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  • Chickens Get to Play Chicken (Poultry Olympics, WI)

    07/04/2005 9:38:36 AM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 3 replies · 290+ views
    Wisconsin State Journal ^ | July 3, 2005 | Gayle Worland
    Why did the chicken cross the bench? To win the Poultry Olympics, of course. In keeping with a four-year tradition, a flock of feathered friends - along with their young 4-H Club owners - showed up at the Stoughton Fair on Sunday morning to demonstrate their avian athleticism. If you can call it that. No pullets were asked to toss a javelin or play a round of water polo. All the birds had to do was walk a straight-ish line and devour a few corn kernels. In contrast, their pint-sized handlers faced most of the day's zany challenges, enduring events...
  • And The Silliness Never Stops

    08/14/2003 9:34:15 AM PDT · by The Rant · 46 replies · 428+ views
    The Washington Dispatch ^ | August 14, 2003 | Frank Salvato
    I suppose I should stop being surprised when something outrageous happens and I find out it comes from California. This time California is threatening to prohibit the 4H Club, a club formed to promote awareness and appreciation for agriculture through activities and education, from participating in a community fair because they have not reached racial quotas. They have even gone so far as to threaten to disband the group should they not meet the requirements immediately. The idea of racial diversity is a good one in theory. The practice of forced racial diversity through forced participation is asinine. Because the...