Daily Archives: 08-08-25

Eve Fairbanks (“McCain Campaign Tries the Chicken Prank,” “The Stump” [TNR], 25 Aug ’08): a prank legendarily pulled at my high school in which students procured well fewer than 20 live chickens, numbered them 1 through 20 with magic markers (leaving some numbers out), set them loose, and then sat back and gleefully watched as [...]