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The Almighty Doer of Stuff Shaper Member # 73	written Monday, May 9 2005 10:54 Profile #0 quote: [i]Police Ticket Chicken for Crossing the Road Trial Scheduled After Owners Protest Jaywalking Ticket[/i] RIDGECREST, Calif. (May 9) - Linc and Helena Moore may have finally learned the answer to that age-old question: Why did the chicken cross the road? Because the chicken doesn't know jaywalking is illegal. Kern County Sheriff's Deputy J. Nicholson does know, however. The deputy issued a ticket on March 26 to one of the couple's chickens for impeding traffic on a road in Johannesburg, a rural mining community southeast of Ridgecrest. The Moores arrived in Superior Court on Friday to plead not guilty to their chicken's alleged transgression. A trial was scheduled for May 16. Nicholson has declined to discuss the matter, but sheriff's Sgt. Francis Moore said chickens on the roadway have been a problem in the community of 50 residents. Officials didn't believe it could be resolved by simply issuing the couple a warning. ''Sometimes you have to let people talk to the judge,'' Moore said. The chicken's owners say they believe they were cited because they were among several people who complained that sheriff's deputies haven't done enough to control off-road vehicle riders who damage roads and create dust and noise in their neighborhood. Sheriff's officials say that isn't so, adding they are doing what they can to keep off-roaders away from the area's homes. ''The chicken thing has nothing to do with the motorcycle thing,'' Moore said. Discuss. -------------------- The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) Famous Last Words - A local pop-punk band They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 \| Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Drew By Committee Member # 4233	written Monday, May 9 2005 11:30 Profile #1 + = All of these images came from googling "chicken cop." [ Monday, May 09, 2005 11:31: Message edited by: andrew miller ] Posts: 2242 \| Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00
Spring Shaper Member # 5450	written Monday, May 9 2005 12:10 Profile Homepage #2 That is rather pathetic. But apparently, there is a state in America where it is illegal to cross the road on your hands. :rolleyes: -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. Polaris Posts: 2396 \| Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00
The Almighty Doer of Stuff Shaper Member # 73	written Monday, May 9 2005 12:29 Profile #3 It's illegal to play the fiddle in Boston, or so I hear. However, please stick to the discussion of the chicken and the road and the police. EDIT: http://cardhouse.com/drcliff/studio/gallery/chicken.JPG [ Monday, May 09, 2005 12:34: Message edited by: The Almighty Doer of Stuff ] -------------------- The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) Famous Last Words - A local pop-punk band They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 \| Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Monday, May 9 2005 13:35 Profile Homepage #4 The humorous details don't change the fact that one must be responsible for one's pets. If one's pets impede traffic, one must accept the consequences. —Alorael, who is not one to avoid the second person needlessly. Not at all! Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Dolphin Shaper Member # 5437	written Monday, May 9 2005 15:02 Profile #5 As ridiculous as is sounds it still makes sense. Most (or some) people who see an animal in the road will swerve to avoid it, potentially causing accidents. It's not very hard to put up fences to keep one's chickens from wandering into traffic. -------------------- Nena Posts: 2032 \| Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00
demonslay3r Guardian Member # 2238	written Monday, May 9 2005 15:14 Profile Homepage #6 I usually try to hit whatever's in my way. Free-roaming chickins are rare around where I live, making them easily worth at least 10 points. -------------------- The critics agree! Demonslayer is "a five star hit!" raves TIMES Weekly! "I've never heard such thoughtful comments. This man is a genious!" says two-time Nobel Prize winning physicist Erwin Rasputin! Posts: 1582 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, May 9 2005 15:22 Profile Homepage #7 Hitting small animals is a great way to pop a tyre. Hitting large ones is a great way to wreck your car. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Student of Trinity Electric Sheep One Member # 3431	written Monday, May 9 2005 15:34 Profile #8 One time a guy was giving me a lift in a pick-up, on a dirt road, when we saw a partridge cross ahead of us. He asked me if I wanted partridge for lunch. Playing along, I said, 'Sure.' To my surprise he actually gunned the engine, rammed the bird, stopped and got out and cleaned it (which takes half a second with a partridge) and handed me the meat. Turned out he did that all the time. We drove on. I ate the partridge for lunch. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 \| Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Monday, May 9 2005 16:04 Profile #9 quote: Hitting small animals is a great way to pop a tyre. Hitting large ones is a great way to wreck your car. Also a great way to get lunch, evidently. -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
The Almighty Doer of Stuff Shaper Member # 73	written Monday, May 9 2005 16:04 Profile #10 Raw partridge? That's... interesting... -------------------- The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) Famous Last Words - A local pop-punk band They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 \| Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, May 9 2005 16:05 Profile Homepage #11 I'm not sure he implied that he ate it right there in the car without cooking it. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Student of Trinity Electric Sheep One Member # 3431	written Monday, May 9 2005 16:16 Profile #12 I had lunch after the guy dropped me off. Unfortunately the only option I had for cooking the bird was boiling it, which produced a disappointingly tasteless end to an otherwise memorable little episode. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 \| Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00
