Originally posted by Zadadka😛
Ah, yes, Dr Strangelove....what was your recent challenge ?
You wanted a "Very fast game - no vacations"....with a Rating Limit of less than 500 (can't use the less-than symbol here), a Timeout of 21 days, and a Timebank of 28 days...
Hilarious ! 🙂
For those that missed it : http://tinyurl.com/22g5bx
I saw that game challenge too. Funny.
But this is pure gold:
The beheading
Mike & axeman Lloyd Olsen.On Monday September 10, 1945, farmer Lloyd Olsen of Fruita, Colorado, had his mother-in-law around for supper and was sent out to the yard by his wife to bring back a chicken. Olsen failed to completely decapitate the five-and-a-half month old bird named Mike, leaving one ear and most of the brain stem intact.
Not quite sure what to do with his by now loose head, on the first night after the decapitation Mike slept with it under his wing; it was this touching tenacity to life and the now redundant organ that convinced Olsen to reprieve Mike from the cooking pot.[citation needed]
Despite Olsen's botched handiwork, the by-now-headless Mike was still able to balance on a perch and walk clumsily; he even attempted to preen and crow, apparently not noticing that neither activity could be accomplished properly without a head. After the bird did not die, a surprised Mr. Olsen decided to continue to care permanently for Mike, feeding him a mixture of milk and water via an eyedropper; he was also fed small grains of corn. The unfortunate Mike occasionally choked on his own mucus, which the Olson family would clear using a syringe.
When used to his new and unusual center of mass Mike could easily get himself to the highest perches without falling. His crowing, though, was less impressive and consisted of a gurgling sound made in his throat, leaving him unable to crow at dawn.
Being headless did not stop Mike putting on weight; at the time of his beheading he weighed some 2½ pounds and at the time of his death, this had increased to nearly 8.
[edit] Fame
Mike the headless Chicken struts.Once his fame had been established, Mike began a wild existence of touring sideshows in the illustrious company of such other creatures as a two-headed calf; he was also the subject of various photo opportunities for dozens of magazines and papers. Olson was loudly criticised by the then-equivalent of animal rights activists, who thought that he should have finished the job he had started.
Mike was on display to the public for an admission cost of 25 cents, and at the height of his popularity was earning a princely $4,500 per month ($50,000 in 2005 dollars). A pickled chicken head was also on display with Mike, but this was not Mike's original head as a cat had already eaten it. Mike was later examined by the officers of several humane societies and was declared to have been free from any suffering.
A children's playground chant soon emerged:
“ Mike, Mike, where's your head? Even without it, you're not dead! ”
Oh yeah and I didn't see what was set up wrong with the chicken board?
Originally posted by ZadadkaIt disappeared - what's happening? Nobody accepted it and deleted it, it just went!!!!!!!!!! :'(
Ah, yes, Dr Strangelove....what was your recent challenge ?
You wanted a "Very fast game - no vacations"....with a Rating Limit of less than 500 (can't use the less-than symbol here), a Timeout of 21 days, and a Timebank of 28 days...
Hilarious ! 🙂
For those that missed it : http://tinyurl.com/22g5bx
