Say Goodbye to the Pickin’ Chicken
Aug 28th 2007ericjhoroGambling & Football
With football season just around the corner gamblers everywhere are trying to find an expert on whose advice they can risk their life savings. Sadly, this year the Pickin’ Chicken will not be one of those experts. Earlier this month the brainy bird, who last year correctly picked the winners of high school, college, and pro games 65% of the time, died of natural causes.
The Pickin’ Chicken rose to stardom year when he was plucked of the farm of a Merced Sun-Star reporter and given the job of picking the winners of football games for the newspaper. The chicken made his picks through the complex mathematical method of pecking a piece of paper.
Although the Pickin’ Chicken has now pecked his last piece of paper, his legacy will live on. This year he will be succeeded at the Sun-Star by his son, the Booster Rooster. Gamblers everywhere be keeping their fingers crossed hoping that the Pickin’ Chicken taught his son everything he knows.
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