Comments on: Obstinate Couple Hates Chicken Sandwiches

By: jdub

jdub — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:06:17 +0000

Had one this weekend, it was awesome (as far as fast food chicken is concerned).

For those outside of the area, Sheetz is kind of known for cheesy rhyming or throwing Sh or Z onto just about everything. (Shmagel, Shmiscuit, Friez, Subz, Pretzelz, etc.)

By: Ruca Bangs

Ruca Bangs — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:17:03 +0000

Oh people… don’t they see that fuckin’ doesnt rhyme with chicken?

I suggest: Rib stickin’ chicken sandwich, but that might portray an image of fattiness that the sheetz company would avoid.

Honestly though, the restaurant name is sheetz, so frickin’ fits perfectly.

“After trying the Sheetz frickin’ chicken, I had to take some frickin’ sheetz!”

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By: MC Spanky McGee

MC Spanky McGee — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:41:10 +0000

We all know that Ned Flanders uses “Darn it” as a substitute for “Damn it”–and he’s not cussing–but don’t ya think he might as well do it? (I’m arguing for full-throttle cussing). He *means* basically the same thing (especially given that he knows what he’s doing with the substitution).

Then again, cussing is fun and cathartic because it is so-often forbidden, and our euphemistic “cuss”-words highlight that fact.

Spanky’s verdict: in favor of Sheetz. The couple is going on their subjective interpretation. Not enough to warrant penalty.

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By: MC Spanky McGee

MC Spanky McGee — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:34:06 +0000

Very interesting, indeed.

Now, this brings in problems from philosophy of language (coupled with the nonsense I’m about to spew). You might think that cussing is more about intension (meaning), rather than the actual word that said or printed. We all know that “Darn it” is a substitute for “Damn it,” but while Ned Flanders uses the former, he basically means the latter.

If this is so, why bother with the substitute?

(Then again, part of the reason cussing is so fun and cathartic is that it’s supposedly forbidden…)

The couple has a point–we know for what the word “frickin’” is a substitute–but then again, they didn’t cuss.

Spanky’s verdict: in favor of Sheetz.

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:40:13 +0000

I find it amusing that this couple has taken such offense to the word ” frickin’ ” – at least the company used the apostrophe appropriately. I am personally much more offended by punctuation anarchy in the world of billboard marketing.