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To: Don Pueblo who wrote (2868)	11/3/1997 7:34:00 PM
From: Just My Opinion	Respond to of 12754

TLC: Man o Man. I just finished reading a fantastic article in the latest Forbes. It was about Church's Chicken. What a great service they provide to humanity, in addition to feeding us. They gross over 650 mill. a year. And they buy wholesale. Makes one feel good all over, just thinking about it. Thought you'd be interested, since you seem to have something in common with that industry. Don't bother to thank me, it's not necessary. al

To: Don Pueblo who wrote (2868)	11/4/1997 10:59:00 AM
From: Larry Voyles	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 12754

Poultry plants are amazing places. Want to know how they "do" the chickens? It's a fascinating process and speaks volumes about chicken psychology. First, the chickens are removed from their shipping crates and hung upside down from a moving overhead conveyer. They are not too pleased to be hung upside down at this point. They then enter a darkened room. What do the chickens do? Well, it's dark, so it's time to go to sleep! That's right, hung upside down, they all obediently fall asleep. They are then given a "mild" electrical shock to stun them. They then enter the "saw room", where a horizontally mounted bicycle tire ensures that the chicken's neck makes contact with a spinning blade. If the blade didn't do a complete job, there's a poorly-paid individual with no teeth armed with a sharp knife to finish the job. Usually this person is eating a moon pie and drinking an RC Cola while watching the blood spray. Watching the mechanical gutting machine in action would make veteran Morticians puke their guts out. It's a brute-force operation and highly unpleasant to watch. Finally, there's the "Offal Room" where the "left-over" parts go to "age" prior to being ground up for fertilizer or chicken feed. We ALWAYS sent unsuspecting first-time visitors to the "Offal Room" to fetch something. Usually the visitor made it in and out of the Offal Room in something under 200 milliseconds. Door opens, odor hits, visitor gags, door slams. The odor just can't be described. If we were really lucky, said visitor would lose their lunch right on the spot. It happened now and then. The nurse's station in the plant was equipped with "amputation kits" and an ice machine for the occassional misplaced finger or thumb. That wasn't an infrequent occurrence, either.