Hen’s proved

Some topics are best not touched at a table: food preference is undoubtedly one of them.

Person1: “What do you prefer — chicken or fish?”

Person2: “Chicken, of course.”

Person1: “Chicken isn’t good for us. We should instead eat fish.”

Person2: “I hate fish! Those needle-y bones get stuck in my throat all the time.”

Person1: “That’s because you are stupid. Or maybe consuming chicken is making you stupider. You just need to be careful while separating the flesh from the skeleton.”

Person2: “So fish will make me smart?”

Person1: “Certainly.”

Person2: “How?”

Person1: “If we become what we eat, then chicken is the last thing we should be touching! It’s a dumb creature. Fish…”

Person2: “Well, if it were that dumb, it wouldn’t have survived the jurassic era. It would have perished along with the dinosaurs.”

Person1: “Survived, yes, but for what? To end up on our plate? To continue as a flightless/helpless wannabe bird?”

Person2: “So your issue with chicken is they are a part of our diet? That way, even fish is.”

Person1: “Nope. There’s exactly where the difference between the two creatures lies. A chicken, despite witnessing the disappearance of its family members weeks after weeks, doesn’t attempt to run away. The whole world is out there to free yourself but it continues to stay close to the house. What the heck is wrong with it? Just walk away if running is too much to ask for. Go explore the world. At least the fish knows that there is nothing to gain from friendship with humans.”

Person2: “Hmm.”

Person1: “Maybe we should change the question to ‘What came first — egg or fish?’.”

Person2: “Hmmmmmm.”