd have fired him on the spot! This excuse must be ranked alongside Homer Simpson's excuse "I can't come into work today, my baby beat me up"

This is such an obvious attempt to get some compensation! Shame on the Adver for giving it the front page, or even for printing it at all!

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john c says...
9:24am Tue 26 Oct 10

SoundOfReason wrote:
What's wrong with this guy - "I had to take days off work because I was feeling so sick"? Anyone else would feel sick for an hour or so, and then get on with their lives, but taking 'days' off work, seriously?! If he'd worked for me, and phoned in with that excuse I'd have fired him on the spot! This excuse must be ranked alongside Homer Simpson's excuse "I can't come into work today, my baby beat me up" This is such an obvious attempt to get some compensation! Shame on the Adver for giving it the front page, or even for printing it at all!
I whole heartedly agee,

password meal-rest you could not make it up.

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Gooey says...
9:32am Tue 26 Oct 10

Had to take time off work for days!?!? Does the idiot think anyone will sympathise with him? Clearly he is just trying to get what he can out of this.The adver really is plumbing new depths to get stories for its dwindling pages.

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Lady Bayden-Powell says...
9:36am Tue 26 Oct 10

what a wally

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POV says...
10:11am Tue 26 Oct 10

Yes it looks unpleasant, but taking time off work over it? As for looking for compensation, the staff in the outlet haven't got authority to offer compensation handouts so why get mad with them? Why is compensation needed? It wasn't broken glass. It wasn't a beetle. And as for the Adver, why are you running such a lame story and giving it fuel?

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Tadpoler says...
10:15am Tue 26 Oct 10

Blagger get a grip.

WISH-CASH..Oh the irony

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thespirit3 says...
10:16am Tue 26 Oct 10

So he'll eat chicken muscle but not chicken liver? As this wasn't what he ordered and an unfortunate mistake, a refund would have been sufficient. This is clearly an attempt to make some quick cash.

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the one from sevenhampton says...
10:38am Tue 26 Oct 10

Never mind the liver just think of the poor battery chicken that gave its life for this muppet, chickens go on strike untill he stops his quest for compo i tell you what all the guys and girls who posted on this news item will have a whip round for you that will get you 5p i have always used the kfc at stratton crossroads for many years and never had any problems. the seller of a product has to rely on that person who supplied the product so stop giving KFC IN GREENBRIDGE A BAD name and start at the source of the problem and you havent got the brains for that HE HE just could not resit that one

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the one from sevenhampton says...
10:41am Tue 26 Oct 10

hang about i have just seen the guys name is this an early april fool you should be back in oz DAME EDNA

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Terence says...
10:47am Tue 26 Oct 10

Looks like a slice of chicken brain to me judging from size and texture. There's only one other possibility worth considering if we look at the size of the organ... have any UKIP politician's wives noticed that their husband's head has mysteriously stopped rattling recently, perhaps after a large sneeze in a KFC outlet?

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mallorca says...
10:58am Tue 26 Oct 10

What a load of c--p I worked for KFC both UK and Spain, the cooking routine it's impossible for a brain-rat/mouse etc to end up in KFC product.
Cannot see this ever happened enjoy your vacation as if you go to court it will cost you mega $$$$$ and as for KFC they have seen all this before

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Disco20 says...
10:59am Tue 26 Oct 10

To be honest, i was ill myself for over a week after eating there.
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It was the first time and will be the last time. I'll never set foot in there again.
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security word - Miss-Find!

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Mr Blackwell says...
11:06am Tue 26 Oct 10

When will people realise that the security words are made up of a word already on the page with a random word added, that's why the *seem* to be related to the article... because they are.

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s_miles away says...
11:18am Tue 26 Oct 10

My security word is soft-skin, do you think it is related to the article?
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Do chickens have soft skin?
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PaulD says...
11:22am Tue 26 Oct 10

s_miles away wrote:
My security word is soft-skin, do you think it is related to the article?
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Do chickens have soft skin?
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he eats the skin first. CTRL+F is your friend

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s_miles away says...
11:28am Tue 26 Oct 10

PaulD wrote:
s_miles away wrote:
My security word is soft-skin, do you think it is related to the article?
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he eats the skin first. CTRL+F is your friend
I have plenty of real friends, do you?
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The keyboard and mouse are your friend, it seems.
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PaulD says...
11:47am Tue 26 Oct 10

s_miles away wrote:
PaulD wrote:
s_miles away wrote:
My security word is soft-skin, do you think it is related to the article?
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Do chickens have soft skin?
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he eats the skin first. CTRL+F is your friend
I have plenty of real friends, do you?
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The keyboard and mouse are your friend, it seems.
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hahahahaha!

