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Great answer! I've learned a lot about Chickens now :)
Btw I love BBQ chicken (with south's corn) hehe

Nikko



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garth Hjelte" <garth@...>
To: <exs-users@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: [EXS] Translator


> At 04:58 PM 10/4/03 +0200, you wrote:
>
> >well who can tell me why it IS called Chicken system? Real Chickens have
a
> >really bad reputation in term of hi-tech, intelligence
>
> Well, I've got to agree with you there. Seen the movie Chicken Run?
>
> >and Friendship.
>
> I was going to say "baloney", but after seeing chickens get along with
each
> other, you're right.
>
> The city I live in is home to one of the biggest turkey producers in the
> United States, Jennie-O. (It's the only reason it's on the map. Some of
you
> may remember the Jennie-O commercials where they made fun of the City
> (Willmar), Nobody here thought they were funny. But then again, nobody
here
> that Fargo was a good movie either.)
>
> When the "toms" (male turkeys) are born, they are debeaked by a microwave
> beam in this little machine. They are debeaked because they'd peck each
> other to death in the barns they are raised in.
>
> (Side note, we wrote software that controls these debeaking machines and
> the reporting mechanisms behind them.)
>
> Seriously, though, in America, where the first thing that comes to mind
> when you say "chicken" is Colonel Sanders, it's a "friendly" term. In the
> South, it's even friendlier.
>
> >> > >Who could trust a company called Chicken System? Are they selling
> >> fast food?
> > > Well, if it means anything, it was a step up from our previous name.
=)
> >What was the previous name? Pankakes Labs? Nudegets Corp.? BullSharks
LLC:)
>
> The origination of the name is this: in valiant search of a company name
in
> the mid-80's, during which the decade produced a bland assortment of
> creative company and band names, under much study, thought, and
> consideration - all lasting under 30 seconds - we came up with (drum roll)
> "Rubber Chicken Software Co." - featuring "no joke samples." Certainly a
> name that can be trusted with all your valuables and loved ones.
>
> Since then, for a couple reasons, I (me) wanted to get rid of the name due
> to some funny associations that the term "rubber chicken" alludes to that
I
> was too naive to realize. (I'm skipping a really funny story about this
> here, for brevity.) However, it was apparent to us that only a small
> minority of persons knew about that association, and the rest (maybe 90%,
> and my associates) loved the name. I even got dates because of it, before
I
> was married. (Those are other really funny stories - not the dates - but
> the acquisition of them.)
>
> After 11 years, and during a decade that seemed to spawn more creative
> company and band names, we decided to add a "dba" (doing business as) of
> "Chicken Systems, Inc." (we incorporated)
>
> Now, due to your posts, we'll have to change it yet again. Shoot. =)
>
> Garth Hjelte
> Sampler User
>
>
>
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