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A chicken with its head cut off

Posted by ESC on May 25, 2006

In Reply to: A chicken with its head cut off posted by RRC on May 25, 2006

: : Running around like a chicken with its head cut off
: : Origin?

: It's literal. It frequently happens when you cut a chicken's head off that the body can move around wildly for a short time.

I have witnessed the above. One of several reasons that I am a vegetarian.

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