The Immortal BANNED Member # 4	written Monday, May 9 2005 16:23 Profile Homepage #13 Again, eating it raw is an option... -------------------- 人たちを燃えるために俺はかれらに火を上げるから死んだ Posts: 6936 \| Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00
Dolphin Shaper Member # 5437	written Monday, May 9 2005 16:24 Profile #14 quote: Originally written by The Almighty Doer of Stuff: Raw partridge? That's... interesting... Eating raw meat is not unheard of. Edit: TM got it first :P [ Monday, May 09, 2005 16:26: Message edited by: Dolphin ] -------------------- Nena Posts: 2032 \| Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, May 9 2005 16:26 Profile Homepage #15 Maybe so, but eating a raw game bird is really taking your life into your hands. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Monday, May 9 2005 16:44 Profile Homepage #16 Do you know where your tires have been? You know, as far as disease is concerned, tires that roll on a road might as well have been over all the roads that every tire ever to use that road has been on. (My God, the grammar!) —Alorael, who prefers his meet three dimensional, thank you. He also isn't a huge fan of partridge. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
I'll Steal Your Toast Agent Member # 2210	written Monday, May 9 2005 17:23 Profile #17 Rap that partridge in a piece of tin foil and put it on top of the engine and you have some road kill cuisine. Yum. :P -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Posts: 1084 \| Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00
Jewelz Infiltrator Member # 4784	written Monday, May 9 2005 17:49 Profile Homepage #18 LOL (at the partridge) Now what was this topic about again? Oh yeah... I'm in agreement with Alo, if you have pets, no matter what species, you need to restrain them and at least keep them on your own property. Dogs have leash laws, chickens should, too. As a side thought: My neighbors are mong and they keep chickens in their garage/backyard (they've actually cut holes in the side of their garage so the chickens can go inside and outside)and they are pretty good about keeping them penned up. But that stupid rooster crows so early in the morning that I sometimes feel like turning them in (it's not legal to keep chickens inside town limits) but then I remember what nice people they are, stick my pillow over my head, and go back to sleep. [ Monday, May 09, 2005 17:51: Message edited by: Gizmo ] -------------------- Forever Always on Past the End tracihedlund@charter.net[/url] TrueSite for Blades - Blades Walkthroughs Pixle Profusion - BoE Graphics Archive Posts: 563 \| Registered: Tuesday, July 27 2004 07:00
Spring Shaper Member # 5450	written Monday, May 9 2005 23:48 Profile Homepage #19 Or you could just eat chicken for lunch/dinner, and not worry about getting fined. A friend of mine used to have chickens for shows and stuff, and she would always get offended when I ask to eat them when they get fat. :D I like chicken. -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. Polaris Posts: 2396 \| Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Tuesday, May 10 2005 01:43 Profile Homepage #20 My economics teacher always used to tell us about the time he rammed an elk, and it would have been a pity just to waste that, so they carted its body all the way home to clean it. I am not sure what car he was driving, but I'm sure it wasn't a Smart. If it were, the elk might well have decided it would be a pity to let the car go to waste. :P Edit: Some semi-relevant US law. quote: West Virginian Law: Road Kill may be taken home for supper. quote: Georgian Law: It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road. [ Tuesday, May 10, 2005 04:02: Message edited by: Your Rich Deceased Uncle in Nigeria ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Student of Trinity Electric Sheep One Member # 3431	written Tuesday, May 10 2005 09:32 Profile #21 No rambling discussion of poultry-related issues can be complete without mention of parthenogenetic turkeys. Are they cool, or what? -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 \| Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00
PoD person Shock Trooper Member # 4445	written Tuesday, May 10 2005 12:07 Profile #22 Pics plz EDIT: By way of actual content, do they come out exactly like the mother, or horribly malformed? [ Tuesday, May 10, 2005 12:09: Message edited by: PoD person ] Posts: 293 \| Registered: Saturday, May 29 2004 07:00
Drew By Committee Member # 4233	written Tuesday, May 10 2005 12:43 Profile #23 What strikes me as most bizarre is that the hatchlings are actually male (or at least can be - I'm not sure). [ Tuesday, May 10, 2005 12:44: Message edited by: andrew miller ] Posts: 2242 \| Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00
The Immortal BANNED Member # 4	written Tuesday, May 10 2005 13:25 Profile Homepage #24 quote: Originally written by Your Rich Deceased Uncle in Nigeria: I am not sure what car he was driving, but I'm sure it wasn't a Smart. If it were, the elk might well have decided it would be a pity to let the car go to waste. :P Ein guter Witz, aber die Leuter hier, die nie in Deutschland gewesen sind, wurden dass nich verstehen. Smarts sind hier verboten, weil sie zu klein für unsere Straßen sind. (Und ich stimme zu, dass ist total Unsinn, aber immer hin...) [ Tuesday, May 10, 2005 13:26: Message edited by: Kirk Johnson ] -------------------- 人たちを燃えるために俺はかれらに火を上げるから死んだ Posts: 6936 \| Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00