We Southerners Are Serious About Fried Chicken

April 14, 2013 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Meanwhile, in Memphis …

Police have arrested a Memphis man and his son after the father allegedly brandished an AK-47 at a fast-food restaurant when their order got messed up. The Commercial Appeal reports the incident happened on Thursday at Pirtle’s Chicken in Memphis.

Shocking, isn’t it?  Just shocking.  They were eating fried chicken in Memphis that was not from Gus’s?  Good thing they were armed because that’s a shooting offense in Memphis.

That’s like eating a McRib sandwich instead of Corky’s wet rub rib plate. Or dry rub.  It hardly matters.

Personally, I follow the gourmet rule that if you can buy it through a window in your car, don’t eat it.

If their lawyer needs a witness, I would be happy to testify under oath that eating at Pirtle’s is prima facia proof of insanity.  After all, somebody has to stand up for important things in the south.

Thanks to Hilary for the heads up.

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0 Comments to “We Southerners Are Serious About Fried Chicken”


  1. They brought an AK-47 in the restaurant with them – do you have to shoot the chicken first before they cook it? Talk about fresh chicken nuggets.

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  2. RepubAnon says:

    Imagine the results if everyone had been packing heat. It’d be like the Korean Peninsula: any one crazy with a weapon can cause things to spin out of control quickly…

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  3. Marge Wood says:

    good grief.

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  4. Remember that to the Founding Fathers the word “militia” meant “appropriately served fried chicken”.

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  5. I assume since he last tried to dine at Pirtle’s, he’s been taking his meals at the county jail. I wonder if they get his order right there?

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  6. Bud Malone says:

    —–buy it through the window of your car——. Oh my goodness.

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  7. Corinne Sabo says:

    Was he going to shoot the chicken? It was already dead & cooked….

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  8. Sam in Kyle says:

    Sounds like the kind of guy who would choke rather than shoot a chicken.

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  9. Just saw a picture of a real live chicken walking on the sidewalk in front of a KFC restuarant somewhere. Apparently there you do have to shoot them first.

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  10. “……….buy it through the window of your car.”

    OK, JJ you have gone too far.

    Whataburger? This needs an exception granted, RIGHT NOW.

    OK?

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  11. I always knew that alcohol and guns would be a bad mix.
    Witness the recent suicide, in the infield, at the NASCAR race at Texas Speedway.

    And, our state legislature with their pea-brained wisdom, has passed law stating it’s an o.k. thing to take your gun with you into a bar.

    I never figured it would be as bad for chicken and guns.
    Maybe the guy had downed a few, before he went to pick up his order. Who knows anymore?

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  12. I better check my chicken recipes as I don’t recall any of them calling for adding lead.

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  13. Aggieland liz says:

    @miemaw: AND on campus fer Petes sake!

    @the kill-ur-own dinner crowd: Peppered Chicken, the new Southern delicacy! Lead is so good for you, too!

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  14. IF you’re gonna get violent with your food, you go to Stroud’s in Kansas City… which proudly proclaims “We choke our chickens”.

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  15. John in Lafayette says:

    Gus’s is awesome. Never seen anybody unhappy in that place, gun or no.

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