[lit-ideas] Re: The Death of a Rooster
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 00:01:37 -0400
Mike, what's the point in the signature?
> [Original Message]
> From: Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 7/31/2006 11:54:23 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The Death of a Rooster
>
> Do we know for certain that Big Red didn't kill Mrs. Bates? He did crow
> about it, they say. And what's the story with this pit bull? Was this a
> professional hit perhaps? Or was it just gang violence? He had been
> attacked by a dog before, remember. Saved by his buddy. Don't let these
> small towns mislead you. There nothing small about small town vice. A
cat
> and a rooster buddying it up? That's against Nature, a failure to attain
> mature love. This Big Red was psychologically screwed-up. What was he
> really up to? Mysteriously appearing one day from a ryegrass farm --
> ryegrass, right -- and suddenly everyone's making room for him, children
> being told to do as he does, even truck drivers were scared of him,
warning
> one another when entering his territory. He may have been a Stasi
> apparachik for the Bush Administration, but more likely he was leader of
the
> pack. An entourage of five wild turkeys? WILD turkeys? I'm sure it was
a
> gang and they were dealing drugs. A turf war with the dogs. That's what
it
> comes down to. Anyway it sounds like the town was very glad to be rid of
> him, throwing a big celebration and all. I'm happy for them. Thank's
for
> that RP. It's an inspiration. We don't have to bow down to the Bush
> Administration or kowtow to drug lords. Or big Pharma for that matter.
> Wait, maybe this is all a metaphor for Big Pharma. Those Oregonians are
> clever. Everything makes sense now. Perfect sense. Bring on the pit
> bulls, boys.
>
> Andy Amago
> Upper Gallilee on the Hudson
>
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>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Paul" <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 9:31 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] The Death of a Rooster
>
>
> > Here is a story from down the Valley, about the death of a rooster who
had
> > become the town mascot in Scio (sigh-o), Oregon. I had been going to
send
> > the entire story, but, forewarned by Phil, I'm sending only the first
> > three paragraphs and a link to the rest of the article which is told
with
> > only the barest hint of irony?touching and uplifting, illustrative of
the
> > mysterious bond between rural Americans (rural Oregonians, at least)
and
> > creatures that in other circumstances they might not readily befriend.
It
> > is a story that may be read aloud without embarrassment to friends, and
> > even to little children, whether or not they have ever seen a live
> > rooster.
> >
> > Big Red a tale to crow about
> >
> > Monday, July 31, 2006
> >
> > LARRY BINGHAM
> >
> > SCIO -- He was strutting down Main Street, heading home to the Scio
Feed &
> > Country Store to roost, when it happened.
> >
> > Ambushed. In broad daylight. On the sidewalk between the True Value
> > Hardware Store and Dr. Sally Cole's veterinary office.
> >
> > A bystander saw the pit bull jump from the open window of a parked
pickup
> > and chomp the rooster between its teeth. The bystander yelled until the
> > dog let the bird go. Then poor Big Red, Scio's town mascot, staggered
to
> > the vet's door and collapsed.
> >
> > Story continues at
> >
> >
http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1154314535140910.xml?o
regonian?lcfp&coll=7
> >
> > Robert Paul
> > Reed College
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