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[–] tal@lemmy.today 55 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

Harper's Pub

All of the parties involved in the argument were said to have been drinking.

For God's sake, the British developed technology to deal with this some time back. The Guinness Book of World Records was originally designed to resolve disputes between bar patrons. Just put one in the bar instead of resolving them via homicide.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/70781-most-prolific-chicken

Most prolific chicken

White Leghorn (No. 2988)

United States

The highest authenticated rate of egg-laying is 371 in 364 days, laid by a White Leghorn (No. 2988) in an official test conducted by Prof. Harold V. Biellier ending on 29 August 1979 at the College of Agriculture, University of Missouri, USA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. Sir Hugh Beaver created the concept in order to settle arguments debated in pubs, and twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter co-founded the book in London in August 1955.[3]

https://gwrstore.com/en-us/collections/guinness-world-records-books

$21 per copy from their own store.

https://www.amazon.com/Guinness-World-Records-2025/dp/1913484564

$23 on Amazon.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 20 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

British

Guinness

Oooooh, them's fighting words!

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 5 points 12 hours ago

well the guy whose idea it was and the MD of Guinness was South African so it gets worse

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 10 points 11 hours ago

I think you’ll find the British invention to solve this was deportation to America.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

But then we'll never get a new record for 'number of dumb questions asked before somebody got shot'

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Most or fewest?

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 43 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

whatever amount of eggs this guy says is the right number

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 24 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It’s one or less a day. You can measure the flocks mood by the amount of eggs being laid a week. On weeks with poor sunlight or chilly weather we’d have less than usual.

Source: 0.45-Caliper Glock handgun.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 4 points 6 hours ago

I'm trying to start an argument, but the other guy over there says 371 in 364 is the record, which is more than 1 a day.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 20 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

Is it always the same "Florida Man" or do they take turns?

[–] Endmaker@ani.social 14 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

That's the joke, no? That they are obviously all different people, but we treat them as one person - with the superhero name Floridaman - who's responsible for all the weird shit.

[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 8 points 14 hours ago

Have you ever seen them in the same place at the same time?

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Floridaman - who’s responsible for all the weird shit.

This is the worst movie in the Marvel universe...

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 hours ago

can't be worse than The Marvels. I went legally blind on that one.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

We only hear about the Florida shenaningans because of a criminal transparency law unique to Florida.

The entire country is a freak show.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

That Sunshine law just states public meeting records must be publicly available not that every criminal case needs to be made public (as an example just look at any one of the thousands of cases involving police brutality where details aren't released). This is just a myth that got repeated over and over on reddit for years to the point that everyone believes it.

This type of shit is explicitly unique to Florida.

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 hours ago

Thank you for clarifying. I was fairly confident that states were pretty uniform in criminal cases being public records with a few exceptions like underage perpetrators' cases being sealed. Maybe this is even a federal law?

[–] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago

Have you seen Fallen with Denzel Washington? It’s kinda like that, but instead of Azazel it’s Beelzebubba.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

There is only one Florida Man, though he exists in many places at once.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 19 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

That outfit is straight fire though.

Overalls are always sexy AF, the knee-high rolled cuffs show off the 'too cool to give a fuck' combo of socks and slippers, but the shirt's on the opposite side of the color wheel for maximum contrast, and the yellow hat adds to the cartoonishly cheerful look.

It's an outfit that screams both "look at me!" And "lol i dgaf". I would absolutely wear the hell out of that outfit. I wouldn't accesorize it with a handgun though.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The beauty of handguns is that they go with anything.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 4 points 13 hours ago

I hear that lethal projectiles are very slimming.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

From the grainy screenshot, he looks exactly like Farmer Fran from The Waterboy.

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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 14 points 15 hours ago

Tom Sawyer is really into chickens.

[–] Creepo@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

"Two of the victims were arrested for resisting officers". MURICA!

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I'm beyond frustrated that the article doesn't mention either of their positions. Was he right?

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago

I raised chickens for many years, and I was all ready to be able to weigh in on who was right. A darn shame they couldn't give us more details

[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 14 hours ago

Two of the victims were arrested for resisting officers.

I’m not even surprised at this point.

[–] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 10 points 15 hours ago

"Nobody disses my chicken lore!"

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 hours ago

Two of the victims were arrested for resisting officers.

Typical Florida police state.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 8 points 8 hours ago

You got to fight for your beliefs.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Jesus he's a walking hillbilly stereotype

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 hours ago

Stereotypes happen for a reason.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Guy looks like a GTA player RPing a hillbilly meth head.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

At first I thought dude was cosplaying One Piece. With a piece.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

The Florida version of the Straw Hat pirates. They all have guns, Chopper is an alligator, and Nami is inexplicably pregnant for some reason.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 hours ago

Florida back at it again

[–] Takeshidude@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

he looks just like Crash Bandicoot in the thumbnail

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Its 37! I keep telling you!

37, and if you keep saying other wise I got a hammer with me and I'm not afraid to use it!

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

That can't be right. Everyone knows 24 is the biggest number there is.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 5 hours ago

Why do you keep boarding up windows man? No storm is coming!

Its 37! A hen lays 37 eggs!

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 1 points 50 minutes ago
[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 points 13 hours ago

Why didn't he just argue about it for days on an Internet forum like a normal person?

[–] lechatron@lemmy.today 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not saying he was right to do what he did, but I guarantee he was correct.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago

I think it was justified