Far Side cartoon, by Gary Larson, depicting limp chickens scattered about a bucolic environment with a sign that reads “Boneless Chicken Ranch”
3 September 2020
On 31 August 2020, Ander Christensen made an impassioned plea before the Lincoln, Nebraska city council to ban the use of the term boneless chicken wings in local restaurant menus, arguing that the term was misleading. But by the end of the video it becomes obvious that Christensen is less than serious about his cause. So, enjoy it for the rhetoric, not the logic.
Of course, words and phrases mean what we use them to mean, and in the case of boneless chicken wings, there is no misunderstanding among customers as to what they are ordering. So, if he were not joking, despite his ardor for the cause, Christensen would have been wrong.
Watch (2-minute video):
Ander Christensen tells the Lincoln, Nebraska city council that boneless chicken wings must be renamed.
Image credit: The Far Side, by Gary Larson, c. 1980.
