From the Ironic Files

Last week (or maybe just a few days ago) there was an enormous brouhaha in New York City as what seemed to be a large colony of rats had invaded a local Taco Bell. As soon as I had heard about this story I had to stampede over to YouTube to see if I could find a clip.

The Tubes, they will never forsake you.



I was rightly and sufficiently grossed out, because as the song goes, I don't mind spiders and snakes, but Tuna don't do rodents. Never. Ever. Even in a garage (which yes, is outside in their own habitat, but hey, it's not a mouse hotel, it's a storage unit for old furniture and gardening equipment) I don't like them, not one little bit.

Anyway, the best part of the whole story was the shock and dismay expressed by the parent company that represents a trifecta of gastronomical nightmares, namely, KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. The spokesperson went on and on about the high standards they set and how the rat problem was unacceptable.

But the VERY BEST part of the whole story was the name of the Parent Company:

YUM FOODS.

Guess it was easier to market than

Bleeuuuaughhhh foods

Or

OH CRAP, IT'S RATS!

Or

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT RODENTS

Or

Vernon's Vermin Vittles

Or

I'd rather have Snakes on a Plane

Or

RUN!

Yum Foods. Hee.