Carl's Jr. Founder Dead

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Carl Karcher, the founder of Carl's Jr. and owner of Hardee's, died just days shy of his 91st Birthday. What do you think?

Byron Weigel,
Dialysis Technician
"I wondered why all those yellow happy star flags were being flown at half mast."

Jan Oyler,
Purchasing Manager
"I thought Hardee's was owned by the government."

Winston Rae,
Tax Assessor
"And with his death goes his strange and inexplicable use of possessives."

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