Not Making This Up: The chief operating and development officer of Yum brands, which includes Taco Bell, KFC, Long John Silver’s and Pizza Hut, is named Mr. Hearl. Mr. Hearl is retiring and will be replaced by Mr. Eaton. Seriously. [Wall Street Journal]
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Ohhhh, please stay together and call yourselves ‘Eaton Hearl Inc.’
I propose that Mr. Eaton’s successor be named Mr. InstantGastrointestinalDistress.
I guess Mr. MmmThatTastesGoodInMyBelly was unavailable?
It’ll be the first time that Taco Bell is involved in an instance of “Eaton” *following* “Hearl”, so to speak.
It’s supposed to be spelled “Hurl”.
yes i can totally see how this is consumer news.
@num1skeptic: I hereby request an option to bash people’s comments with a mallet instead of just flagging them.
@Rectilinear Propagation:
I second that motion.
@Rectilinear Propagation: I second that request
oh i’m sorry guys you should know i was being serious.
Hearl & Eaton – Bulimia counselors.
VP of Marketing, Mr. Choak, was unavailable for comment.
@LeJerque: Nice!
@num1skeptic: Oh. My bad. It’s difficult to detect sarcasm (or the lack thereof) within the Intertubes.