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What’s this? Pareidolia, astronomy, death from the skies, chickens, and funny all in one place?
Yup. It’s a comic strip called Savage Chickens, and this one was pretty funny. I need to start collecting comics like this; I have a few already.
Tip o’ the Whipple Shield to BABloggee and fellow Boulderite Timothy Reed.
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March 2nd, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Surely you could find something better than this!
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Hahaha! ^_^ I literally laughed out loud by the irony. Poor chicken, it is now crisp. At least it will taste nice.
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Yeah, I laughed out loud too.
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Bah, those chickens are always talking about the sky falling.
March 2nd, 2009 at 5:12 pm
I love the Savage Chickens comic about the Kessel Run. The humor has levels for us teachers of Astronomy.
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:40 pm
I’ve always suspected I was being stared at by chickens.
March 2nd, 2009 at 6:58 pm
The chickens know a little about science, so they’re one step up from fundagelicals…
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 pm
You might enjoy this one:
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/the_data_so_far.png
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:05 am
Oh – so that’s why chickens cross on the lawn!
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:54 pm
This one might tickle your fancy where it comes to the Hoaglands of this world.
http://www.chainsawsuit.com/20090302.shtml
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:13 pm
I LOVE Savage Chickens! The humor is so original… they are chickens, for Christ’s sake!
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:43 pm
I’ve been reading Savage Chickens for years. They occupy a honored space on my My Yahoo homepage.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Savage Chickens rocks! And not just meteoric rocks, but igneous and ingenious rocks, too!
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Thanks for giving me the name of the comic. As a corporate drone this was so hilarious : http://www.savagechickens.com/2006/09/marketing.html but I had it by chance. Now I learn is a ongoing comic.