>I think also the urban attitude to 'chooks' (as we call them down here in
>Oz - nice non sexist, no-ageist name) derives from urban attitudes to
>roosters and sleep and the quaint idea among many folks that hens need
>roosters to lay eggs [huh, bicycles].
This made me ROFLMAO! Then I realized that some would not get the reference;
the old Women's Movement slogan, " A woman needs a man like a fish needs a
bicycle!"
:-)
Of course, for those who split their karmic hairs by eating unfertilized
eggs but not fertilized ones, the rooster is verboten any road....:-)
Frank--silence is golden, especially when one is trying to sleep in....:-)
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