Were you one of the few people on this continent to get caught up in the World Cup hullaballoo? Did you get drunk enough to think that buying a vuvuzela — the obnoxiously loud plastic horn that has been the bane of many Cup watchers — would be a good idea? If so, the fried chicken-loving folks at KFC might be willing to exchange your noisemakers for one of their bellyachers.
In a letter written to “U.S. Resident Vuvuzela Owners,” KFC’s CEO details the fast food chain’s offer:
We hear you, LOUD and clear. With the trumpeting of America’s vuvuzelas beginning to fade, KFC is proud to announce an open offer that will provide “Doublicious” satisfaction for soccer fans’ ears and America’s stomachs.
KFC’s new Vuvuzela Exchange Program offers heartbroken soccer fans a free taste of the Colonel’s famous comfort food in exchange for their recently silenced plastic horns.
The Vuvuzela Exchange Program is simple — the first 500 U.S. residents who mail their vuvuzelas to KFC Headquarters by July 15, 2010 will receive a KFC gift check to try our new Doublicious sandwich in return…
We hope vuvuzela owners from coast to coast take us up on our offer to trade in their noisemakers for a taste of our new signature sandwich. That would produce the kind of buzz that’s easy on the ears and the taste buds.
Reading the fine print, it appears those who take part will receive a generic $5 KFC gift card, which would not require you to get a Doublicious, which if you forget is basically the Double Down minus one chicken breast and on a bun.
If you have an extra vuvuzela sitting around and can somehow get it to KFC HQ by July 15 for less than $5 in shipping, here’s the address:
KFC Corporate Headquarters
Attention: Vuvuzela Exchange Program
1900 Colonel Sanders Lane
Louisville, KY 40213
KFC SWAPS VUVUZELAS FOR A FREE DOUBLICIOUS [Press release]
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And those who aren’t among the first 500 to mail in their vuvuzela, while not receiving a KFC gift check to try our new Doublicious sandwich in return, will receive the unspoken thanks of a grateful nation.
The thanks are not “unspoken” in the least. It’s just that everybody is too deaf from those damned vuvuzelas to hear them.
Heartbroken? Bah! It’s been an AWESOME World Cup even tho the US was eliminated early! And really, who thought America had a snowball’s chance anyway?
You can buy Vuvuzelas in America? /stupid question. I want one…
Of course, one can buy a vuvuzela here. Else, that won’t be the American way …
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128284288
Amazon sells them.
Some of them are actually made in Alabama: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128284288
I can’t believe I’ve made it this far without having heard a vuvuzela in any way, shape, or form. I am, however, immensely grateful.
You know, as Dear Leader Jobs would love to point out: there’s an app for that:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vuvuzela-man/id379294464?mt=8
And it’s free, too. Blare it to your heart’s content!
I’m safe! I also don’t have an iPhone.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz
They can have my vuvuzela when they pry it from my cold dead hands!
The noise of vuvuzelas in the background to football games has never bothered me. Either I subconsciously filter out the sound or subconsciously actually like it.
For me, it’s THE sound of football.
Sometimes I hate it, but hey- it’s Ball, man.
Pure, unadulterated PR move on KFC’s part. Not that I have anything against pure, unadulterated PR moves.
Never held one, but I assume they weigh between 8 ounces and pound. Shipping is probably $4.80, $4.90 if you walk into a post office. Add the cost of a label and schlepping, and you have lost money.
and even worse is if you mail it in and end up being #501.
only worth it if you got a vuvu on a keychain. you could then send media mail.
FYI, it costs $2.41 to send an 8 ounce package via First Class Mail. http://www.usps.com/prices/first-class-mail-prices.htm
Seems like you lose money on shipping for this “free meal”
And after you turn in your vuvuzela(s), remember that you can STILL enjoy (?) the sound of vuvuzelas online:
http://www.vuvuzela.fm/
You will never be able to ship this for under five bucks. So just take your vuvuzela to the KFC, use the money it would have cost to ship it, eat your food and play some sweet tunes for the other KFC diners to enjoy. Oh yea and don’t forget to bring a friend along to shoot video of the other patrons reactions.
anyone know where you can buy mini VuVus?
In my day, we called them Kazoos.
I loved the name vuvuzelas once I heard about them during last year’s Confederation Cup. The fact that the US beat Spain 2-0 and was ahead of Brazil 2-0 at half before a 3-2 loss made me especially fond of the buzz.
What the heck makes a Doublicious in any way “double”?