tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post9068146134310892261..comments2023-10-22T14:27:21.241+01:00Comments on From the Desk of Bee Drunken: Green Acres is the place to be . . .Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-6615392397330590652009-06-24T20:24:09.810+01:002009-06-24T20:24:09.810+01:00Ooh! Zombie chickens. Like Nearly Headless Nick....Ooh! Zombie chickens. Like Nearly Headless Nick.<br /><br />I love your stories of country life. I envision a Wallace and Gromit-like village. Please say there is a vegetable growing contest. Please!<br /><br />I will make sure to visit you when those berries are ripe. I want some of that disco action.<br /><br />Oh, and the Ring Cycle thing? We had our own mini-version of that with the 6 hours we spent watching Soderburgh's two part Che extravaganza and listening to him talk about it. Our butts were very tired. But we've watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy without a problem. :)Fantastic Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044290192610027408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-48929246234182148562009-06-23T22:54:32.936+01:002009-06-23T22:54:32.936+01:00Willow - My mother used to tell me about her grand...Willow - My mother used to tell me about her grandmother ringing the chicken's neck. (I'm actually kind of afraid of our chickens. Shh. Don't tell!)<br /><br />If Helga has heard of the Alamo, she's never seen fit to bring it up!Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-45835266906144775032009-06-23T16:47:30.890+01:002009-06-23T16:47:30.890+01:00I still remember the horror of watching my uncle b...I still remember the horror of watching my uncle behead our chicken dinner. It ran around and around in circles for a while before flopping over. Bleeding. I was four.<br /><br />Does Helga assume that you had visited The Alamo?Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912030095491960175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-62848375821416072522009-06-23T15:33:00.370+01:002009-06-23T15:33:00.370+01:00Thanks Cashmere and Catherine. I couldn't mak...Thanks Cashmere and Catherine. I couldn't make this stuff up! (my imagination is not that good)Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-42540053902190477632009-06-23T04:34:36.204+01:002009-06-23T04:34:36.204+01:00Oh, now Bee this is one awesome story! LMAO!Oh, now Bee this is one awesome story! LMAO!CashmereLibrarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729843454611380586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-60974341769946383902009-06-22T18:23:08.889+01:002009-06-22T18:23:08.889+01:00This was a very entertaining story! I was on the e...This was a very entertaining story! I was on the edge of my seat. So many contrasts! Thanks, Bee.<br />Catherineceeceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962254736526651858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-25457743684514813962009-06-21T14:45:16.250+01:002009-06-21T14:45:16.250+01:00Reya - One's reaction to that story probably r...Reya - One's reaction to that story probably reveals a lot about one's sensibility. <br /><br />Dumdad - I think that she thought if something had that strong of a life-force, who was she to stand in its way? <br /><br />Pamela Terry - Yes; I'm afraid that my squeamishness will keep me from ever being a proper country person!<br /><br />Barrie - And yet, as she told the story, it sounded like a ludicrous cartoon. I guess you will have to content yourself with lizards . . .<br /><br />Yvonne - Lots of cute gumboots here in England! Hunter does all sorts of colorful ones, now, if that's what you want. Thanks for visiting.<br /><br />Lucy - I like a Wagner prelude, but I'm not sure that I'm up for 10 hours of any kind of music! <br /><br />The whole anecdote was rather Cold Comfort Farm-ish. I'm afraid that I like the pastoral bits of the countryside, but not the harshness. (That's me all over; pathetic, really.)Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-64952796144455289782009-06-21T11:23:51.736+01:002009-06-21T11:23:51.736+01:00My god, Hans and Helga and their stories sound lik...My god, Hans and Helga and their stories sound like something out of one of those weird modern British black comedies I don't watch because I can't get my head round them. I did laugh though!<br /><br />I feel very much the same about life in a rural idyll.<br /><br />One of my German friends has done the Ring Cycle twice, including once at Bayreuth. She says the 10 hours on the wooden bench is an integral and essential part of the experience...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-35594266650784016122009-06-21T08:27:34.010+01:002009-06-21T08:27:34.010+01:00Having just moved from a city in Australia to the ...Having just moved from a city in Australia to the nature in New Zealand, I did love your story.<br /><br />We are going to be starting a market garden, getting a worm farm and my husband has just bought his first pair of gumboots. I am still to find a fashionable pair myself :)<br /><br />I would like some chickens though....Yvonne Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04275519936288444239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-56305065508369331612009-06-21T03:11:10.736+01:002009-06-21T03:11:10.736+01:00Seriously? It unburied itself and was actually ali...Seriously? It unburied itself and was actually alive? Oh my, it sounds like a nightmare. That said, I've always wanted to try keeping chickens. We're not zones for it, though.Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678698296265168217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-14608393972069346572009-06-20T20:14:42.295+01:002009-06-20T20:14:42.295+01:00Oh see now, that's why I couldn't have far...Oh see now, that's why I couldn't have farm animals as anything but pets. I do think, however, that I'd rather much out a stall than work in a high-rise. Living in the country, but close enough to the city for occasional visits...would be the perfect combination, I should think.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-54344949146915649542009-06-20T16:25:25.252+01:002009-06-20T16:25:25.252+01:00But even if the chicken survived it was wanted dea...But even if the chicken survived it was wanted dead in the first place so why did they allow it to live? They could have tried drowning or electrocution...Dumdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070838905120958459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-17123040331817782602009-06-20T14:15:16.004+01:002009-06-20T14:15:16.004+01:00OMG - that chicken story is truly awful.
Loved t...OMG - that chicken story is truly awful. <br /><br />Loved this: <i>a cross between an apple dumpling and an Oom-Pah Band</i>. Hans and Helga - wow.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-7920970035364760742009-06-20T11:12:01.546+01:002009-06-20T11:12:01.546+01:00Elizabeth - Actually, I think I long for the best ...Elizabeth - Actually, I think I long for the best of both!<br /><br />ArtSparker - I wouldn't put anything past chickens. They are quite brainless anyway.<br /><br />Kate - I've seen Death Becomes Her and I know exactly what you mean! Helga IS delightful, and I am really fond of her despite being as dissimilar as "chalk and cheese," as the English say.<br /><br />Dick - True; it is difficult for me to imagine slitting a chicken's throat!<br /><br />The Spiv - Thanks for the link!<br /><br />Blackbird - I don't mind feeding them, but I definitely don't want to administer to them in other ways.<br /><br />Star - Yes, I do always feel cold! As for the livestock, they are very pretty to look at . . .<br /><br />Beth - Yes, real pigs are not a bit like Wilbur, unfortunately. Nor are spiders much like Charlotte . . .<br /><br />rxBambi - Hans has straight blonde hair, slightly bulging blue eyes, red cheeks and large features. Helga is built upon the lines of the Aunt Jemima maple syrup bottle -- with twinkling brown eyes. They have three tall, buxom daughters with long blonde hair -- very Heidi-ish, only in their 20s.<br /><br />Hi Delwyn - The headless chicken story is much more common than I realized!<br /><br />JaneyV - Your description of Hans and Helga as certain types is spot-on. They are hugely appreciative of any of the pleasures in life -- including a good joke or story. I find them easier to get on with than many of the English farmers I know, who do tend to be a bit dour.<br /><br />Although I like to have the occasional moan about the countryside, sometimes I do wonder if I could put up with the constant stresses (noise, pace, various threats) of the city anymore.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-79559316979718775582009-06-20T08:46:48.329+01:002009-06-20T08:46:48.329+01:00I spent three summers when I was in college deep i...I spent three summers when I was in college deep in the German countryside and met many Hans and Helgas. What I loved about the people of rural Germany is that they were very hearty - they loved good food, good booze and good company. I had a ton of fun there. The chicken story doesn't surprise me. Farmers can't have a soppy attitude to their livestock or we'd never have any sausages. I love that the zombie chicken went on to make a full recovery. I don't blame Helga for not wanting to revisit 10 hours of Wagner - torture indeed.<br /><br />I think Hubby's grandfather came from somewhere in North Bavaria near Würzburg. <br /><br />I have to say that a Farmer's Ball - even complete with naff 70's disco sounds like a hoot. It's the company that makes any event worthwhile I find.<br /><br />Isn't it funny Bee - I was born and bred in the city too and here I am in the middle of rural England - and as much as I sometimes miss the cosmopolitan energy of city life I find that my spirit is better suited to the quiet life. I guess that's why I call myself a sociable hermit. I need a bit of both to feel balanced but I'm content to just make visits to the city now.JaneyVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951739945670483199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-69925508030461202622009-06-20T04:10:31.624+01:002009-06-20T04:10:31.624+01:00Hi Bee
I enjoyed your story and description of H&...Hi Bee <br />I enjoyed your story and description of H&H. Perhaps its safer to stay with the idealised version of 'the country' there are some things we'd rather not know about our food and when we do it can put you off for life...like battery produced eggs, and chicken sheds....<br /><br />I remember looking over the neighbour's fence when I was a kid and seeing a chook tear around their back yard without it's head.<br /><br />Stuff of nightmares for children...<br /><br />Happy DaysDelwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-30867205375998165162009-06-20T03:24:53.160+01:002009-06-20T03:24:53.160+01:00Very funny story! I have a picture of Hans and Hel...Very funny story! I have a picture of Hans and Helga in my mind...I wish you could post a photo so I could see if I'm close!rxBambihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14334316477460537688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-11145842105457635752009-06-20T00:35:03.253+01:002009-06-20T00:35:03.253+01:00“You can take the girl out of the city...”
