2/9/2004: Chicken flambe
 

http://cellar.org/2004/flambe.jpg

If it's an animal pic, and it's not Friday, you know it's not gonna be good. And this isn't good: it's man's inhumanity as shown in south Asian lands where the bird flu is forcing them to destroy large numbers of chickens. And apparently they don't really care all that much about the state of the chickens before incinerating them... live. Ow.

Cheaper to just burn them and kill them for the cost of a match than to gas them first, I suppose.

Happy
 

Count the number of smiling faces.

Why do they smile? Is it because they are being photographed, and that's What You Do?

Is it because they like the smell of burning chickens?

Is it because their village is being rid of the diseased animals?

Is it because they think it's funny that the live animal is on fire and running around?

Other cultures. Go figure.

Chicken Flambe
 

Original or extra crispy! South Asian Style.............:)

Welcome, sugarcoated. Patron Saint of what?

They're smiling because they are enjoying watching the chicken die by their will.

It's for the same reason people loved public executions.

"Boy my life sucks, but look at that guy! His is even worse! Ha! I'm pretty lucky..go me!"

Heh heh.. sweet.

It costs zero dollars to chop their head off before setting them on fire.

Then again, we might have burning headless chicken running around.

Hey yeah, doesn't this whole story end with "...and then it ran under the truck and hit the gas line and... kaboom..."

from the land of cock fighting... they we're probably placing bets on which bird could go the farthest:(

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that Richard Pryor's chicken?

I say that chicken has at least another 20 yards in 'im.

Of course sometimes chopping the head of doesnt kill the chicken.

http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/story.htm

oh, brig, that's just effing wrong! he lived 18 months after his head was chopped off!? that's almost as long as Luvbugz has lived with no brain!

christalmighty

oh, and I"D vote for him over the turkeys we'll be choosing from!

I think the part that is most disturbing is that the town has a festival every year to celebrate Mike. I have never been to it (I hope to convince HP to take me one time soon) but have been told its a small town trying to do its self up real big. So kinda silly but hey sometimes that just the type of thing people need.

Apparently Mike was featured in Life Magazine in 1945, not many chickens can boast that.