I’d like to confess, I began this tweet with an utter misconception of the size of things. To explain my misconception, I’ll take you back to my days in the oil fields of Vernal where we drove “Dodge 1-Tons”.
It never occurred to me that the “1-ton” could refer to anything other than the vehicle’s weight. (Surprise, the “1-ton” refers to payload* capacity, meaning the truck can payload 1-ton objects, though according the world wide interwebs, this payload capacity is “very flexible” since most 1-tons can payload significantly more.
So, but, anyway, in my mind, if these trucks were 2,000lbs. than a 4,000lb. chicken is twice that big, therefore twice the size of an elephant.
In reality, a Dodge 1-Ton, aka a Dodge 3500, weighs—according to the interwebs—as much as 7,300lbs., which is roughly the size of a full-grown elephant. But my terrorist chickens clocking in at 4,000lbs. are not the enormous beasts I’d imagined them to be. Alas, enjoy my conversation with
And here’s the reply that caught my attention.
Andy has always been a subject of interest to me because I had the sense his work would read like a breezy satire. Interviewing him proved me right.
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*I used this word here as a verb in order to avoid any false claims about what feats the vehicles in question could perform. You’ll understand, I’m sure!
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