I'd recognize my petcock anywhere.
Posted on 08/02/2004 12:31:27 PM PDT by Willie Green
INDIANA, Pa. (AP) -- Mary Lute just thought she was driving to work.
Little did she know her pet rooster was underneath her car during the 45-minute ride July 27. When she stopped at a convenience store, a fellow customer said there was a chicken loose in the parking lot.
Lute thought it was hers, but wasn't quite sure. Since roosters don't fly and tend to stay close to home, she said she didn't think he belonged to her.
So off she went to the nursing home where she works. Once there, Lute began talking to the husband of a patient who said he picked up the rooster from the store. So Lute went to the van to take a look.
"I said, 'Oh, my God, it is my rooster,'" Lute told the Indiana Gazette.
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Those Hoosiers are a hoot. My pet Rooster can drive.
Another clue: "It's a Wonderful Life"
Just to let you know things don't always end up OK, (not to put a damper on things, but I gotta vent...) my cat of 12 years did the same thing in my car. I almost made it to work, 30 minutes later, but she fell out right before I exited the freeway... needless to say, all was NOT well... :-(
My dad and I both looked at each other, hoping the other would go to the attic and clean up the mess.
My mom ran to the bedroom crying.
I slowly walked up the steps and opened the access door, expecting catburger etc. Nothing was there. No blood. No fur. No cat. Nothing.
The cat showed up a day later like nothing had ever happened.
One of the funniest mornings I've had at Home Depot was spent watching a woman try to catch her pet chicken in the outside garden shop. She glared at all of us when she finally caught him and huffed off.
on the other hand, I suppose it is nice to hear that they do sometimes end up well...
I graduated from IUP. This is HUGE breaking news!!
Uh oh...
This is Indiana, PENNSYLVANIA.
(About 50 miles east of Pittsburgh).
No harm done. The locals are quite accustomed to the mistaken identity.
I can imagine. Believe me, we all knew the cat was very, very lucky to get out of that situation alive and we were grateful for it. She went on to live a total of 21 years before heading up to the great litterbox in the sky.
our Minnesota farm cats lost many a tail staying warm near the engine block in the winter, only to be de-tailed upon
start up. Once even had a cat get backed over by our F150
pickup.We couldn't find it and thought it ran off to die .
Went about 20 miles with the truck and came out of the burger place to find him fishing burgers out of the dumpster.
Damn cat had tire track marks on it's back, but other than
that, was ok.We think it rode under the truck on the spare.
At least it wasn't caught in the clothesline...the chicken didn't get choked.....
They are called . . . wait for it . . . chicken catchers!
Most places, driving around with your cock hanging out will get you arrested...
This is my hometown...LOL. I'll be driving back in a few days for my lil' sister's wedding. I'll be extra careful as it would be a long trip from Louisiana w/ a chicken under the Jeep....
front row, second from right,,,he is one cool macho looking rooster. I claim him as my very own and would know him anywhere.
I'd recognize my petcock anywhere.
Piston was found under the hood of my wife's x-boss's wife's mini van. She had picked it up from being serviced and then drove from Conroe to The Woodlands down I45 at 70-80 mph. She started hearing him crying under the hood when she got off the highway and pulled into a parking lot. Being from up north, she thought for sure he was mangled in the belts. She found a couple of guys in the parking lot to put the cat out of it's misery while she kept her kids from seeing it but when they popped the hood, Piston emerged completely unharmed.
Americans.
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