John's Blog

The recent passing of Frank Perdue led me to read an account of Advertising Slogans Gone Bad which tells the story of the translation of Perdue's "It Takes A Tough Man To Make A Tender Chicken" into Spanish, which came out as "It Takes A Hard Man To Make A Chicken Aroused". A few other amusing tales as well.

Many sound like Urban Legends, but I haven't seen the Perdue story debunked, although who knew that Snopes.com lists 101 urban legends relating to chicken?

I did discover that the story about Bush waving at Stevie Wonder is false. Too bad.