Rubber Chickens in The News
- At the staging of Ionesco's The Killing Game, theatre critic Gerhard Stadelmaier was sworn at and had a rubber chicken thrown at him by actor Thomas Lawinky, who later offered his resignation.
- During the fifth end break (curling's version of halftime and/or a seventh inning stretch) at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, a man ran across the ice wearing nothing but an online gambling ad and a strategically placed rubber chicken. Chief referee Keith Wendorf tackled the man, and an umpire covered him with a coat before he was led out of the arena by the Italian police.
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Do you wear
A glass eye, false teeth or a crutch,
A brace or a hook,
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Stitches to show something’s missing?”
—Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)
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—Chinese proverb.