On May 10, 1:55*pm, "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.
>
> --
> Change Cujo to Juno in email address.

I do believe that warriors of old wore breastplates. Not too many
were the Joan of Arc type. I think horses wear breast plates too.
Not sure if body armor of today includes a breastplate or not. Breast/
chest... it's the same. Not sure why mammary glands came to be called
breasts though.