“It was so cold that I saw chickens lined up for KFC’s deep fryer” is a joke about extremely cold weather that has been printed on many images. “It was so cold in New York City today, three chickens walked into Kentucky Fried Chicken and surrendered,” American television host David Letterman said on the New York City-based Late Show with David Letterman program on January 6, 1999.
   
“It’s so cold chickens are going to the KFC and to use the cooker!” was posted on the newsgroup rec.music.classical.guitar on January 26, 2004. “It was so cold…roosters were rushing into Kentucky Fried Chicken and begging to use the pressure cooker!” was posted on the Athropolis blog on February 7, 2004.
 
         
Wikipedia: KFC
KFC, until 1991 known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, it is the world’s second-largest restaurant chain (as measured by sales) after McDonald’s, with almost 20,000 locations globally in 123 countries and territories as of December 2015. The chain is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, a restaurant company that also owns the Pizza Hut and Taco Bell chains.
     
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Late nite humor
Cowboy
1/9/99
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Wednesday Night January 6
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Letterman
* The mice down there at Dunkin’ Donuts in NYC… it was so cold, they packed up and they went down to the Dunkin’ Donuts in Miami. It was so cold, McDonald’s was charging extra to pour scalding hot coffee in your lap. It was so cold in NYC today, 3 pigeons walked into Kentucky Fried Chicken and surrendered.
   
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Jokes from Letterman, Leno, Conan and SNL
Steve Timko
1/12/99
From CBS and NBC press releases
OPENING REMARKS FROM THE ``LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN’’ ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK
(Monday, Jan. 4-Friday, Jan. 8)
``We’re in the middle of a miserable cold spell here in New York and it was unbelievably cold here again today. I’ll give you an idea how cold it was today here in New York City—the mice down there at Dunkin’ Donuts, it was so cold, they packed up and went down to the Dunkin’ Donuts in Miami.’‘
   
`It was so cold in New York City today, three chickens walked into Kentucky Fried Chicken and surrendered.’‘
       
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Robert Crim
1/26/04
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It’s so cold chickens are going to the KFC and to use the cooker!
   
Athropolis (February 7, 2004)
It was so cold…
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3. It was so cold…
roosters were rushing into Kentucky Fried Chicken and begging to use the pressure cooker!
   
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Re: 55 Degrees Bad For House?       
MasterBlaster 
02-20-2006, 03:25 PM
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It was so cold…
roosters were rushing into Kentucky Fried Chicken and begging to use the pressure cooker!
 
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not really back-Shadowdancer stops by briefly to check out the Place
Wesley Struebing
7/16/06
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>“It was so cold, chickens could be seen running into KFC.  They wanted
>to jump into the broiler.”
 
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Tips on Having a Gay (Ex) Boyfriend
By Carrie Jones
Woodbury, MN: Flux
2007
Pg. 78:
Yeah, I tell him, it was really freaking cold. “It was so cold that the chickens were lining up at the KFC, begging to jump into the pressure cooker.”
 
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So Cold Jokes
John
1/16/07
It’s soooo cold…
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roosters are rushing into Kentucky Fried Chicken and begging to use the pressure cooker!
     
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12/15/08 Grif.Net - It was So Cold
Dr. Bob
12/15/08
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It was so cold . . . roosters were rushing into Kentucky Fried Chicken and begging to use the pressure cooker!
 
South Marion Citizen (Dunnellon, FL)
Some of my best friends are (snow) flakes
By Dick Frank
Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 7:00 pm
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Roosters were rushing into Kentucky Fried Chicken and begging to use the pressure cooker.
 
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I was so cold…..
PPPG
1/29/11
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It was so cold…
roosters were rushing into Kentucky Fried Chicken and begging to use the
pressure cooker!
 
Twitter
Jack Henderson‏
@JackAHenderson
It’s so cold I even seen chickens run to #KFC to use the deep fat fryer.
11:53 AM - 11 Dec 2012
   
Twitter
Nikki Thibodeaux‏
@cajunninja457
It’s so cold out I saw chickens running to KFC to use the deep fryer!!
#boredem #bored #endoftheworld #HappyNotEndOfTheWorldDayToYouAll
7:38 AM - 21 Dec 2012
 
Forest River Forums
It’s So Cold Jokes
Iggy
01-07-2014, 03:22 PM
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“It’s so cold outside the chickens are begging KFC to fry them up.”
     
Tama (IA) News-Herald
It’s So Cold That…..............
The Way I See it
January 7, 2018
By John Sheda , Toledo Chronicle, Tama News-Herald
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I saw chickens lining up at KFC to get cooked.
 
Twitter
Laura 🌹‏
@JustLaurahhh
It’s so cold there’s a line of chickens outside KFC waiting for their turn in the deep fat fryer.
7:23 AM - 8 Jan 2018