In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007
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Pet chicken
Tue, 2007/11/06 - 3:56pm — Benjamin Melançon
Jakob: Chickens are stupid.
Mom: Your father had a pet chicken. He was fond of that chicken. He said they're not as stupid as you think they are.
[Now I remember Dad talking about this also-- come when it was called, follow him around and all.]
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America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is the freedom to enter into a subservient role in the workplace. Once you exercise this freedom you’ve lost all control over what you do, what is produced, and how it is produced. And in the end, the product doesn’t belong to you. The only way you can avoid bosses and jobs is if you don’t care about making a living. Which leads to the second freedom: the freedom to starve.
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He still ate chicken though
He still ate chicken though (Dad's the only meat eater I know to admit to being a hypocrite for eating meat— and this from the least hypocritical person I've ever known). I can sort of understand it. Dad's Southern fried chicken is the only meat I miss (aside from kielbasa, which strangely is what I was eating when I put it down not to eat meat again).
Very cool
a pet chicken...that is awesome! I had a pet goat when I was little, but then we lived on a small farm. But I think its great to have unconventional pets, much more interesting. :-)