I’m ra...<i>“You can take the girl out of the city...”</i><br /><br />I’m rather partial to a Charlotte’s Web sort of depiction of farm life – friendly, talking animals... (Although Charlotte’s death did hit me hard.)<br /><br />Great story!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110235078325434919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-14542385631087298352009-06-20T00:01:05.159+01:002009-06-20T00:01:05.159+01:00Not funny! poor cockerel, I feel for him Huh!
That...Not funny! poor cockerel, I feel for him Huh!<br />That said, I'm sorry you are 'stuck' in the country. No doubt you feel cold most of the time as well? I'm not sure which part of the US you hale from, but I do understand the suffering. I come from cold Britain to hot south of US, Tennessee and I suffer in reverse. I am always saying to L, 'where are the sheep?' 'where are the horses and cows etc.?" I never see any, you see. All I see is mountains and Krogers and Walgreens and cars, cars cars. Oh well! We must both look on the bright side.<br />Blessings, StarStella Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06699491230987143490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-6194109640266746502009-06-19T23:53:23.484+01:002009-06-19T23:53:23.484+01:00I had chickens in my little garden in Seattle and ...I had chickens in my little garden in Seattle and luckily never had to dispatch one. If the job had needed to be done, I had already found a woman down the block who had a lot of experience as a child 'doing away' with the chickens on the family farm. I wasn't even a very good chicken nurse.blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07044667449525289901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-30391879221211954062009-06-19T22:51:01.249+01:002009-06-19T22:51:01.249+01:00Mike the headless chicken is no myth! Check it/him...Mike the headless chicken is no myth! Check it/him out at<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken<br /><br />It's the kind of story that will brighten up your day .... unless ....The Spivnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-44157259291328568062009-06-19T22:47:38.126+01:002009-06-19T22:47:38.126+01:00An anecdote that must have consolidated entirely y...An anecdote that must have consolidated entirely your distaste for the animate side of farming! A great tale.Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-74712558817612501832009-06-19T21:03:13.319+01:002009-06-19T21:03:13.319+01:00I need to stop laughing long enough to type ... I ...I need to stop laughing long enough to type ... I am reminded of that oh-so-funny movie from a decade back, Death Becomes Her. In it, actresses Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn (cannot remember their characters' names ...)take a special potion that renders them immortal -- only there's much hate between them and so the hilarity comes when they try to off each other.<br />Oh, I wish I could have been a fly on the wall at the farm party. Helga sounds delightful!<br />+++Kathleen Standerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08049786629804104315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-8061544205912360592009-06-19T20:36:29.655+01:002009-06-19T20:36:29.655+01:00There was supposedly a chicken that lived for a ye...There was supposedly a chicken that lived for a year minus its head...Must have fed it through a tube. <br /><br />Sounds like life on Mars.ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484915268092812945.post-85862292222141829672009-06-19T20:26:58.328+01:002009-06-19T20:26:58.328+01:00So you long for the city
as I long for the country...So you long for the city<br />as I long for the countryside<br />hmmmmmmElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.com