2/9/2004: Chicken flambe

Undertoad · 02-09-2004, 12:25 PM

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.

wolf · 02-09-2004, 01:15 PM

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

xant · 02-09-2004, 01:23 PM

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.

sugarcoated · 02-09-2004, 01:27 PM

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

wolf · 02-09-2004, 01:40 PM

Welcome, sugarcoated. Patron Saint of what?

FileNotFound · 02-09-2004, 01:50 PM

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!"

juju · 02-09-2004, 02:29 PM

Heh heh.. sweet.

Slartibartfast · 02-09-2004, 02:40 PM

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

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

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

Undertoad · 02-09-2004, 02:52 PM

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

e unibus plurum · 02-09-2004, 02:58 PM

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

lumberjim · 02-09-2004, 03:19 PM

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

Rokko · 02-09-2004, 03:59 PM

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Originally posted by e unibus plurum
from the land of cock fighting... they we're probably placing bets on which bird could go the farthest

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

Brigliadore · 02-09-2004, 04:00 PM

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Originally posted by Slartibartfast
It costs zero dollars to chop their head off before setting them on fire.

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

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

lumberjim · 02-09-2004, 04:06 PM

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"he was a big fat chicken who didn't know he didn't have a head" - "he seemed as happy as any other chicken."

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!

Brigliadore · 02-09-2004, 04:18 PM

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Originally posted by lumberjim
oh, brig, that's just effing wrong!

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.

02-09-2004, 12:25 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	2/9/2004: Chicken flambe 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.

02-09-2004, 01:15 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Cheaper to just burn them and kill them for the cost of a match than to gas them first, I suppose. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-09-2004, 01:23 PM	#3
xant Belt Conveyor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 65	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.

02-09-2004, 01:27 PM	#4
sugarcoated Kinda New Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arc De Triomphe Posts: 1	Chicken Flambe Original or extra crispy! South Asian Style.............

02-09-2004, 01:40 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Welcome, sugarcoated. Patron Saint of what? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-09-2004, 01:50 PM	#6
FileNotFound Intouch with his inner sheep rider. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 603	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!" __________________ This is a rat. \|This is a hamster.\| This is a chipmunk.\| This is a Sheep Rider.

02-09-2004, 02:29 PM	#7
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Heh heh.. sweet.

02-09-2004, 02:52 PM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Hey yeah, doesn't this whole story end with "...and then it ran under the truck and hit the gas line and... kaboom..."

02-09-2004, 02:58 PM	#10
e unibus plurum garbage in, refuse out Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 98	from the land of cock fighting... they we're probably placing bets on which bird could go the farthest __________________ //VTR.FT10F001 DD DATA

02-09-2004, 03:19 PM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that Richard Pryor's chicken? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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