Word comes that yesterday traffic on I-17, the main interstate connecting Phoenix with the hinterlands to the north came to a screeching halt when a rooster appeared and kept changing lanes as confused drivers tried to decide how to cope with this unusual phenomenon. While the rest of the world was trying to decide how to deal with the death of Michael Jackson and the resignation of Sarah Palin, Phoenix got down to more vital matters - a rooster versus a thousand or so frustrted motorists.
The police department finally solved the problem when an officer got in front of the traffic and chased down the rooster. As the story goes, he had a cage in the back seat of his vehicle and putting the bird in it kept the rooster from flying around his car as he drove off, much to the relief of the cheering drivers, who now could procede on their respective ways.
Where the bird came from, what he was doing on the interstate or what happened to him after his adventure was not revealed.
No statement to date has been issued by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Sarah Palin or Michael Jackson. But things being what they are, we will probably hear from all of them before the weekend is over.
Well, surely the rooster can give a better press interview than Sarah Palin. Keep us updated on when that happens. he is a rather dandyfied kind of guy, a bit on the skinny side, so its rather doubtful he went into someone's stock-pot or onto someone's July 4th Barbecue. G
Posted by: Gabriella | July 04, 2009 at 09:44 PM