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The Most Upsetting Video Ever Of An Automatic Chicken Plucker

Adam Frucci — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:24:10 +0000

This is Janet’s Whizbang Chicken Plucker, built using the instructions from the hit best-selling book Anyone Can Build a Tub-Style Mechanical Chicken Plucker. It is absolutely f—king horrifying, and I apologise in advance.

[Eat Me Daily via Kottke]

Oh God, It’s a Whole Chicken in a Can

Matt Buchanan — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Until this moment, I did not know you could fit a whole chicken in a can. The directions on the back use the word “delicious” three times. Let’s see what’s inside (warning, NSFL):

Mmmmm. It makes the cheeseburger in a can look like a Shackburger. See what the chicken looks like after cooking and more yummy yum yum photos here: [I Hate My Message Board via Food Network Humor via Geekologie]

Thirty-Foot Trebuchet Fires Chicken Poop at Potential Thieves

Addy Dugdale — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:15:23 +0000

A businessman in the UK has come up with a novel way to deal with potential thieves: firing chickenshit at them from a 30-foot catapult. Joe Watson-Webb, a retired showman, had the iron trebuchet left over from his days as a showman, and gets his avian ammo from the farm next door. Local cops have said that they will prosecute Watson-Webb if he uses the catapult to defend his property against arsonists and robbers—but what would they think about the other weapon he has up his sleeve? Watson-Webb is also the proud owner of a 20-foot-long cannon, out of which he used to fire his wife!

He’s modded it to shoot rubber-tipped railway sleepers at criminals. And in spite of the police’s stance, the 70-year-old is standing firm. “I’m not out to kill anyone or even hurt them,” he says. “I just want to keep yobs off my land.”
Signs up at the entrance to Watson-Webb’s flooring business warn of the fate that will befall anyone who attempts to get onto the Nottinghamshire property. SmartPoo, it seems, is no laughing matter. “This is a serious issue. People all over Britain are sick and tired of feeling like prisoners in their own homes and seeing yobs get away with it.”
After trying just about every security product on the market—fencing, motion-sensor lights and CCTV cameras—the 70-year-old is unrepentant, and has pooh-poohed the attitude of the law. “Maybe the police think I’m joking, but the only people laughing are the criminals. That’s why I fully intend to take the law into my own hands.” [Daily Mail]

Greatest Fast Food Invention Yet: Col-Pop Holds Your Soda and Your Chicken Nuggets

Matt Buchanan — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:20:32 +0000

This has to be the best thing in fast food convenience since the freakin’ straw: A cup that holds your chicken nuggets AND your soda. Nuggets on top, soda on bottom—hand to nugget, straw to face. AT THE SAME TIME. Amazing.

Adam’s vivisection of the Col-Pop shows that the material between the pops and the pop is a thin membrane, but he doesn’t comment on the effectiveness of keeping the two separate. I mean, the obvious problem with this triumph of science over nature is that piping hot chicken nuggets will water your Dr. Pepper down to Diet Coke-like consistency, while cold soda will turn your steaming nuggets into tough, lukewarm chunks of breaded styrofoam. The chain offering this plastic marvel, BBQ Chicken, has locations in NY, NJ and NC—can any Giz readers offer a review?

Update: Adam goes diving a little deeper for us, revealing that pokey eaters will indeed be dealing with some soggy chicken, especially on a hot day. Check it: That said, I sooo hope Chik-fil-A is on this thing, pronto. [Serious Eats via BBG]