Swedish Chicken Run

[JohnT]

The undernoted news item was sent to my office as a daily "funny" along with the other more serious stuff

AND FINALLY.SWEDISH AIR FORCE HAS WINGS CLIPPED AFTER CHICKEN MASSACRE

The Norrbotten wing of the Swedish air force has agreed to pay Bohmans Hönseri AB the sum of 6,100 kronor (£487) to compensate for the loss of the hens.

The hens were crushed to death in a panicked mêlée when the Jas Gripen fighter aircraft flew at an altitude of 50-100 metres above their coop at the farm in Jörn near Skellefteå in the far north of Sweden.

Farmer Åsa Karlsson, in her complaint to the armed forces, confirmed that the hens were scared out of their wits by the roar of the low flying fighter jets overhead. The brood ran towards a wall of their enclosure and 31 birds fell victim in the surge.

The sum was agreed between the parties based on a calculation that the hens had a further seven weeks to live and would have been expected to produce a harvest of 14 eggs per week

[HOUSTON]

Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase " Like headless chickens" I guess....

At least the Swedish took responsibility !!

[Angels49]

That is not the way to endear yourself to an adoring public, but as said before at least they Swedish AF manned up and paid for the damage. Wouldn't it be cruel it someone placed 31 stars on the canopy rail of that Gripen...with chicken 'eads in the center.

Edited June 10, 2009 by Angels49

[AnonymousER99]

Hey the chickens acted like soccer hooligans when their team lost a match then!!

Glad to hear the farmer got reimbursed.

Must have been awesome to see the Gripens so low too!!