On 7/2/2012 3:50 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:30:03 -1000, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> My son took me to his favorite Vietnamese hole-in-the-wall restaurant a
>> couple of years ago. I kept hearing little peep-peep noises. It was
>> quite a shock to see a chicken and her chicks walking past the open
>> doorway to the kitchen.
>
> Uh-huh. I'm sure lots of restaurants have poultry walking around in
> the kitchen. Especially one with offspring. Nah - they would never
> get underfoot in a busy kitchen.
>
> It's also illegal in every heath code currently in use in the United
> States and would probably be grounds for immediate closure of the
> restaurant. You cannot slaughter live mammals in a commercial
> kitchen. Nor keep them as "pets" or "mascots". Seems pretty risky to
> stake your livelihood on a $4 chicken.
>
> This is where you jump back in and try and backpeddle with something
> like "I was just kidding...".

Smart thinking. It's illegal so it couldn't possibly happen. As we all
know, health code violations rarely happen in hole-in-the-walls. That's
what makes you so special. You're so adamant in your disbelief of even
the smallest of things. Yay! :-)

>
> -sw
>