December 9, 2006
The fiendish stupidity of chickens
While reading Tom Bissell's profile of director Werner Herzog in Harper's Magazine, I came across this Herzog quote in one of the footnotes, which had my laughing out loud during a flight to Albuquerque ...
"Look into the eyes of a chicken and you will see real stupidity. It is a kind of bottomless stupidity, a fiendish stupidity. They are the most horrifying, cannibalistic and nightmarish creatures in the world."
It didn't end there. Here's Klaus Kinski on Herzog, as quoted from Kinski's autobiography: "I absolutley despise this murderous Herzog. ... Huge red ants should piss into his lying eyes, gobble up his balls, penetrate his asshole, and eat his guts."
Very cool. Great profile, too.
Posted by Bob Benz at December 9, 2006 7:06 PM
Comments. . .
i thought chickens were the most stupid animals on the face of the planet too... until i acquired a flock of ducks. no contest. the ducks can't remember where their feed is kept from one day to the next. it's absolutely mind-boggling that they survive.
Posted by: jo at December 15, 2006 10:19 AM
Bottomless stupidity... horrifying, cannibalistic, nightmarish creature. Add "orange-clad" and "chinless" and you've described the typical UT football fan.
Posted by: Leanne at December 15, 2006 1:13 AM