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s_miles away says...
11:54am Tue 26 Oct 10

Shame there isn't a remove the quote button.
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Veggie says...
12:10pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Oh come on! What the hell do you think are in sausages or any other mushed up meat type treats? If you eat an animal what difference does which part of it you eat make?

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The Dixie Cups says...
12:27pm Tue 26 Oct 10

The article is about finding some offal or connective tissue in amongst the chicken, sausages are quite another topic. There is a responsibility that H&S is adhered to ensure that food sold is of a standard,that is acceptable. When you eat food that you have bought from any establishment such as a restaurant, then you do expect to eat whats on the menu,what you ordered. You do not expect that and it made my stomache crawl reading it! And yes, it seems a bit OTT to take time of for it from work,unless the guy was ill after consuming it, off course. I know that I eat only the best meat and it has never made me ill.

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Veggie says...
12:27pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Shame on the adver for running this as a front page story - how about what the poor little chickens go through to feed this idiot? look it up - they're mass produced in dark smelly rooms then get slaughtered when a few weeks old - nice! who cares about someone trying to make a quick buck? if you could see the eyeballs, ears, nose, muck in a sausage would that make front page news?

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The Dixie Cups says...
12:40pm Tue 26 Oct 10

That you are referring too, is battery caged-hens and that is something I am against. We only eat free-range and hens that have had good rearing and you can argue that it is all cruel to eat hens/meat, but imagine if no one ate hens? Then there would be a population outbreak of them and then what, the chickens would take over?As long as they have been treated right,thats all I am concerend about.

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mrsdoubtfire says...
12:41pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Money grabber comes to mind. Taking days off of work and losing money as he felt sick. Moaning because the staff would only refund him the cost of a meal. Grow up Mr Humphries and get a life. I bet you've eaten worse without knowing it.

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who dat? says...
12:45pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Maybe the big baby should have stayed with Chicken nuggets?

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reality_check says...
12:45pm Tue 26 Oct 10

This could be the largest brain ever discovered within a KFC 'restaurant'.

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KraigR says...
12:50pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Really? That is a complement to the chicken. It wouldn't put me of eating there.

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swindonslicker says...
12:57pm Tue 26 Oct 10

What a COMPLETE WUSS. People eat far worse things on I'm a Celebrity. It's an animal you're eating. Did you expect good quality food from KFC? No... What a baby out to just claim Compensation.

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The Dixie Cups says...
1:01pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Oh yeah and I forgot to mention all the feathers that chickens produce and what would become of eiderdown pillows and quilts? Chickens are an important part of nature and the food chain and treating them right should be a priority. I genuinly hope that the guy is pursuing this for the right reason because he was ill from it not to make a buck, as can be the culture, these days.

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BluntAs says...
1:02pm Tue 26 Oct 10

I agree its pretty shocking at the fact he was off of work because of it unless the food actually made him ill? but I also would not of been suprised if it turned out to be a rats brain and that KFC are just covering themselves only because when I went there a few months ago I witnessed several rats roaming out the back of the same resturant and when I told them about it they informed me that they were already aware of this so I refuse to go back there now. It does put you off your food I have to admit.

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Equalisers, Equaliser says...
1:18pm Tue 26 Oct 10

blunt as, If you are that certain in what you saw,why don't you report it, really?

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EastleazeRed says...
1:25pm Tue 26 Oct 10

What an ARSE ! I cannot belive the adver waisted time printing this rubbish. Take them to court , you aint got a leg to stand on.

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PARKSOUTH PETE says...
1:29pm Tue 26 Oct 10

@ red manc - did you really just drop a racism bomb on the evening adver?!

Also, i'm not surprised by this. i never eat from KFC, Macdonalds or BK simply because the meat is of such low quality so this sort of thing is to be expected. I will only eat fast food from the kebab van over by moredon. Delicious, £5 for a monster donner, the meat tastes like a fillet steak i really dont know how he can make money selling for so low, must buy in bulk or something.

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Equalisers, Equaliser says...
1:31pm Tue 26 Oct 10

I can, infact there's rubbish thats for sure clogging up this site. I hope that the big bosses at KFC are reading this article and all the comments they appriciate a bit af feedback.

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Lady Bayden-Powell says...
1:33pm Tue 26 Oct 10

The Dixie Cups wrote:
Oh yeah and I forgot to mention all the feathers that chickens produce and what would become of eiderdown pillows and quilts? Chickens are an important part of nature and the food chain and treating them right should be a priority. I genuinly hope that the guy is pursuing this for the right reason because he was ill from it not to make a buck, as can be the culture, these days.
Eider down comes from the Eider duck,
it has nothing to do with chickens.

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MrSpooniversal says...
1:44pm Tue 26 Oct 10

If the thought of something made me feel so sick that I couldn't go to work, I sure as hell wouldn't be able to hold it for publicity shots. Idiot.

