# Holy Hen Grenade, Batman! And now the chicken will explode **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470 "2008-06-10T17:40:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jimson\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@Jimson\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimson_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/1 "2008-06-10T17:40:48Z")
From [this story](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080610/ap_on_fe_st/odd_chicken_bomb) > [@](#): > > The road was closed while the Hartford Police Department’s bomb squad came and blew up the chicken. I know it’s not funny. But that sentence just doesn’t seem real. Exploding flightless birds are the realm of Monty Python, not the news. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/2 "2008-06-10T17:53:06Z")
Why didn’t the chicken cross the road? Because the Hartford Police Department blew it up. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/3 "2008-06-10T18:24:37Z")
That’s _not_ how pressure cooking works. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/4 "2008-06-10T18:37:20Z")
Doesn’t this belong in the Beer Can Chicken thread? Now, for extra zest – Pipe Bomb Chicken! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/5 "2008-06-10T20:02:09Z")
Now vee putten en dur boomy woomy en dur cheekee. Bork bork bork! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/6 "2008-06-10T21:39:47Z")
Thank god the copy editor added the word “up”! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/7 "2008-06-10T21:47:34Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Now, for extra zest – Pipe Bomb Chicken! [/QUOTE] The roast that carves itself! And the diners. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/8 "2008-06-10T23:06:49Z")
The Mad Chicken Bomber has escaped from Arkham! Into suburban Connecticut. [http://www.courant.com/shopping/hc-simbomb0610.artjun10,0,1973059.story](http://www.courant.com/shopping/hc-simbomb0610.artjun10,0,1973059.story) > [@](#): > > SIMSBURY - — As bomb scares go, this one might be the most unusual for local police. > > A motorist on Powder Forest Drive Friday morning noticed what looked like a whole chicken — the kind bought at grocery stores for roasting — with a pipe bomb stuffed inside, police said Monday. Anybody else hungry for scrambled eggs? Or Chicken [del]kapow[/del] Kung-pow? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/9 "2008-06-10T23:09:59Z")
I thought about posting that link in the Beer Can Chicken thread in Café Society this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/10 "2008-06-10T23:46:48Z")
**RyJae** , what bizarre-ass claim are you trying now? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/11 "2008-06-11T01:18:27Z")
A local restaurant offers ‘hengrenade’ chicken, which is fairly spicy. It makes me giggle every time I order it. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/12 "2008-06-11T02:29:51Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] A local restaurant offers ‘hengrenade’ chicken, which is fairly spicy. It makes me giggle every time I order it. [/QUOTE] So was this the Holy HenGrenade of Connecticut? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/13 "2008-06-11T02:32:20Z")
And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the stoats, and the carps, and the orangutans, and the breakfast cereals… (Alternately, someone must _really_ hate going to family dinners.) ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/14 "2008-06-11T02:35:57Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the stoats, and the carps, and the orangutans, and the breakfast cereals… (Alternately, someone must _really_ hate going to family dinners.) [/QUOTE] But no feasting on the chicken if you know what’s good for you. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/15 "2008-06-11T02:36:09Z")
Psssst. You’ve been beaten to the cluck: [Holy Hen Grenade, Batman! And now the chicken will explode - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=471323) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/16 "2008-06-11T02:48:11Z")
“Look, Batman, the farmer pinned a note on his chicken coop!” “A keen observation, Robin, and most unusual.” “It reads, ‘Which is heavier: one kiloton of feathers, or one kiloton of chicken feed?’ I don’t understand!” “It’s a paradox, Robin: both are the same amount of deadly explosive, and both answer the question ‘What’s a henway?’” “Then kindly farmer Jones was none other than-” “That’s right, my good chum: the Riddler in a clever disguise!” “What fowl play, Batman! And with the Gotham Poultry Festival only hours away!” ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/17 "2008-06-11T02:52:08Z")
Could it be the Holy Hengrenade of Antioch? :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/18 "2008-06-11T02:52:19Z")
I’ve merged the two chicken bomb threads and combined the titles because both were very funny. I hope nobody minds. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/19 "2008-06-11T04:45:46Z")
Some days, you just can’t get rid of a chicken. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470/20 "2008-06-11T04:59:46Z")
They wanted to emulate the [Oregon Highway Department](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhIoIlmHous)’s experiment, but lacked the budget. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-hen-grenade-batman-and-now-the-chicken-will-explode/452470.md?page=2)