[318/366] chicken
Nov. 13th, 2020 09:17 pmSo at work today ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
diffrentcolours texted me to say "The town of Chicken, Alaska - so named because they weren't sure how to spell Ptarmigan" with a link. I read out this sentence, and a couple from the Wikipedia page, to L and J:
And I had to stop altogether after "Chicken Historic District" because J was laughing so much he had to actually fan himself to calm down. At one point, L said, "For J's benefit...'ptarmigan' starts with a silent 'p,' " and J, collapsign into giggles again, was like "You can't tell me these things all at once! I need a break!" L had to save his jokes until after J had calmed down a little and had taken his laptop off his lap so it'd be safe.
They decided any fried chicken places in the town should be called Chicken Fried Chicken (vegan restaurants could just be called Chicken Restaurant because they're a restaurant in Chicken!), speculated on the existence of a Chicken Museum...and I think the phrase "Chicken Historical District" might be able to break J any time he hears it in the future.
diffrentcolours texted me to say "The town of Chicken, Alaska - so named because they weren't sure how to spell Ptarmigan" with a link. I read out this sentence, and a couple from the Wikipedia page, to L and J:Due to the prevalence of ptarmigan in the area, that name was suggested as the official name for the new community. However, the spelling could not be agreed on, and "Chicken" was used to avoid embarrassment. A portion of Chicken, with buildings from the early 1900s...blah blah...is listed on the National Register of Historical Places as the Chicken Historic District.I had to stop at the part about calling the town Chicken to avoid embarassment. It might have avoided spelling embarassment, but there are other kinds.
And I had to stop altogether after "Chicken Historic District" because J was laughing so much he had to actually fan himself to calm down. At one point, L said, "For J's benefit...'ptarmigan' starts with a silent 'p,' " and J, collapsign into giggles again, was like "You can't tell me these things all at once! I need a break!" L had to save his jokes until after J had calmed down a little and had taken his laptop off his lap so it'd be safe.
They decided any fried chicken places in the town should be called Chicken Fried Chicken (vegan restaurants could just be called Chicken Restaurant because they're a restaurant in Chicken!), speculated on the existence of a Chicken Museum...and I think the phrase "Chicken Historical District" might be able to break J any time he hears it in the future.