Monday, April 03, 2006

Big Bucking Chicken

I would have posted sooner but some fool played an April trick on me. I am not sure how, seeing how he acts so inexperienced, but he “Dunkered” with something and I was unable to post. I could go in and adjust my template (on my test site) and I could comment but I could not post. After several award winning posts were lost, I gave up.

But here’s this…

When T was 2 maybe 2 ½ we were spending our weekly hour with the Occupational Therapist (we like those guy they always had food and shinny things), this time it was for a pre-school evaluation, so we were trying all sorts of new things. The first activity was to see if T could handle movements such as swinging. The OT brought out a shinny pink sack. It was similar to a pillow-sham, but the opening ran horizontal and had a zipper. The OT proceeded to zip her in-side and swing her around and toss her up in the air….I know….we really did like her, and T loved it.

The next activity was to see if she could understand that her actions may have reactions. The OT pulled out a mechanical toy chicken; it was adapted with a cord leading from the battery pack to a large colored button. I had to chuckle at this test, you see by this time T was a master at operating a Television and VCR remote, this would not at all be a challenge for this kid. The OT sat the chicken on the floor and sat the BIG RED BUTTON (to bad it wasn’t an easy button) in front of T. T already did not like the chicken, it was a very real looking toy, but when she pushed the button she was not at all happy. The thing started clucking and bucking. She new that button brought that chicken to life, she new that button had to die. She chucked that button as far as she could, which was far enough that the cord pulled tight and the chicken followed. Chickens can fly. We tried several times to get her to operate the chicken. We showed her the batteries, taught her how the button worked, and explained it was a toy. We tried different animals a frog, hippo, and an elephant, with these it was just plain refusal. She wouldn’t even look at the animal let alone the button. As we left, out of ear shot of anyone else, she says “You just don’t know what an animal is thinking; they have a mind of their own.” I don’t think she passed that part of the test but I remember the lesson…she has a mind of her own and just never know what might might happen.

I truly believe chickens are Savages; they are dirty, ugly, unpredictably mean creatures. As my eldest daughter has taught me, they are unpredictable…. But something about them makes me happy, this is a fairly new development in my stage of mental growth and development. All I have to do is mentally paint chickens and all is well.

And what brings me to this post…..Burger Kings new ad campaign (I couldn’t find the commercial but Google it, it has raised a ruckus)… the cowboys riding the chicken caught my eye first…then the song “Big Bucking Chicken” …. I am still laughing… now I can sing as I paint.

12 comments:

  1. No Heidi it is Biig Buua-ucking Chicken. the first time Heath and saw that commercial we both just stopped. Did I just hear what I think I heard? The first time Hunter heard it he froze and swung around and looked at the tv. I know at that time my son was asking himself the same question I had asked myself when I saw it. He knew they weren't supposed to say that on tv. And while I admit this is a funny story (and I still chuckle at the commercial everyonce in awhile. Especially when people who do not have tv come over and hear it. It is so funny to see their reaction.) But do they have to play it when my kids are aound. Now I have kids running around singing the Big Yucky Chicken because they can, it's not using bad words.

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  2. Cowboys riding chickens? Cowboys and sheep movies? What are they trying to do with our one great aspect of American culture, the American Cowboy, something that is unique to our hertitage. The only chiecken that Ihave seen worth a damm is one that your mother has fryed up and as for sheep - ain't never seen one of them worth a dime, even cooked - they still stink, you can smother them in "mint jelly" and they still stink! Someday, I will write a story about a "real cowboy", the only one I ever knew! I think I am off subject - again!

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  3. Oh, Heidi, you give me so much credit and the great thng is that both you and I know who deserves the credit! Don't try to convince the others I know more than I do - or they will want me to build blog sites - I do know one pass word, my own byt even then I had to log it into my pass word log. Give me backmy dog!

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  4. Where did sheep come into this...did i miss something?

    I have oly seen this comercial on late at night (on regular TV)....Erica, when children should be sleeping... But I agree comericals are getting way to "out-there"...

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  5. it is all over cable...They have a shorter version, but they still use big bucking chicken.

    Funny and true story:
    I guess the people invovled with the making of the movie broke back mountain are in trouble now for animal cruelty-and of all animals-their sheep. Now if I were someone making a movie about gay cowboys I would not want this type of PR getting around.

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  6. bbbaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh=)

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  7. What do you mean what does the chicken have to do with the sheep - haven't you seen the new commercial menu for Burger King "Ewe (Female Sheep) Have Cute Buns" and the other one is "Ewe and Your Buns Drive Me Crazy", I guess they are going to start putting mutton sandwiches on their menu to off set the Mad Cow disease and take advantage of the low market price for sheep.

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  8. see I told you he wasn't coming up.

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  9. hey shana, do you remember cooking lamb in your kitchen down here? It smelled liked rotten meat. Yuck!

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  10. What i remember is a kitchen FULL of salmon slime...hehe that was so fun...then when the stench and mess were clean someone got a bright idea to mak lamb for dinner...now since we had never tried this one...I was all for it...untill...she opened the package...that shit STINKS...unsure of whether it was "bad" or not...we cooked it anyway...and the stink stunk worse....did we even eat it????That is funny to think about now...but my home smelt for days...I will take salmon slime over lamb anyday....

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  11. oh ya I have NOT seen the chickens...but Brittany likes eggs....

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