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Equalisers, Equaliser says...
1:46pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Who cares lady,a pillows a pillow,feathers are feathers,do you have a class system on feather then..discuss..

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Lady Bayden-Powell says...
2:01pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Equalisers, Equaliser wrote:
Who cares lady,a pillows a pillow,feathers are feathers,do you have a class system on feather then..discuss..
I am not aware of any class system of feather. An Eiederdown product, be it pillow, quilt, coat will cost you a lot more than man made fibre.
The eider ducks down is the soft underfeather found on the breast area, it is superb at retaining heat and an eider duck can live perfectly happily at temeratures as low as -50.
Washing and drying an Eiderdown product is tricky and label instructions must be followed or it is easily ruined.

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swindonslicker says...
2:14pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Funny how this brain makes him feel sick to be off work, yet he's quite happy to hold it up in front of him ??? dick

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SomeoneWhoIsntMe says...
2:16pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Lady Bayden-Powell you own...!


And to the person that said the security word is made up of one word from the page and another... Mine is "mean-mine"... no mention of mean or mine on the page.

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mickull says...
2:23pm Tue 26 Oct 10

he should consult the best law firm in the land on this one, I've no doubt they will all be queuing up to do this on a 'no win no fee basis' NOT!

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randomstranger says...
2:32pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Will add to the growing feeling of utter shock...at this guy. Sure is disgusting, but he's not physically ill, is he? It's a pathetic excuse to go off of work for.

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emiloLacassa says...
2:46pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Lady Bayden-Powell wrote:
The Dixie Cups wrote:
Oh yeah and I forgot to mention all the feathers that chickens produce and what would become of eiderdown pillows and quilts? Chickens are an important part of nature and the food chain and treating them right should be a priority. I genuinly hope that the guy is pursuing this for the right reason because he was ill from it not to make a buck, as can be the culture, these days.
Eider down comes from the Eider duck,
it has nothing to do with chickens.
I think the general message is that chickens produce more than breast or thigh meat. They produce eggs and yes and as you have pointed out that eider ducks feathers are responsible for eiderdown pillows.
Were you aware that byproducts from chicken feathers can be used to make biodegradable plastics and polymer similar to cellaphane amongst other uses, and that pleliminary tests in the US have proved useful that chicken feather fibres can help soak-up oil spills?
It seems that eider ducks feathers can continue to make the pillows and the chickens have their feathers re-used for scientific purpose. We need chickens for many purposes not just eating.
beunas tardes.

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Equalisers, Equaliser says...
3:08pm Tue 26 Oct 10

You go Lacassa! I never knew that about chicken feathers before.
Sec word: hard-nuts

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codgod says...
3:25pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Its quite ironic really because i love liver and kidneys...imagine my shock and horror the other day when i found a KFC connected to my liver and kidneys. I went straight back to the butchers and complained that such horrific food stuff shouldnt be found on liver and kidneys and demanded a refund straight away.

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codgod says...
3:26pm Tue 26 Oct 10

forgot to say...my security word was daft-****

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Equalisers, Equaliser says...
3:44pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Lady Bayden-Powell wrote:
Equalisers, Equaliser wrote:
Who cares lady,a pillows a pillow,feathers are feathers,do you have a class system on feather then..discuss..
I am not aware of any class system of feather. An Eiederdown product, be it pillow, quilt, coat will cost you a lot more than man made fibre.
The eider ducks down is the soft underfeather found on the breast area, it is superb at retaining heat and an eider duck can live perfectly happily at temeratures as low as -50.
Washing and drying an Eiderdown product is tricky and label instructions must be followed or it is easily ruined.
Great, now we all know more about eider duck feathers that they cost you a lot. Dry cleaning would be better than sticking it through the ringer I guess or on second thoughts don't matter, just stick it in the machine at 40 and hope for the best.

sec word: wash-hard

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lazarus says...
3:48pm Tue 26 Oct 10

I reckon that is an artists impression of his brain he is holding up!

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Lady Bayden-Powell says...
3:56pm Tue 26 Oct 10

You will need special soap flakes for washing available from camping shops. Normal detergent washing powders and liquids such as Daz will ruin the down. It must be washed quickly at 30 c and then tumble dried but not too warm. Best use a launderette tumble drier as its much bigger and will circulate the warm air better through the down. One dried, give it a good shake and hang it over a washing line to air for several hours.

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Equalisers, Equaliser says...
4:03pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Right so daz it is,stick it on at 100 degrees, boil wash it and then whack it in the tumble drier for an hour, great. I don't like eider down anyway as I am allergic, I prefer man made pillows, not as high maintenance and doesn't give me any trouble.

