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Cuatela 05-10-2005 12:12 PM
Chicken gets a ticket
 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7792566/
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Why did the chicken get a ticket?
Because it crossed the road — at the wrong place!The Associated Press
Updated: 2:01 p.m. ET May 9, 2005RIDGECREST, Calif. - Linc and Helena Moore may have finally learned the answer to that age-old question: Why did the chicken cross the road?

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Because the chicken doesn’t know jaywalking is illegal.

Kern County Sheriff’s Deputy J. Nicholson does know, however. The deputy issued a ticket March 26 because one of the couple’s chickens allegedly impeded traffic in Johannesburg, a rural mining community near Ridgecrest, some 220 miles northeast of Los Angeles.

The Moores were in Superior Court on Friday to plead not guilty. A trial was scheduled for May 16.

Couple says ticket could be retaliation
Nicholson has declined to discuss the matter, but sheriff’s Sgt. Francis Moore said chickens on the roadway have been a problem in the community of 50 residents. Officials didn’t believe it could be resolved by simply issuing the couple a warning.

“Sometimes you have to let people talk to the judge,” he said.

The chicken’s owners say they believe they were cited because they were among several people who complained that sheriff’s deputies haven’t done enough to control off-road vehicle riders who create dust and noise in their neighborhood.

Sheriff’s officials say that isn’t so, adding they are doing what they can to keep off-roaders away from homes.

“The chicken thing has nothing to do with the motorcycle thing,” Moore said.

I don't really understand the point of giving them a ticket. It's not necessarily their fault the chicken was in the road. Unless this was a constant problem, the problem should have been solvable in way that didn't involve courtrooms.

kutulu 05-10-2005 12:23 PM
It's a town of 50 residents. How much could they have impeded traffic? I think its a retaliation.
Picture of the cop
http://home.hiwaay.net/~thefanns/images/bcounter.jpg

JStrider 05-10-2005 02:24 PM
hahahahha my parents live in kern county.

thats pretty funny

TexanAvenger 05-10-2005 02:38 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kutulu
It's a town of 50 residents. How much could they have impeded traffic? I think its a retaliation.
Picture of the cop
http://home.hiwaay.net/~thefanns/images/bcounter.jpg
heh... You mean the guy that played mr. chicken?

flat5 05-10-2005 04:08 PM
kutulu - tnx for the pic of the young Don Knotts.
I remember him. Very talented guy.

skier 05-10-2005 05:16 PM
It's like Corner Gas. Rural town = nothing better for cops to do.


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