kfc/tacobell...RATS!

[frankluke]

this is why i dont eat fast food anymore. watch the video, never seen anything like it.

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/rats-run-wild-at-new-york-kfctaco-bell/20070223145709990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

[derek]

mmm deep fried rat.

I used to cook at a few chain restaurants when I was in school, and if i ever told you the stories you would never eat out again

[cvm4]

Wow, that's just nasty!

[Greg]

This reminds me of a story of a bar in Baltimore that held rat 'fishing' contests in the back alley. Customers would bring their fishing rods, hot dogs (the preferred bait) and a bat (to 'subdue' the rodent) and cast their offerings into the back alley.

The owner of the bar had a scale and weekly winners were offered free dinners, drinks and other prizes. His efforts, which were meant to bring attention to the city's rat problem, were shut down after only a few months of contests.

I used to have a picture of one of the winners who had this priceless look on his face as the owner was weighing his catch. It seemed to say, 'Does that scale work? I know that rat has to be more than 1 pound'.

[Greg]

I found an except in this article link (http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=12787)



The rules of the Baltimore Association of Rat Fisherpersons (or, yes, BARF) were fairly simple. Only light tackle was allowed (spin-cast, cast, spin, or fly rod). No wet or dry flies, hand or trout lines. There was a $3 entry fee, and rat-fishing licenses were printed up. The tournament took place in the area around the Yellow Rose, and rats were presented (dead) in sealed plastic bags for a weigh-in at the end of the tournament.

"It's not as dangerous as people think," Ochlech says. "They think, Well, if you've got a rat, the rat's going to come after you. The rat's going to try to get away from you if they can. What they would do is, get on, reel it in, and somebody would be standing there with a bat, and when it got close enough they'd smack it."

Hooks baited with raw bacon and peanut butter were the favored lure for the first few tournaments. In 1995, the last year of the tournament, continued opposition from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals forced a change to peanut butter-smeared glue traps on the end of the fishing line. The change did little to silence PETA's charges that the rat fisherpersons were mistreating the animals: "They thought that was terrible, too," Ochlech says.

The tournament eventually captured the interest of the public outside East Baltimore. In addition to a 1994 City Paper cover story, Ochlech and his tournament were featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and, Ochlech says, "It kind of found itself as far away as Johannesburg, South Africa, Australia, Alaska-we got called from all these places on it.

"[Kurt] Schmoke was the mayor at the time, and he even personally called me and asked me what did I think I was doing," Ochlech says. "The city had the Inner Harbor, they were trying to bring in all these people to see what a nice city we had, and all of a sudden I've got this rat-fishing contest going on. So I told him, `Well, if you get rid of the rats, I'll stop my contest.'"

[goin' fer smoke]

That one dumbass... "rats are supposed to be on the outside and mice are supposed to ne on the inside."

What the f**k? A mouse is still a rodent jerk wad... in his mind one is better than the other, and still acceptable in a food area?

Reality is... New York has some of the MOST disgusting, vile and unsanitary eating establishments across the board than just about anywhere eles, this week the Today show had a segment on it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17058456/

[caudio51]

That was all over the news here....so damn nasty!

[indyrob]

I quit doing fast food when the last time I went out for McD's the cashier picked a boogey and wiped it on the soda fountain cup lever thing. I just kept driving and didn't bother getting my order.

[caudio51]

Wow, that is NASTY!

[Wasch_24]

I quit doing fast food when the last time I went out for McD's the cashier picked a boogey and wiped it on the soda fountain cup lever thing. I just kept driving and didn't bother getting my order.
Ewe!

That is absolutely disgusting...that and the rats.

[indyrob]

Yeah, but what's really gross is the kid did it like it was routine.

[indyrob]

Atleast he followed the rule about not eating while on the floor I guess.

[Wasch_24]

Yeah, but what's really gross is the kid did it like it was routine.


Exactly!

[caudio51]

He was fighting the man with boogies

[Wasch_24]

Atleast he followed the rule about not eating while on the floor I guess.
:rofl:

[smokinafuente]

Man that sucks! I stoped at KFC/Taco Bell today and didn't get no rat. But then again that soft taco did taste funny. lol

[ATCDub]

Rat.

The other, other white meat. Still taste like, well you know.

[Terrasco]

For me the scariest part of eating at fast food places is the mold growing on the fountain heads. You can usually taste it if you concentrate. I never drink fountain drinks from fast food places.

[jmatkins]

JUst eat the fast food, never read stories about it they will all gross you out.

[caudio51]

I just make sure not to eat fast food that often. A couple times a year is plenty for me

[goin' fer smoke]

Rat.

The other, other white meat. Still taste like, well you know.

Hmmm and I always thought it was "Pork... the other white meat."


http://www.botl.org/community/forums/gallery/thum_129145eb039ccd05e.jpg ('http://www.botl.org/community/forums/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=90')

[goin' fer smoke]

Maybe this will be getting served next:


http://www.botl.org/community/forums/gallery/thum_129145eb043d38965.jpg ('http://www.botl.org/community/forums/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=91') This little beauty, I am sure is not real but a photoshop job but someone is trying to pass off that a cow and a pig have been cross-bred.

[caudio51]

Hmmm and I alwsy thoght it was "Pork... the other white meat."


http://www.botl.org/community/forums/gallery/thum_129145eb039ccd05e.jpg (http://www.botl.org/community/forums/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=90)

That's hilarious