You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?

Early ,'Objects In Space'


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.


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."


Hil R. - Sep 22, 2011 7:29:54 am PDT #27777 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I saw a chicken wandering by the side of the highway yesterday. I'm not sure where it belonged. It was on prison property. There are usually cows in that field, and sometimes horses, but I've never seen chickens there before, and this one was outside the fence.


flea - Sep 22, 2011 7:30:17 am PDT #27778 of 30001
information libertarian

I kinda think chickens seem evil, but apparently they can be very friendly and soothing. My step-grandmother's sister was a Buddhist nun in Santa Barbara, and they kept chickens at the nunnery and people used to hug them, and found it relaxing. Maybe they were special Buddhist chickens.


Zenkitty - Sep 22, 2011 7:30:19 am PDT #27779 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Then they need to give you a raise. If no one else can/will work with her, you need hazard pay.

L.O.L. Yeah, I have actually asked for hazard pay, in those words. I'm not getting a raise more than the usual 3%.


Calli - Sep 22, 2011 7:38:48 am PDT #27780 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Chickens are legal in my town, and every now and then I'll see one or two wandering around loose in one of the central neighborhoods.

The wandering herds of deer and occasional woodchuck incursion are far more bother.


Jesse - Sep 22, 2011 7:38:55 am PDT #27781 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I kinda think chickens seem evil, but apparently they can be very friendly and soothing. My step-grandmother's sister was a Buddhist nun in Santa Barbara, and they kept chickens at the nunnery and people used to hug them, and found it relaxing. Maybe they were special Buddhist chickens.

My friend who worked for the ASPCA, where they had an awards luncheon for animals, had some good stories about therapy chickens.


Hil R. - Sep 22, 2011 7:41:55 am PDT #27782 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I'm working on a paper for my Deaf Culture class. It's analyzing the portrayal of deaf culture and deaf characters on "Switched at Birth." I really need to get in some stuff about paternalistic attitudes from hearing people, but it's pretty difficult to figure out how to describe it when the hearing people in question are actually the parents of the deaf girl.


Sophia Brooks - Sep 22, 2011 7:43:45 am PDT #27783 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I think possibly roosters are evil, but hens seem comforting, because they just sit. I think I might want a therapy chicken!

I also love the thought of hipster chickens!

They killed and plucked chickens in the store when my mom was little in the 40's and 50's in Rochester.


sumi - Sep 22, 2011 7:44:21 am PDT #27784 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Stunt Poetry - pretty cool.