KFC
I love KFC as much as the next person who enjoys bingeing on high-calorie foods with zero nutritional value?plus, what could beat the thrill of the possibility you may discover a surprise deep-fried rat in your 16-piece Bucket Meal"?but I don’t feel all that good about edible KFC-flavored nail polish, which is a thing you’ll be able to get in Hong Kong pretty soon. (Just imagine there’s a hackneyed “tastes like chicken!” joke right here, if you must.)
The Colonel’s fast-food joint has ad agency Ogilvy & Mather and spice brand McCormick, the company behind KFC’s legendary eleven secret herbs and spices (I also own several of its spices), to thank/blame for the innovation. And as you may have gathered, the idea comes from KFC’s standby marketing slogan, “Finger lickin’ good,” which has been missing a hyphen since the mid-1950s. If you’re wondering what exactly “edible KFC-flavored nail polish” entails, I can clear that up for you right now to the best of my abilities: According to Adweek, the polish will come in two flavors, Original and Hot & Spicy, and will be sourced from natural ingredients. It’ll be packaged in a “designer” bottle and box and will start with a limited production run?and from there, KFC Hong Kong will ask customers which of the two flavors they’d prefer to see go into mass production. To restate: The company will not be asking custo...