Our friend the chicken

Al Sharpton, Russell Simmons, and PETA have joined in calling for a boycott of Kentucky Fried Chicken, hoping to pressure the conglomerate that owns the company to adopt rules for better care of the chickens they buy.

This reminded me of a post by Lizzard, who last week wrote of her child saying to her what he thought was a joke:

"That sign says 'chicken wings'. Wouldn't it be funny if chicken wings were really made of chicken?"

"Oh honey. I hate to break it to you. They ARE made of chicken."

*silence*

"You're so funny, Mommy! I mean, made out of REAL chickens."

"Yup, they're made out of chickens. Real chickens. We eat them."

"No. I mean, made out of the REAL WINGS of real chickens that are real live birds with feathers and then they take the wings off and take the feathers off and cook them. That's just silly."

Life is just one heartbreak after another.