Chickens don't get much of a mention on here. I did write about how chickens should be on the British List ... based on the fact that there are many chickens living and breeding independently all over the country. But today's their big day ................... here we go ........ The entire basis of this famous and rather obsessive book is this .... The whole film business is basically centred around chickens ! As the author says " Films without chicken scenes deserve to be dismissed as trivial distractions comparable to dance contests or beauty pageants. " And the book proves how true that is , case by case, film by film .... .... until all readers are converted to the truth . ................. sorry about the overlap ............. He encourages all readers/converts to stand up and shout "CLUCK!" when any chicken-based scenes, as described above, appear on screen. Here's a few examples of such scenes from the vast number in the book itself ... these are really full-on examples .... not much subtlety here ..... Here's a famous/notorious "chicken-man" scene. ... and here's a " Piano & Chicken" scene ... this one's " The Bedtime Chicken" ........ and this one is the " Card-table chicken scene" ..... . this one is the "chicken-rider".... By now you must be itching to get your hands on a copy, and get "Film-chickening" for yourselves. You know you can't wait ! From now on, like it or not, you're hooked. All you'll be thinking about is " where's the chicken scene!" And luckily, I managed to find a bit of appropriate music for you ....... [Verse 1]
I bake in haste Eggshell in every cake I make Now what would your grandma say If she saw you cooking that way [Verse 2] Turn the heat way down And open that door 'fore the cakes go brown - Eyed-suzies nod and sway If they see you cooking that way [Verse 3] Now, what did you think it takes to do all this cooking Keep yourself in the house good looking Work to the bone till the bone's gone bare Notin' the growth of a new gray hair [Verse 4] You pull strings in the purse for the things you bought End of the day it seems you ought to negotiate your pay Now what would your grandma say [Chorus] She'd say: Do the things you love And do them well Cause you can't tell when things will go from good to worse Don't live life like it's a curse Include the ones you love Tell them so Make sure they know Try best to keep them in your song Cause no one's here for long [Verse 5] That laundry's dried Pulls the pins off and the line inside The homes until they're gone Now put those Glad Rags on [Verse 6] If your heels dig in Shindig 'em on out with your kith and kin You'd best get out and play That's what your grandma'd say ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You must all be wondering why I haven't told you where those scenes come from. Well, it's very simple .... in my tip of a "study" ( no laughing) I can't find the blasted book. I've delayed putting it on here for a week or so, and I've been looking for it, but with no luck.So I've put it on anyway.I'm still looking though. I've got to face the fact that it might not even be in " the study." Cripes .... where the hell is it then ? If any of you lot out there know where any of those stills came from, you could let me know. Footnote : until I read that book, I was reasonably well-adjusted. My only "film addiction" up till then was waiting for the moment when somebody said the immortal line " Go and get some rest" ... or the equivalent. It always turns up. Without fail. I think I'll go and get some rest myself actually.
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