Free the Cavan five thousand-Poultry in Motion

**hamish** · 15/12/2005, 6:34 PM

Anyone see this on RTE news this evening? Magnificent attempts by RTE reporters to keep a straight face throughout the segment.

RTE

Co Cavan road re-opens after accident

15 December 2005 16:43

The N55 between Ballinagh, Co Cavan, and Granard, Co Longford, has reopened following an accident earlier today.

More than 5,000 chickens were spilled into the carriageway from a lorry, creating dangerous driving conditions.

A crane was brought in to remove the lorry, and a second truck was put in place to remove the poultr

Eggs had broken in the carriageway, and some of the chickens were laying there.

Diversions were in place for a time along the adjacent regional routes which are narrower and more hazardous. All restrictions have since been lifted.

Ths is bound to be a pun-filled thread..........Help yourselves.

**dancinpants** · 15/12/2005, 7:00 PM

Originally Posted by sirhamish

between Ballinagh, Co Cavan, and Granard, Co Longford,

No pun, but talk about a "rock and a hard place"

**dfx-** · 15/12/2005, 7:01 PM

Originally Posted by sirhamish

More than 5,000 chickens were spilled

Did they pour out of the truck?

**Bald Student** · 15/12/2005, 7:05 PM

Originally Posted by sirhamish

Eggs had broken in the carriageway, and some of the chickens were laying there.

It must be terrible for the workers to clear a section of the road of eggs only to turn around and find the chickens had laid some more.

**hamish** · 15/12/2005, 7:14 PM

Certainly gives a new meaning to the term "lay-by".

**dancinpants** · 15/12/2005, 7:22 PM

Originally Posted by sirhamish

More than 5,000 chickens were spilled

Originally Posted by d f x-

Did they pour out of the truck?

What you quoted was meant to say:

More than 5,000 chickensoups were spilled

**dfx-** · 15/12/2005, 7:26 PM

You mean there could be a shortage of chicken soup over Winter....?!

I like chicken soup....

*panics*

**hamish** · 15/12/2005, 7:27 PM

Originally Posted by dancinpants

What you quoted was meant to say:

Fowl, most fowl, dancinpants.

**strangeirish** · 15/12/2005, 7:41 PM

Why didn't the chicken cross the road?

**hamish** · 15/12/2005, 7:58 PM

Dammit, I should have called the thread title

Poultry in Motion.

Thinking of getting coat.

**strangeirish** · 15/12/2005, 8:13 PM

They will have to work around the cluck to clean up that mess. The driver was hendicapped. All those eggsplosions and all.

**strangeirish** · 15/12/2005, 8:34 PM

At first, the police saw a 4 door sedan leaving the scene, but later found out it was a coupe!

**R�iteoir** · 15/12/2005, 8:52 PM

Garda� have ruled out Fowl Play

Some reports say the driver was egged on by some schoolchildren

**sligoman** · 15/12/2005, 9:16 PM

Originally Posted by sirhamish

Dammit, I should have called the thread title

Poultry in Motion.

Consider it done my presidente

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**hamish** · 15/12/2005, 9:26 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

Consider it done my presidente

.

Ah Jaysus, thank you Sligoman, no eggsaggeration (honk), you're a gentleman personifried (honk).

I'd say that Ken Shabby will be pleased when this thread is ova (honk)

eh........scrambling (honk) for coat before I suffer assault and battery (honk)

**R�iteoir** · 15/12/2005, 9:34 PM

Originally Posted by sirhamish

Ah Jaysus, thanks you Sligoman, no eggsaggeration (honk), you're a gentleman personifried (honk).

I'd say that Ken Shabby will be pleased when this thread is ova.

eh........scrambling (honk) for coat before I suffer assault and battery (honk)

Looks like he's flown the coop

**hamish** · 15/12/2005, 9:47 PM

Originally Posted by R�iteoir

Looks like he's flown the coop

Where did you pluck that quip from????

Did you and strangeirish hatch a plan to do it?

Hand gripping coat collar.

**dancinpants** · 15/12/2005, 10:00 PM

In 6 months time I can just picture it. At a dinner table somewhere between Cavan and Longford, a young lad staring up from his plate, "Ah jaysus, not fookin' chicken tonight AGAIN mammy!!"

**Thunderblaster** · 16/12/2005, 12:08 AM

I'm sure that a Kentucky Fried Chicken premises can be built at the eggsident site so that there will be a permanent henmorial to the scene of the fowl tragedy. I'm sure that all the cocks will rejoice in glory!!