I used to work as a reporter for my local TV-station, covering stories like the church’s annual flea market, and the time a dead pigeon had contaminated the town's water supply. 1
One time the story of the year was when the area's biggest business, a chicken farm, had lost ten thousand chickens over night and they were running amok in town. We had a field day filming The Great Chicken Hunt the next day. Anyone who has ever seen someone try to catch a chicken who does not want to be caught, might imagine the hilarity of the attempt to round up ten thousand of the sort.2
When night fell there was still chickens to be caught, so the next day the broadcaster sent us out to cover the story again. We went happily; it was, after all, the most excitement any of us had seen in years. At the end of the day however, I believe most of us would have been quite happy not to lay eyes on a chicken ever again. 3
No such luck, we were sent out again the day after. On the fourth day when we were sent out to cover the capture of the last rogue chickens, I had had enough. I asked the broadcaster why we were still covering the bloody chickens.4
“How can we not?” he said, “It’s poultry in motion.”5
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500 points, ended April 20, 6 entries
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this story is great
i luv the part when the dead pigeon contaminates the water supply -
nice!
this is hilarious! I loved it! It was a fun read and intriguing title. The point of it was just funny. Nice job! Keep writing!
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Very Creative
This was a very light-hearted and amusing story and, I should add, it’s original with a wonderful surprise at the end. Funny thing is it says that it is a 1200 word story when, in fact, it is only 231.
But, that aside, I found it to be well written with only a few mistakes and, as I said, a good idea. The first mistake was where you say- Anyone who have ever seen someone try to catch a chicken who do not want to be caught,- It should say Anyone who ‘has’ ever seen someone try to catch a chicken who ‘does’ not want to be caught.. And at the end of that sentence instead of, ‘ten thousand of the sort. I think it would be better if you had said then thousand of them.
In the next paragraph there should be a semi-colon after We went happily; and not a comma.
But these are the kinds of minor mistakes we all make and the last line was just brilliant. I love those kinds of surprises. Very well done indeed.
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good story and funny.
beginning: 5, language: 5, plot: 5, ending: 5, dialog: 5, characters: 5.
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Fantastic feghoot - the last line is delivered very well, and the narrative leading up to it is entertaining in its own right.
Thank you for your entry in Feghoots -
That has to be the funniest punchline in the feghoot contest - well done.
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I believe in this story
I have an MA in Journalism but refuse to take the job as only idiots need apply.
Journalists are made up of two different types of people.
1- The idiot who thinks they are doing something of worth.
2- The deviant who wants to exploit everybody, make a name for himself and write a (bad) book.
I would rather sweep the streets or clean the toilets than become a journalist, and yes i have done both.
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