That is hilarious!
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
Willow ,'Sleeper'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sumi - Sep 22, 2011 7:02:09 am PDT #27767 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Liese S. - Sep 22, 2011 7:06:10 am PDT #27768 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
An astounding number of my friends suddenly have chickens.
But I live in rural Arizona, so...
Sparky1 - Sep 22, 2011 7:11:55 am PDT #27769 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
I am not a fan of urban chickens (and they are very popular in the towns where I've lived the past 10+ years) since my experience with them has been that they are dirty, smelly, stupid and mean. YChickenMV.
They are legal in my town so long as the coop is 100 feet from any other structure. There are a number of them that roam the neighborhood, often ending up in one of the parks, which is thus often littered with chicken shit. Not. A. Fan.
Amy - Sep 22, 2011 7:13:15 am PDT #27770 of 30001
Because books.
We use a lot of eggs, but not enough to justify keeping chickens. Unless we were going to eat the chickens, too, and I'm really not up for home slaughtering and plucking. So.
flea - Sep 22, 2011 7:13:40 am PDT #27771 of 30001
information libertarian
Sparky, do you think I could get hired as a law librarian - or, rather, a "Research & Electronic Resources Professional" at a law firm?
Chickens are illegal in Athens, GA, (in city limits) but I suspect there are a lot of secret hipster chickens out there.
Sparky1 - Sep 22, 2011 7:18:42 am PDT #27772 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
flea, can you send me the advert? Perkins may also have a better grasp of what you'd need to learn to say in an interview, since I live in the ivory tower and don't get to play with the good toys.
Jessica - Sep 22, 2011 7:19:33 am PDT #27773 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
and I'm really not up for home slaughtering and plucking. So.
There are butchers who will do this part for you, I've read.
flea - Sep 22, 2011 7:21:33 am PDT #27774 of 30001
information libertarian
One of mr. flea's father's strong childhood memories is watching his mother kill and pluck chickens. Note that they lived, not on a farm, but in Cleveland, in the city proper. This would have been in the 1940s.
Sparky, I emailed Perkins already & I'll email you too.
Amy - Sep 22, 2011 7:23:44 am PDT #27775 of 30001
Because books.
There are butchers who will do this part for you, I've read.
That's true. I know my dad has nightmares of watching his grandmother slaughter chickens -- he doesn't watch horror to this day.
I just don't think I would be good at it. I only remember to feed the kids and the cats because they won't let me forget. But I think it would be totally cool to eat perfectly fresh eggs.
DavidS - Sep 22, 2011 7:26:59 am PDT #27776 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My friend Kevin grew up on a farm and killed many chickens a day starting when he was about 10. (He showed me his technique.)
I asked my Aunt Edna once how she decided which chicken to kill for dinner: "Well [editorial note: this actually sounded more like "Whelp..."], I usually grab the one that's closest. But if she pecked me that week, she's dinner."