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Default What do they do with all the male chickens?

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sqwertz > wrote:

> On Sun, 10 May 2009 20:55:48 GMT, l, not -l wrote:
>
> > On 10-May-2009, Jimw > wrote:
> >
> >> Every chicken I have ever eaten has chicken breasts. Therefore they
> >> are all female chickens. What do they do with all the male ones, or
> >> are they not edible?

> >
> > I believe you to have flawed logic and impaired reference skills; perhaps
> > you should look up the word breast in a dictionary. While one meaning is
> > generally female in origin, another is more generalized. M-W.com says: "2
> > a: the fore or ventral part of the body between the neck and the abdomen".
> > For additional support for the general use, see definition of "breast
> > plate", which was historically worn primarily by men.
> >
> > Additionally, given the use of the general term "chicken", rather than hen
> > or rooster, the referenced breast is genderless - it could be either.

>
> I nice explanation from both of you, but it's an pretty obvious
> troll.
>
> That's two bites.
>
> "Jim's" last post was "How do you cook your mother?". Looks liek a
> good candidate for the killfiles.
>
> -sw


Yahbut Moosemeat would've loved it.
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