Of Mike and (Monkey) Men

I am working a fabulous day shift today, which means that although I had get up at 5:30 (that’s AM), I will be at Happy Hour by 4:01. Or I would be if I had anyone to hang out with. More likely I will rush home to catch the 5:00 re-broadcast of Dr. Phil, which is still better than listening to co-workers debate whether the New Yorker is more pretentious than the Economist. (As if anything could be more pretentious than that conversation.)

The following is the best news story I’ve come across since the legendary Monkey Man attacks of 2001.

From AP:

Mike the Headless Chicken survived a beheading in 1945 in Fruita, Colo. Afterward, Mike could go through the motions of pecking for food, and when he tried to crow, a gurgle came out. His owner put feed and water directly into Mike's gullet with an eyedropper.
Scientists examined the chicken and theorized Mike had enough of a brain stem left to live headless. He was a popular attraction until he choked to death on a corn kernel.

Poor Mike.

The Mike web site is doubly awesome.