Sunday, July 07, 2013

Fried chicken takeaway called 'Hitler' opens in Thailand and comes complete with logo of Nazi leader in a bow tie


Do Thais have to care about a war that wasn't theirs? Do European affairs have to dominate the thinking of everybody else?  I think it's up to them

Schoolchildren dressing up as Nazis and a billboard advert showing Hitler were just the start.  Thailand's obsession with so-called 'Nazis chic' just won't go away - and now a fried chicken takeaway called Hitler - complete with a logo showing the Nazi leader in a bow tie - has opened its doors.

The bizarre restaurant opened last month in Thailand and images of it are doing the rounds on Twitter as shocked customers take photos of the offensive eatery.

The fascist dictator's head has been grafted onto the body of bow-tie wearing Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC.

Londoner Andrew Spooner, who spotted the takeaway, tweeted: 'Very bizarre Hitler Fried Chicken shop in Thailand. I kid you not. Complete with pic of Hitler in bow tie.

Alan Robertson, 43, who lives in Bangkok, said: 'The place opened last month and nobody quite knows what to make of it.

'I went in for a bite last week and got some fried chicken, which was pretty good, and asked the guy behind the counter why it was called Hitler.  'He just shrugged his shoulders and said the owners had thought it was good image.'

Cartoon pandas, Teletubbies and Ronald McDonald have all been spotted on show around the capital Bangkok.

The craze has seen more and more teenagers strutting around in T-shirts bearing cartoonish images of the Nazi dictator.

In a particularly popular design, Hitler is transformed into a cartoon Ronald McDonald, the fast-food chain's clown mascot, sporting a bouffant cherry-red hairdo and a stern look.

On another T-shirt the Führer is shown in a lovely panda costume with a Nazi armband.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow.
Ya gotta admit, they have an unforgettable logo.
Hitler really created a great trademark.
You can draw a simple portrait of der furher with 2 stroke and 2 dots for eyes.
Sloping hair, trademark mustache...
Then you throw in the reversed swastika, it's amazing.
Adolf Hitler created a look, an archetype, and a logo that will most likely last a thousand years.
It's a style that will be known and hated for a long time, which, hopefully is a good thing.

Anonymous said...

Fried Chicken and Fascism.. Does this mean bobo will be making frequent trips to Thailand on the taxpayer dime?

Anonymous said...

don't like it, don't eat there.