Generic chicken thread with bizarre subtexts and obscure allusions

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intended to provoke havoc while maintaining plausible deniability

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1. Innocent sounding chicken comment which all Lounge addicts immediately recognize as

speculation about the personal preferences of a certain otherwise uninvolved DU citizen

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2. Testing the waters with an oblique swipe at chicken fat

[kayakjohnny]

3. Generic chicken thread, no matter how well-intended, spotted by well-trained swat team moderators

Then quickly and quietly beaten into submission with a lock.

And a generic explanation.

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4. Whining complaint that chicken is one subject we should all be able

to discuss freely, as a matter of public interest

Innocent fairy tale about chickens, curiously resembling portion of "The Story of O," provided as proof

[Kali]

5. typical spewing response smiley

from long-time victim of class clowns:spray:
rolling on floor laughing smiley:rofl:

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6. Wounded yelp, followed by angry protest that this is not a joke

erupting volcano smiley :eyjafjallajokull:

[Catshrink]

7. Gizzards

The gizzard, also referred to as the ventriculus, gastric mill, and gigerium, is an organ found in the digestive tract of some animals, including birds, reptiles, earthworms and some fish. This specialized stomach constructed of thick, muscular walls is used for grinding up food; often rocks are also instrumental in this process. In certain insects and mollusks, the gizzard features chitinous plates or teeth.

Birds swallow food and store it in their crop if necessary. Then the food passes into their glandular stomach, also called the proventriculus, which is also sometimes referred to as the true stomach. This is the secretory part of the stomach. Then the food passes into the ventriculus (also known as the muscular stomach or gizzard). The gizzard can grind the food with previously-swallowed stones and pass it back to the true stomach, and vice versa. Bird gizzards are lined with a tough layer made of the carbohydrate-protein complex koilin, to protect the muscles in the gizzard and to aid in digestion.

Gizzard stones
Some animals that lack teeth will swallow stones or grit to aid in digestion. All birds have gizzards, but not all will swallow stones or grit. The birds that do employ the following method of 'mastication':

"A bird swallows small bits of gravel that act as 'teeth' in the gizzard, breaking down hard food such as seeds and thus helping digestion." (Solomon et al., 2002).
These stones are called gizzard stones or gastroliths and are usually round and smooth from the polishing action in the animal's stomach. When too smooth to do their required work, they may be passed or regurgitated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizzard

Sorry, I couldn't bring myself to post the photo. :puke:

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8. Helpfully pointing out that there are still some gizzards leftover from the 2008 victory party

in the back of the Lounge refrigerator, if anybody wants them

[Catshrink]

9. Oooohhhh, was that the stuff with garlic and linguine?

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15. Could be. Sorta hard to tell now. Might have to squint when you look at it

[MrMickeysMom]

10. Bean there, did that dance!

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11. Cornflakes!

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12. Group bonding comment that you could NEVER talk chickens over in GD.

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14. Just pointing out that is exactly why I never go to GD anymore

Unrelated speculation about teh complicated romantic lives of several Loungers not currently posting in teh thread, carefully disguised as a discussion of daily life in a chicken coop

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13. IBTCL!

[MiddleFingerMom]

16. ?

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17. I wuz born down south on a chicken farm near Mashville Tennessee

Tweren't nobody there but a sky full of air, seventeen billion chickens and me
And then one day, I said "Hey hey, hey! I think I'll drop a little LSD"
It blew my mind. I got real kind. And I set my chickens free ...

Um ... Agent Mike ... I didn't steal that book ... really

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18. My God. I used to have that R. Crumb cartoon on a home made poster.

And I mean waaaaaasay back in the 70s. It eventually fell apart.

....and there were
chickens in the pasture,
chickens in the barn,
chickens in the cauliflower,
chickens in the corn,
chickens drivin' Cadillacs to Washington DC
when I set my chickens free!

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20. Another permanent contribution by chickens to the American cultural landscape!

[MilesColtrane]

19. The GOP has announced that the keynote speaker at their next national convention...

will be Jo Anne Worley.



(You've got to be OLD to get this one.)