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387 - Colonel Sanders

Do Go On

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The Big Truck With the Arrow on the Back

Sander swore a lot. He was like a sailor. So that F you originally stood for something else. Sander's alongside a visiting Shell Oil District Manager, Robert Gibson, a Shell Supervisor, HD Shelburne. They were just standing around one day and someone ran up and they were like, hey, your sign's getting painted over. The man proved that he wasn't to be messed with by painting over Sander's sign. But Sander's not to be trifled with painted back over it. And then he paid a visit to his competitor and both of the men alleged that they were threatened in the process. It all came to a head in May, 1931, when

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