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Kerri

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Bizarre chicken and bull smoking plaque
« on: February 21, 2013, 03:52:12 pm »
My friend and her husband purchased a home from an older couple and this large plaque is up on the front of the garage. My friend and her husband know nothing about it. He loves it, she thinks it's stupid. I had to take a photo of it because it was just completely bizarre and hilarious. It's a bull and a rooster smoking cigarettes. (Sorry it's blurry.) I have googled the heck out of this using different terms (rooster bull, cock and bull, smoking, smoking cigarettes, etc etc etc) and found nothing. Any ideas?
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Re: Bizarre chicken and bull smoking plaque
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2013, 04:01:54 pm »
A right Cock & Bull story if i ever heard one....methinks there,s been a bit of chain tugging here...but....I wish it was above my door...."in a minature form mind you....would .nt want my new neighbours to think I was completely barking....or Mooing & clucking.... ;D ;D ;D..I,ve looked at this pic again....are you sure it was,nt you and your friend and her hubby...that were doing the smoking..of maybe an illegal substance....for if you look closely at your smoking bull..it looks more like its cracking a whip...or at least holding the end of a line that the pare burds balanced on... ;D
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Re: Bizarre chicken and bull smoking plaque
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2013, 04:33:47 pm »
I'm thinking there might be a Cock n' Bull Pub someplace that's wondering where their sign went. 8)
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Re: Bizarre chicken and bull smoking plaque
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2013, 05:05:33 pm »
Lol, there is a restaurant by that name Rauville not to far from me.
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Re: Bizarre chicken and bull smoking plaque
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2013, 05:39:53 pm »
Quote from: greenacres on February 21, 2013, 05:05:33 pm
Lol, there is a restaurant by that name Rauville not to far from me
...Is this it.....http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g52957-d511559-Reviews-The_Cock_n_Bull_Restaurant-Lahaska_Pennsylvania.html
There,s also one in Seabrook Texas,..and New York...and loads of other places...and hundreds in the UK
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Re: Bizarre chicken and bull smoking plaque
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2013, 05:58:59 pm »
Oooooh, didn't know that. What they serve? A lot of Bull. ;D
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Re: Bizarre chicken and bull smoking plaque
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2013, 06:10:32 pm »
Quote from: greenacres on February 21, 2013, 05:58:59 pm
Oooooh, didn't know that. What they serve? A lot of Bull. ;D
well its a lot better that whats going on over here just now....Burgerking dumped 2 million burgers cause they were found to contain horse DNA...and now almost all of the processed meat products have been found to contain horse DNA....but its neigh a big deal for me...i kinda like horses... ;D ;D
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Re: Bizarre chicken and bull smoking plaque
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2013, 07:02:49 pm »
Thanks for the great answers. :)

Internet searching showed nothing by that name in the area, but whose to say it's from that area. I should ask around.

I see what you mean about the whip, but they are absolutely smoking cigarettes. Not even cigars. Sorry the picture isn't real clear. They are cigarettes.... or maybe really long doobs? ;)
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Re: Bizarre chicken and bull smoking plaque
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2013, 07:07:36 pm »
Quote from: Kerri on February 21, 2013, 07:02:49 pm
Thanks for the great answers. :)

Internet searching showed nothing by that name in the area, but whose to say it's from that area. I should ask around.

I see what you mean about the whip, but they are absolutely smoking cigarettes. Not even cigars. Sorry the picture isn't real clear. They are cigarettes.... or maybe really long doobs? ;)
I just knew you would know about them Illegal...thingymab obs...or as you say doobs...wonder if thats where the Doobie Brothers took their name from... ;D.
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Re: Bizarre chicken and bull smoking plaque
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2013, 07:19:13 pm »
I'm betting it is.
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Re: Bizarre chicken and bull smoking plaque
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2013, 08:09:25 pm »
Just curious but didn`t they ask the prior owners of the house where it came from ??
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Re: Bizarre chicken and bull smoking plaque
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2013, 08:46:55 pm »
No they didn't. I don't remember the exact circumstances but I know that they left quite a few things behind.... some depression glass plates and vintage containers for things, and a bunch of other stuff. I sure as heck would've have left this sweet piece of decor behind. :)
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Re: Bizarre chicken and bull smoking plaque
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2013, 10:59:37 pm »
Looks mid 20th century, from the Golden age of (cigarette) Smoking.

Well, as the cock and bull might say themselves, "What Were Once Vices are Now Habits."
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Re: Bizarre chicken and bull smoking plaque
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2013, 12:09:40 am »
What a wonderful sign! I bet you guys are right, that it's an older sign off a cock n' bull pub or inn of some sort. What a wonderful sign! Love it!
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Re: Bizarre chicken and bull smoking plaque
« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2013, 05:18:59 am »
Quote from: Kerri on February 21, 2013, 07:02:49 pm
Thanks for the great answers. :)

 but they are absolutely smoking cigarettes. Not even cigars.

Well now, iffen that is a cigarette ........ then that is a wee minature cow, and that's no bull.

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