So, for those who haven't heard, the UK is currently in the grip of it's worst crisis of the 21st century, a crisis that has almost brought the country to a standstill.

KFC has ran out of chicken.

That's right, the world's favourite fried chicken company has had no chicken to fry for almost a week now. Outlets across the country have been closed. The official story is problems with their new delivery contractor, but personally I blame Brexit.

On the bright side, it led to KFC posting the following apology in the press, which - let's face it - is genius:

...how the **** does a country like Britain run out of the most plentiful fowl in the world?

44 minutes ago, impspy said:

...how the **** does a country like Britain run out of the most plentiful fowl in the world?

OK, so they didn't actually run out of chicken, it just wasn't making it to the stores.

KFC changed their distributor, who instantly had massive logistical issues when they took over the contract. Truckloads of produce have literally gone to waste.

45 minutes ago, impspy said:

...how the **** does a country like Britain run out of the most plentiful fowl in the world?

They switched to DHL, a delivery company with next to no refrigerated trucks and a reputation for throwing parcels over garden fences rather than delivering them to the door.

2 hours ago, FTS Gecko said:

So, for those who haven't heard, the UK is currently in the grip of it's worst crisis of the 21st century, a crisis that has almost brought the country to a standstill.

KFC has ran out of chicken.

As the great Winston Churchill said during your finest hour -

Courage

They warned us brexit would lead to ruin but we didn't believe!!!!

If only you british, had access to another kind if proteins that you could fry alongside potato chips.

2 hours ago, player2422845 said:

If only you british, had access to another kind if proteins that you could fry alongside potato chips.

You don't have potato chips with fried food you have chips.

Well guess what. I've got a fever.

And the only prescription is more fried chicken.

Wasn't in the UK localization of Demolition Man had Taco Bell switched to Pizza Hutt because there was no Taco Bell in the UK?

Well I watched demolition man the other night it was taco bell, and it was taco bell on my vhs tape version.

On ‎23‎/‎02‎/‎2018 at 11:20 PM, impspy said:

...how the **** does a country like Britain run out of the most plentiful fowl in the world?

Brexit. and they haven't actually left Europe yet. At this rate the country will look like something out of a post apoc setting by this time next year.

8 hours ago, Robin Graves said:

Brexit. and they haven't actually left Europe yet. At this rate the country will look like something out of a post apoc setting by this time next year.

Now now, @Robin Graves , David Davis has already reassured us that Brexit won't end up turning the country into something out of Mad Max - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43120277

...except possibly if you combine Brexit with climate change, then we're truly stuffed. It's a bit of a shame though really because personally I'm all for "Thunderdome Politics" at this point; you know, a two Tories enter, one Tory leaves kind of thing.

1 hour ago, FTS Gecko said:

Now now, @Robin Graves , David Davis has already reassured us that Brexit won't end up turning the country into something out of Mad Max - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43120277

...except possibly if you combine Brexit with climate change, then we're truly stuffed. It's a bit of a shame though really because personally I'm all for "Thunderdome Politics" at this point; you know, a two Tories enter, one Tory leaves kind of thing.

Don't. I just got a vision of Boris Johnson as Tina Turner.

Argh. I always saw him as more the Master Blaster type, waddling around and yelling "Embargo!"

But yes, that is strangely, horribly appropriate.

11 hours ago, Robin Graves said:

Brexit. and they haven't actually left Europe yet. At this rate the country will look like something out of a post apoc setting by this time next year.

Will...you've never visited stoke on Trent have you.

13 minutes ago, Hobojebus said:

Will...you've never visited stoke on Trent have you.

I always pictured Stoke as the UK's equivalent of transilvania.

What with that guy choking on garlic because he was afraid of vampires. (That's as far as my knowledge of Stoke-on-Trent reaches.)

1 hour ago, FTS Gecko said:

Argh. I always saw him as more the Master Blaster type, waddling around and yelling "Embargo!"

But yes, that is strangely, horribly appropriate.

TWINS!

"What amazing hair you have." "So do you!"

Looks like I spoke too soon about the "biggest crisis of the 21st Century".

We've had a light dusting of snow today and the entire country has pretty much come to a standstill. Schools and businesses closed, public transport shut down... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-43202018

...there's countries arond the world that deal with conditions like these on a daily basis, but it gets a little chilly over here and we're apparently incapable of dealing with it. It's bloody embarrassing. Get me off this benighted little island, **** it.

Yeah it's pretty sad how unprepared local councils are for snow, but at least we have tried chi...oh...

To be fair, a lot of it comes down to equipment, too. Snow is infrequent enough around here (German west coast) and the UK that having the same gear as places with snow every winter isn't economical. Also bad organisation and response time, though.

33 minutes ago, Admiral Deathrain said:

Also bad organisation and response time, though.

Yeah, I've travelled on Deutsche Bahn, and I've travelled on British Rail. I know which one I'd trust to be more organised!

5 hours ago, FTS Gecko said:

We've had a light dusting of snow today and the entire country has pretty much come to a standstill.

Only the South East. Here in the North I put my big coat on and still walked to work.