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jhnhck says...
4:44pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Seems he never heard of brain banefore as it sounds like he hasnt got one .What a loud of twaddle . but it seems like he is a modern day fella ,if it moves SUE IF IT DOESENT MOVE SUE Get real young m

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swindonslicker says...
5:21pm Tue 26 Oct 10

http://www.islandcri
sis.net/2010/10/unbe
lievable-facts-about
-kfc/


Read this Mr Humpreys

and KNOW better in Future !!!

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STFC_MAN says...
5:37pm Tue 26 Oct 10

I too have had a bad experience of the Greenbridge KFC so never eat there now.
I once brought a fillet burger meal only to get it home a find a bite had been taken out of it.
I took it back & said but the manger just laughed (great customer service).
As annoyed as I was about this no time was taken off work!!
With that sort off attitude this story doesn't really come as a supprise.
I do love a KFC though & have no problem using the one in Cricklade Rd.
Yummy!!

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Alan B'stard says...
6:54pm Tue 26 Oct 10

I heard the brain found belonged to Rob '99 to 101' FM.

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tyler66 says...
9:40pm Tue 26 Oct 10

bird brained fool! did he sneeze into the box upon opening? why would a chickens brain be outside of its skull anyway? dont they just chop the heads off? chicken lobotomy-sounds like something youd find in the freezers down manchester road. gross.

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Captain Sensible says...
10:24pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Maybe I'm missing something here but why was Dame Edna Everidge in a KFC in Swindon anyway?!

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STFCSTFC says...
10:28pm Tue 26 Oct 10

Not laughed so much in ages - what an idiot

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onefortheroad says...
7:28am Wed 27 Oct 10

Not sure what he is complaining about....there are 5 chicken organs to collect over the next fortnight....
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....next week is the brain

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codgod says...
8:58am Wed 27 Oct 10

onefortheroad wrote:
Not sure what he is complaining about....there are 5 chicken organs to collect over the next fortnight....
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....next week is the brain
LMAO!!

Excellent.......side order of sarcasm anyone!!

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Anon5550 says...
9:23am Wed 27 Oct 10

Well.......
As soon as I read the article in the paper, I logged on to read peoples comments hoping and praying that the rest of you would agree with me. What can I say? Swindon, you have done me proud.
'I had to take days off work because I was feeling so sick.' Sorry????????

An appalling effort to con some money out of somebody. This is the very definition of 'Sponging.'

I only hope KFC have the nerve to tell him to go and 'Do one.'

Barry HUMPHRIES, you are the typical sponging low life that makes this country the disgrace it has become!

Go and earn your money like the rest of us!!!!!!!!

I only hope the adver now run a story on the sponging population of Swindon with this idiot on the front cover.

Did I mention that he's a SPONGER?

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SoundOfReason says...
10:36am Wed 27 Oct 10

Interesting to see that the Adver didn't print any of these responces in the 'Online Comments' section of today's paper!

Could it be they realised what a poor story it was to publish in the first place!?

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luce0606 says...
12:07pm Wed 27 Oct 10

Pah! You chicken!!!!!!

Hardly huge is it?!

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Cletus_The_Yocal says...
12:10pm Wed 27 Oct 10

You buy crappy food so what do you expect?

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Dust says...
4:42pm Wed 27 Oct 10

yep, as someone else said up above, I find it hysterical that he's so disgusted and traumatised, yet is happy to proudly hold this bit of "brain" to pose for a photo. Poor show Adver.

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SallyJay says...
7:18pm Wed 27 Oct 10

So...he has to take 3 days off work, but then manages to hold it whilst posing for the photo...

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Finsbury says...
7:39pm Wed 27 Oct 10

Of course the suppliers are going to claim it's a kidney. They have a business to maintain.

BUT... It is a chicken brain.

All it takes to confirm this is a quick image search on the internet; compare the results with the image on this page.

Still, 3 days off work is excessive.

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onefortheroad says...
9:53pm Wed 27 Oct 10

.....sounds like avoiding KFC is a "no-brainer"?

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I_luv_chips_me says...
10:16am Thu 28 Oct 10

Ha ha - look what the folks across the pond are saying about this story....ha ha http://consumerist.c
om/2010/10/which-is-
worse-to-find-in-you
r-kfc-chicken-brain-
or-kidney.html

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PK says...
3:26pm Thu 28 Oct 10

One word - YUK - not because of the extra organ but for eating junk food in the first place.

What do people think Pate is made from? Yep. That's right - offal - i.e. animal organs like livers, kidneys etc.

Some people are easily touched but, as others have said, many have ££££ signs lighting up their eyes.

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tiggermead says...
6:10pm Fri 29 Oct 10

this idiot should join the forces ,he surely wouldn't be moaning about his food he'd be glad for what he got.
I think he's just out for making a quick couple of quid, he should man up and get on with it

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