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Date:      Sat, 11 Nov 1995 15:47:42 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, dufault@hda.com, rsnow@txdirect.net, dennis@etinc.com, chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Here's why you should post about MINIX 
Message-ID:  <13640.816133662@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 11 Nov 1995 14:57:38 MST." <199511112157.OAA08194@phaeton.artisoft.com> 

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> > As Peter Dufault wrote:
> > > 
> > > The Liederhosen is nothing compared to the chicken dancing.
> > 
> > I don't even recognize any German origin from this. :)
> > 
> > What's it?
> 
> All of the chicken dancing I've seen has been at Italian weddings.

"Some saaaaaay a chicken's life is not exciting, and so do I!  And so
do I!" :-)

No, what they're talking about this silly little song (known,
amazingly enough, as "the chicken song") that's become a staple at the
Oktoberfest and anywhere else alcohol is consumed in massive enough
quantities to completely impair the higher judgement centers of the
brain.  You do a little dance step that involves making beak motions
with your hands, then flapping your arms like wings, then swinging
your hips back and forth like a chicken walking, then finally clapping
in time to the 3-beat ending of the measure.

All I can say is that you haven't seen surreal until you've watched 5
enormous bavarian women who look like they might otherwise smile once
a year (and only on special occasions) all schnocked outta their
gourds doing it in tandem on a table. :-)

I may have danced it myself once or twice, though I don't remember
it too clearly.. :-)

					Jordan



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