Ramblings' Journal

I only ate at Taco Bell once, in Fresno CA in the late 1970s (showing my age here), from which I got such violent food poisoning I thought I was going to "buy the farm". Ever since, no quiero Taco Bell!

Whoa. That's ... something. Well, I used to enjoy a cheap taco now and then, they've just cured me though. My arteries thank them.

Amazing. I've just picked up the story on my own blog (credited you for the pointer, of course) and I telephoned Taco Bell for their side of the story. They said they'd call me back.

Obviously they meant it as 'out in left field' or 'offbeat' and chose their words poorly.

The requirements if you try to submit one specifically prohibit ideological advocacy:

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• SUITABILITY FOR USE: The Wisdom may not be used as a marketing tool to promote non-Taco Bell products or services, or any individuals. The Wisdom may not be gender biased, have any religious or sexual overtones, ***support or endorse a position, or be offensive in any manner.***
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So don't boycott Yum! Brands because they want leftist propaganda on their sauce packets. Boycott them because they don't let delivery drivers pack heat.

Actually, I refuse to have a pizza delivered from Pizza The Hutt simply 'cause they have screwed the order up the past three times I've tried. I'll stick with Dominos and Papa John's. (If only Uno's were around here! No one in Atlanta -- not even Fellini's -- knows how to make GOOD pizza!)

"left of center" means off-kilter or quirky. Are you a super paranoid conservative or do you just have no concept of English colloquialisms?

I'm sorry, but did you stop to ask them what they meant?

If that is actually what they meant, I'll apologize. Happily. Wonderfully.

But 'tis better to be wary, than to have this bite me in the ass.

"left of center" = quirky?

Guess I need one of those newfangled slang dictionaries. I vote for hanging due to extraneous verbosity anyway. :o)

Thanks for the tip. I never eat at Taco Bell so I can't boycott them, but my husband likes KFC. We'll boycott them until I hear that they only use the right side of the chicken.

Taco Bell called me back. They mean "quirky," not left-wing in the political sense. Amazingly, they've been using the term for three years without anyone thinking they meant it politically.

I must have been in Washington DC too long, because I didn't even realize before today that the term could mean "quirky." Live and learn.

The lady who called me back friom the Taco Bell press office was very nice and forthcoming about the whole thing.

So, tacos for everyone! Or gorditas. Whatever.

Does seem like they mean something else by "left of center"; the examples shown certainly did not indicate any political leanings at all.

I guess I'm bizarre or something.

I didn't take it that way. [shrug]

OK. I guess I can go to Long John Silver's or Taco Bell for lunch again...[g]

hehe *sends hubby out for Taco Bell sauce*

Michael, I'm getting messages bounced to me that I think are supposed to be going to your email? Are you getting notifications of messages?

I'm not getting any mail right now -- Bellsouth hosed my e-mail account first of the week; I'm sure I've got stuff bouncing over half the planet.

I've got a temporary account set up at mhking@gmail.com -- things shouldn't bounce for the time-being (while I'm in the process of going off on Bellsouth)...

The word "Left" is also frequently used in a derogatory sense i.e. a left-handed compliment ("My, that dress helps you look thin...")

Your email is really messed up. I keep getting emails telling me that mhking is refusing my emails. I haven't sent you an email, so I naturally put you on the Block Message list as a kook.

I've been using Bellsouth for years and now have a DSL line with them. Best service we've ever had. I hope your problems are geographical. We're in Florida.

I haven't eaten at Taco Bell in years. Anything that uniformly entered and exited my digestive system at the speed of sound can't be good for you.

I'm sorry I brought you into this world.

everything's a 'war' with you conservatives. and you wonder why 'neocon' is synonymous with 'paranoid'.

I've seen it all now. You can't even use the word "left" anymore without getting a conservatives panties in a knot. You guys are STU-PID.

Signed,
the pinko bastard from Canada

Isn't this a Baha Blast??? = 0