Jane and David had a small lifestyle farm next to a going-nowhere, country road. Chickens would not infrequently get run over while dust-bathing in the unkempt, pot-holed road. One day, their favourite little black hen was run over, leaving seven babies motherless.
Frustrated and angry, Jane and David placed a letter in every neighbour’s mailbox. Can’t you drive with more care? Can’t you slow down? We have chickens that use that road. Our favourite chicken was run over…
“Did you get the complaining letter in your mailbox?” asked Farmer Eric of Farmer Phil.
“Yeah,” said Farmer Phil. “It kind of killed my fun.”
Total depravity? 🙂
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Like a chicken, that’s laying it on the line…!
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A master of the pun. That’s what you are.
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Looks like there is very little fun in farming…
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Farming is more work than the Romantic poets ever imagined!
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I don’t like Farmer Phil.
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And to think I was trying to hitch up a date for him…
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Oh, wait. Is he tall? Has he got his own teeth and hair?
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Bald, toothless, humourless, rich.
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Well, one can’t ask for everything.
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Glad to know you’re discerning as ever.
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I didn’t realise the story packs a psychopath in it’s folds when I began the casual stroll down the country road to nowhere.
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One should always walk down country roads warily.
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True, Milord.
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The Farmer from Hell. Coming soon to a country road near you.
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I look forward to locking my chickens up!
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That must be why we see so many flat pheasants
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Flat is most unpheasant.
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🙂
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I remember keeping chickens how much the children enjoyed collecting the eggs and all that sort of thing. We kept sheep as well and had horses so it was a particularly “Dr Dolittle” period in my life !
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Chickens can be fun. I’ve always had chickens (until now) and often I would keep a speciality breed (just because it was interesting) such as faverolles.
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Bowling for chickens?
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But, why did the cross the road???
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