Earth Day in Minnesota meant one thing this year.
The chance to get 8 pieces of Popeyes Chicken for only $4.99.

(America, Fuck Ya!)

For reasons I cannot fathom, lots and lots of people got very excited for this promotion. On Earth Day they came by the bucketful to this Lake Shore Minneapolis Popeyes.

I mean the line was outside the store.
Cars cued around the block for the drive thru.
People drove across the river from St. Paul.
One guy took a cab.
Others took their kids out of school so they could help saturate the environment with excess chicken fat.

Earth Day had apparently been cooped, successfully, by a fast food upstart. Al Gore literally soiled his hemp fabric Armani suit.

One small thing: this franchise wasn't playing ball. Despite being the only Popeyes Chicken in the state, this location wasn't cashing in on the $4.99 deal.

The only thing these Minnesotans got to eat was their anger. And they got so pissed that they couldn't get their cheap chicken, the store manager called the police to stop a riot.

Of course this story was perfect fodder for the nightly news which broke out all their chicken related puns.

While the good, discount-chicken starved people of Minnesota would learn yet another valuable lesson:
When the legal copy in a Popeyes commercial says "Participation may vary." It means that dumb fucking Popeyes you insist on going to - the one that never offers the discounts you see on TV - is not going to offer the deal you see on TV.
So, don't go there.

You insane, moronic, ridiculous....But I digress. Fox9's Tom Lyden, has more...