Peg Kerr's Journal

Judith never posted her own answer to the last riddle, which makes me think she was satisfied with ours. Today a new riddle has been posted in the window:

"Why is it in poor taste to tell RUBBER CHICKEN jokes?"

Well, friends list?

This is getting a tad bit confusing . . .

The last few exchanges have gone:

Judith over at MacPhail posted: What does the RUBBER CHICKEN band like to drive?

First we posted A stretch limo

and Judith at MacPhail posted A Mini-Couper.

Above that she posted:

How do RUBBER CHICKEN rock stars get to their gigs?

This was puzzling. It seemed to be a riddle that begged the answer we had already given ("A stretch limo,") but I decided to put up another answer: By jumping on the rubber bandwagon (escorted by a bouncer)"

Today I watched as Judith put up a new sign:

What kind of a job does a 300 lb RUBBER CHICKEN have? She saw me, I saw her, we exchanged waves, and I walked away, pondering.

Well, a bouncer, obviously, but that was part of the answer to their last riddle.

I wonder if she now thinks we're playing Jeopardy? In other words, we posted an extra answer to one of the riddles, and now she is posting riddles as responses to our answers instead of us posting answers to her riddles?

At any rate, can you think of any other job that a 300 lb rubber chicken can have, besides a bouncer???

I am definitely ordering the rubber chicken earrings for her. I may even get a pair for myself.

Last week's riddle was "What kind of car does the RUBBER CHICKEN like to drive?"

We deliberated between several answers but finally selected and posted "A Stretch Limo."

Today, MacPhail posted their answer, and it turned out to be the first one that had occurred to us but didn't use: "A Mini Cooper."

No new riddle yet; will report it if one appears.

Judith over at MacPhail has posted a new riddle in the window:

Where does the RUBBER CHICKEN BAND like to play?

Help us think of a good answer! (Besides "MacPhail," obviously.)

Our story so far: The MacPhail Center had posted a riddle ("Why did the rubber chicken cross the alley?"), and after we posted our answer, ("To stretch its legs") they posted their own answer: ("To play in the RUBBER BAND at MacPhail!")

This morning's sign in our kitchen:

"Will they be a-pickin' and a-grinning?"

MacPhail's sign at noon:

"What instruments will they play in the chicken rubber band?"

Our latest answer, posted in the window this afternoon:

"Washboard, bass, squeezebox, and a fiddle!"

Stay tuned for further developments.

Edited to add: I just went into the kitchen for a cup of tea and peered over to MacPhail to see if there were any new developments. At the same moment, two people in the practice room walked up to the window to peer over at our sign. They saw me and gave me a big grin and wave, and I grinned and waved back.

Both sides are getting an absurd amount of pleasure out of this little back-and-forth game.

I don't know who came up with it, but a new sign has been posted in our window, to answer the riddle ("Why did the rubber chicken cross the alley?") posed in the sign over in the window of the practice room at the MacPhail Center for the Arts:

"Because it wanted to stretch its legs!"

Stay tuned for further developments. . .

About three weeks ago, I noted in a post that I'd be rather curious to know the reason behind the five rubber chickens, hanging head downward, that could be seen through the window of one of the practice rooms of the new MacPhail Center for the Arts across the alley from our building. You could see them from our kitchen when you stood there waiting for coffee to brew. It got to be quite a popular idle kitchen conversation topic in the mornings.

Today, I walked into the kitchen and stared in surprise at the large 2' x 3' sign taped in the kitchen window, facing outward toward the MacPhail. I read the writing backwards through the paper, glanced out the window, and doubled over with laughter.

The chickens in the window at the MacPhail had been taken down.

Apparently, someone in our office objected, because the sign read, "WE WANT THE RUBBER CHICKENS BACK!!!"