In one of the weirdest social media marketing ploys since McDonalds did their “not Rick and Morty but totally Rick and Morty Szechuan Sauce Riot” stunt, it has come to Twitter’s attention that Kentucky Fried Chicken’s Twitter account is following 11 people. Those people are 6 guys named Herb, including Herb Alpert, and the 5 Spice Girls, referencing that brand’s “11 herbs and spices”. The original tweet pointing this out went viral with over a quarter million retweets in less than a day.
.@KFC follows 11 people.
Those 11 people? 5 Spice Girls and 6 guys named Herb.
11 Herbs & Spices. I need time to process this.
— 🅴🅳🅶🅴 (@edgette22) October 19, 2017
People’s minds were clearly blown at the clever and extremely subtle joke.
"FINALLY" –KFC social media manager
— Mrs. Carm (@Mrs_Carm) October 20, 2017
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) October 20, 2017
— Jason Cross (@JasonCross00) October 19, 2017
*Checks out @BurgerKing
…not one King being followed. 👎
— Ben (@Ben_in_yeg) October 19, 2017
As always, Wendy’s social media team couldn’t let another food brand trend without inserting themselves into the conversation.
Just realized they weren't following back.
Rude.
Good joke though.— Wendy’s (@Wendys) October 20, 2017
So this is a cute story to start your weekend on, isn’t it? Well, we at The Blemish regret to inform you that Harvey Weinstein just raped a 10 piece bucket. I’m kidding, of course, it was actually one of those Double Down sandwiches, the ones with no bread. But true to his word, Harv got that sandwich a supporting role in a lighthearted summer comedy opposite Dane Cook after it signed an NDA.