Delicious Curses
May 5, 2008 by Run Up The Score!
Doing a little light research for a possible autumn trip to Osaka, Japan, and found this:
The Dotonbori Bridge is where people meet after huge sporting victories like the Soccer or Baseball. People usually get a bit too excited and some even jump off the bridge into the murky canal below. in 1985 a statue of Colonel Sanders was broken off the local KFC and thrown in the river when the Hanshin Tigers won the Japan Championship Baseball Series. The locals now believe the late Colonel has put a curse on the team because they have not won the series since.
That’s right, the Curse Of the Colonel. Of course, such thinking is ridiculous and borderline retarded and would never happen in America.
Exactly what he had in mind back in 1935.
The Colonel has staying power. Went to a KFC outside of Hyderabad India a couple of weeks ago. When my buddy mentioned that he was from Kentucky, they went nuts.
The employees there were able to recite the Sanders’ legend as if they had just seen the History Channel special 35 minutes earlier.
My friend had to aplogize that his life and the Colonel’s had not even overlapped.
God bless globalism. I guess its better than the time I had to defend Sanders from the allegation that he had owned slaves.
the comcast building, now the highest point in philly, has done it’s part in trying to appease the restless sole of our state’s founder.
i fully expect immediate results.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast_Center_(office_building)
When the final beam in the construction was raised on June 18, ironworkers of Local Union 401 attached a small figurine of William Penn to the beam in homage to the statue atop Philadelphia City Hall, and in a half-joking attempt to break the curse of Billy Penn.
I had no idea this was done! Clearly, this sets the stage for: Flyers Stanley Cup, Phillies World Series, Eagles Super Bowl, Sixers NBA Championship.
CITY OF CHAMPIONS, BABY!!1!1!!1!11ONE1!1
I thought that was done a last summer and it didn’t help the Phillies in the playoffs (or the Sixers in the playoffs or the Eagles at any point during the season)
Don’t be an asshole, Nick. It was clearly done prior to the start of the NHL playoffs, and is sure to work perfectly.
Slow down turbo.
There came a night leaving fear behind, shadows are on the ground
And nobody knew where to find him, no evidence was found
I’m never coming back, I heard him cry, and I believe him
He never meant to do anything wrong, it’s gonna get worse if he waits too long
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LTClsWzUHBo
Pure torture in music video form.
Also, “Easy Lover” was so much better.
I opt not to debate the merits of Phil Collins music after he jumped the shark (Face Value was pretty damned good), but that image of the Colonel might be one of the funniest things I’ve seen in some time.
Phil Collins’ solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite.
I liked Phil Best in The Who’s Tommy when he played the evil molesting Uncle Ernie.
That was pretty cool.
Nick,
Great reference - way to bring this around to a very relevant movie quote. But how could you leave out:
“Sabrina, don’t just stare at it, eat it!”
Great scene in a great movie.
Hey - wait: You’re thinking of going to Japan during football season?
You got any tickets you won’t be using?
Wink wink.
I’ve been on the fence about buying football tickets for a while, and if I actually go on this trip it’ll take up the weekend of the Michigan game. Combine that with Illinois being a night game (nice concept if you’re not driving back to Harrisburg afterward) and I’m considerably less likely to get tickets this season.
Is there any particular reason why you’re considering heading to Japan?
Just because it’s there, or something more substantial?
TS - Thanks, I didn’t think that part of the quote was pertinent to the conversation, but it one of many great scenes in that movie. The Huey Lewis and Business Card scenes are up there too.