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Chicken

January 5, 2020 8 Comments

Chicken

By Derek McMillan

Cyrus always smelt of tobacco smoke because he was a twenty a day man.

We were lunching in the Anchor and he pointed to the chicken breast I had on my plate.

“They’re grown in a vat in the Holland factory, you know.”

“That must be uncomfortable for the chickens,” I said.

“It isn’t chicken, fool, it’s artificial. And I will prove it. I will get in to the Holland factory, take a picture, and send it to you.”

I never saw Cyrus again.

Some people said the chicken tasted of nicotine after that but I couldn’t taste it myself.

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  1. Meghashri says

    January 5, 2020 at 7:12 am

    Clever!

    Reply
  2. Scott Brian Blanke says

    January 5, 2020 at 8:35 am

    Simple and nice. Good job

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  3. Derek says

    January 5, 2020 at 6:11 pm

    Thank you Meghashra and Scott.

    Reply
  4. K8Ghost says

    January 5, 2020 at 9:13 pm

    Lovely gross. Makes me think of Soylent Green. We appear to be on our way.

    Reply
  5. K8Ghost says

    January 5, 2020 at 9:14 pm

    Mmm. Reminds me of Soylent Green. We’re on our way. Well done.

    Reply
  6. ToJo says

    January 6, 2020 at 12:36 am

    This is disgusting. This is a tad dark. This is lovely.

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    • ToJo says

      January 6, 2020 at 12:38 am

      By the way, I had to tweet it!

      Reply
  7. Mary E Falkner says

    January 7, 2020 at 3:59 pm

    Yuck – superb!

    Reply

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