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Us old farts of the OFCC have a demented sense of humor. If a club member's vehicle breaks down during a club run, we award that member with "The Chicken"! It doesn't matter if the breakdown was so major that the vehicle needed to be towed or it was as simple as a fan belt. You know that the current owner of "The Chicken" will use any excuse to pass the prize on! Because "The Chicken" is such a "well loved award", very exact rules had to be drawn up so there wouldn't be a fight over who won this "benevolent" award. So here's the rules: 1. Must be a member's vehicle that broke down. 2. Must be on a run that was voted as "club run" in a previous club meeting. 3. If more than one member's vehicle breaks down during the same cruise, the last one broke, keeps "The Chicken"! 4. You can't pass on "The Chicken" until another member's vehicle fulfills the above rules. 5. The owner of "The Chicken" must proudly display their "award" on their vehicle for the world to see!
Now "The Chicken" himself has fallen upon some hard times of his own! It seems that while "The Chicken" was in the possession of our club president (read the story below), it had a run in with a rat (the four legged variety) and lost its head. That explains the feather boa and the 100 MPH tape around its neck. In an attempt to correct the ill treatment that decapitated our beloved fowl, John Boyles tried to sneak in a ringer!
Since the replacement has shown up in the Fart's chicken coop, he has been blessed with his own name (Breakdown) and name badge!
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The Current Caretaker! |
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John & Julie Scherer have been living with Breakdown since July 4th. It seems that Scherer's are such great hosts that 4 of Breakdown's distant family are now living with them too!! |
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Past Chicken Handlers |
Tina Carter had "Breakdown" up to
December 05 for losing a fan belt! |
Benny Craig was Breakdown's best
friend for needing a jump start! |
Lynn Hubbard's dead battery made
Breakdown her traveling buddy! |
The Dead Battery Curse hit Sami too!! |
A fan belt adjustment gave John
Fleming the chicken for about an hour. |
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Stories of past Chicken Handlers |
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John Boyles: One Bright Sunny Day in August, the OFCC car club was off to Chukchansi Casino for a day of food fun and maybe winning a lil $. President John Boyles in his Bright Yellow 34 Ford Coupe was in the lead and followed by 25 or so club members. Just outside of Tulare, suddenly Mr. President's right back wheel began speeding down the road by itself!. About that time, the Yellow Coupe was beginning to do 180's down the 99. Much to everyone's joy, there were no other cars on the left or the right of Mr. President! Soon the Yellow Coupe came to rest on the shoulder, with all 25 Club members and their cars lining the 99 highway. Well, safe to say, no one was hurt except Mr. President's pride, especially when Ernie Lowe ran up to hang the yellow Chicken on his car mirror. Wow, that was some driving there John! All's well that ends well, and the club members continued on to have a great day, except "John", Our President, who was riding in a tow truck singing "You picked a fine time to leave me Loose Wheel". by "anonymous"
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Somehow this furry, feathered fowl just doesn't quite look the part! So
some anonymous club member has found a fitting replacement for our
cherished Chicken!
