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[–] tal@lemmy.today 70 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Harper's Pub

All of the parties involved in the argument were said to have been drinking.

For God's sake, the British developed technology to deal with this some time back. The Guinness Book of World Records was originally designed to resolve disputes between bar patrons. Just put one in the bar instead of resolving them via homicide.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/70781-most-prolific-chicken

Most prolific chicken

White Leghorn (No. 2988)

United States

The highest authenticated rate of egg-laying is 371 in 364 days, laid by a White Leghorn (No. 2988) in an official test conducted by Prof. Harold V. Biellier ending on 29 August 1979 at the College of Agriculture, University of Missouri, USA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. Sir Hugh Beaver created the concept in order to settle arguments debated in pubs, and twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter co-founded the book in London in August 1955.[3]

https://gwrstore.com/en-us/collections/guinness-world-records-books

$21 per copy from their own store.

https://www.amazon.com/Guinness-World-Records-2025/dp/1913484564

$23 on Amazon.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

British

Guinness

Oooooh, them's fighting words!

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

well the guy whose idea it was and the MD of Guinness was South African so it gets worse

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 11 points 2 months ago

I think you’ll find the British invention to solve this was deportation to America.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But then we'll never get a new record for 'number of dumb questions asked before somebody got shot'

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Most or fewest?

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 47 points 2 months ago (1 children)

whatever amount of eggs this guy says is the right number

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s one or less a day. You can measure the flocks mood by the amount of eggs being laid a week. On weeks with poor sunlight or chilly weather we’d have less than usual.

Source: 0.45-Caliper Glock handgun.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 months ago

I'm trying to start an argument, but the other guy over there says 371 in 364 is the record, which is more than 1 a day.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm beyond frustrated that the article doesn't mention either of their positions. Was he right?

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

I raised chickens for many years, and I was all ready to be able to weigh in on who was right. A darn shame they couldn't give us more details

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Is it always the same "Florida Man" or do they take turns?

[–] Endmaker@ani.social 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

That's the joke, no? That they are obviously all different people, but we treat them as one person - with the superhero name Floridaman - who's responsible for all the weird shit.

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Floridaman - who’s responsible for all the weird shit.

This is the worst movie in the Marvel universe...

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[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

Have you ever seen them in the same place at the same time?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We only hear about the Florida shenaningans because of a criminal transparency law unique to Florida.

The entire country is a freak show.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That Sunshine law just states public meeting records must be publicly available not that every criminal case needs to be made public (as an example just look at any one of the thousands of cases involving police brutality where details aren't released). This is just a myth that got repeated over and over on reddit for years to the point that everyone believes it.

This type of shit is explicitly unique to Florida.

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[–] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Have you seen Fallen with Denzel Washington? It’s kinda like that, but instead of Azazel it’s Beelzebubba.

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[–] AngryishHumanoid@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That's a blurry picture but dear God are you telling me that man is 44 years old? Chicken farming really takes it out of you, huh?

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd bet alcoholism is a stronger factor than the chicken rearing

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

No, the chicken farming is definitively the greatest common denominator here. In fact, all alcoholics are chicken farmers but not all chicken farmers are rectangles.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

It's the inbreeding. He's his own son.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I believe every chicken farmer is issued this outfit and it instantly makes you look that old.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That outfit is straight fire though.

Overalls are always sexy AF, the knee-high rolled cuffs show off the 'too cool to give a fuck' combo of socks and slippers, but the shirt's on the opposite side of the color wheel for maximum contrast, and the yellow hat adds to the cartoonishly cheerful look.

It's an outfit that screams both "look at me!" And "lol i dgaf". I would absolutely wear the hell out of that outfit. I wouldn't accesorize it with a handgun though.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The beauty of handguns is that they go with anything.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago

I hear that lethal projectiles are very slimming.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

From the grainy screenshot, he looks exactly like Farmer Fran from The Waterboy.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 months ago

Two of the victims were arrested for resisting officers.

Typical Florida police state.

[–] Creepo@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Two of the victims were arrested for resisting officers". MURICA!

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago

Tom Sawyer is really into chickens.

[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago

Two of the victims were arrested for resisting officers.

I’m not even surprised at this point.

[–] turdcollector69@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

American one piece ain't fucking around

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[–] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 10 points 2 months ago

"Nobody disses my chicken lore!"

[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The only reason I read the article was to find out the answer!!!

HOW MANY EGGS CAN A CHICKEN LAY???

[–] Lokoschade@feddit.org 9 points 2 months ago

depends on the breed of chicken it can range from 80 to up to 300 eggs per year

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago

You got to fight for your beliefs.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago

Florida back at it again

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Jesus he's a walking hillbilly stereotype

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Stereotypes happen for a reason.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Guy looks like a GTA player RPing a hillbilly meth head.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At first I thought dude was cosplaying One Piece. With a piece.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

The Florida version of the Straw Hat pirates. They all have guns, Chopper is an alligator, and Nami is inexplicably pregnant for some reason.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Its 37! I keep telling you!

37, and if you keep saying other wise I got a hammer with me and I'm not afraid to use it!

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Takeshidude@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

he looks just like Crash Bandicoot in the thumbnail

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

What's crazy is my daughter and I were in the car and she was telling me that a chicken can only lay up to five eggs. And I was like that's definitely not true, and she said that that's what her teacher said. I said that it's definitely not true, and maybe there's a limit per "egg laying session," if there is such a thing, but even knowing nothing about chickens, I know they lay more than five eggs.

She then went on to say maybe it was how many kittens a cat can have.

So this argument is a very real thing.

My daughter is 7, so I don't expect her to have all the facts just yet.

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