A chicken is missing

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Read the whole thing. You'll be glad you did.

Everyone had a theory. Gertrude’s theft became a blank slate onto which people projected their assumptions about the neighborhood, the city and humankind. Not all the theories reflected well on their proponents — there was a raft of confused ideas about the cultural practices of Caribbeans, and the dietary predilections of crack addicts.

Sidewalk symposiums are one of the great pleasures of urban living, and New Yorkers are masters of the art, ready to hold forth on the most abstract or esoteric musings without so much as a how-de-do. Where I come from, you’d be obliged to at least mention the weather, if not disclose your actual name and provenance, before delving into something so intimate.

Was it hunger? Religion? Envy?

No information was forthcoming. Either no one knew or no one was talking. But one of the corner guys promised to “put the word out” and, if he found out who did it, to “put the hurt on him.” Which was comforting. Kind of.

Damon Winter/The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/garden/03domestic.html?pagewanted=2&ref=general&src=me

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1. I don't usually tip my own OPs

but I like this story. It has a nice vibe.

[txwhitedove]

2. "The Lazarus chicken..." Thanks.