In article >,
"Dee Randall" > wrote:

> Well -- I got some, but they had been picked over. That's where they got the
> term, 'picking order.'
> Ooops -- 'pecking' order.

Am I missing a joke?

Pecking order comes from how chickens (and other poultry) sort out
their rank. They do it by pecking.

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