Yesterday, I woke up to some disturbing news. PeTA was comming to town. MY town. Big mistake on PeTA's part.

The problem was, I had to go to work. So, I got dressed, went to work, but with a change of clothes. I called the news station that made the announcement (AM news talk radio rocks!) And I found out, they were going to be at the KFC, on south Onieda St.

Significant because... [Virus' history] That KFC was the same one that I got my first job at. I was 9 years old, my mom was a manager of a KFC, and asked me if I wanted to dress up as a chicken mascot for KFC, to bring in customers. The chicken's name was K.C. Chicken. And it was fun! I made minimum wage and got to eat anything off the menu. I loved that job. The building merged with Long John Silvers in recent years, so it's not entirely the same anymore. Another key note, is this KFC is a few steps away from my church.[/Virus' history]

Anyway, the time would be 2:00pm that the protest started. I saved my lunch break, and took that time to meet the PETArds.

And so, without further ado...

In this picture, you can see the big bad PeTA protest consisting of a whopping 4 people. (3 in the picture) The yellow strip is a tape that says: "Closed for cruelty" which is wrapped around the arm of a dumb kid dressed up like a police officer, and another PETArd who hands out propoganda for PeTA. The stupid girl next to the fake cop is a girl dressed up like a bloodied up Colonel Sandurs, including a face mask of the PeTA's version of the evil Colonel with devil horns.

The 4th PETArd which didn't make the first picture. I'm the guy in the black trench coat. We offered her a piece of chicken, as we started eating in front of her. She didn't like that, but kept her composure. Obviously, not the first protest she'd gone to. That red thing in her hand is a DVD which she was trying to pass out. And who's on it? Good Ol Pam Anderson. The world's most stupid blonde. The guy next to me, was a customer who also wanted to join us.

The debate was engaged. Loaded with talking points. Never answering a direct question. You know how it goes. It was cold and windy that day, so maybe the blood flow slowed down to the brain. Myself, I had nice hot chicken to keep me warm.

We were joined by an employee of the KFC, a friend of mine, and my brother. (My brother took most of the pictures) It's funny. As much as you hate your job, when someone stupid tries to threaten it, I notice many times, most people will rise to defend it. It creates a common bond. Yes, we were all eating chicken.

The debate got tiring because she wasn't interested in hearing about the inhumane acts of the president of PeTA, or how animal testing has benefited the world, including the Vice President of PeTA, who relies of Insulin for his diabetes. So we moved on to the other PETArds.

I took this picture. My brother eating a nice piece of KFC chicken. He was going through painstaking efforts to get every last bit of chicken off the bone. Later, he told me that his hands were freezing, but it was worth it. My crazy brother... Ha ha ha! (Oh, and Jamie, if you're reading this, Congrats again on the baby!)

That's Rob on the left. A good friend of mine. He's a Napolean Dynamite fan, incase you don't recognize the hat. When he heard the plans I had hatched for going to the PeTA protest, he insisted to come with us.

The fake cop guy. What a moron this guy was. Half his hair was dyed black. Hey moron... Hair dye was tested on animals before used on humans! (Forgot to tell him about that before we left.) Anyway, I debated both these two as well. I didn't talk to the idiot at the end other end of the yellow ribbon. Wasn't worth my time. But something they kept trying to tell me, was how "unhealthy we look". Rob, in the previous picture, is a fairly small guy. He eats meat daily, and he's a skinny guy. Myself, I'm in pretty damn good shape. My brother, as much as I hate to admit this, is in better shape than I am. (Damn good at track, when he was in school.) When we told the girl in the Colonel Sanders getup about Ingird Newkirks attrocities on animals, her reply was, "No, I don't think that's true."

What was kind of funny, is how they kept asking us to move, so people could see thier signs. We just laughed at them over thier request.

Anyway, shortly after, we decided to move on. We made our point, and KFC brought in more customers than normal, thanks to this stupid protest.

Ultimately, I think they try to spark the curiousity of people with thier publicity stunt and when they do get someone to ask what's going on, they rely on the shock images of thier DVD to try to scare people away from thier target.

Another point, I did ask why they target only KFC, when so many other places serve chicken. Country Kitchen, for example, which was right next door. The answer I got? "Country Kitchen was promoting a veggie burger last summer, so they're ok."

Idiots...