Talk:chicken cannon

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Move to WT:BJAODN perhaps. I don't see how this can be used generically or figuratively. The first cite seems to be a direct reference, while the second might be an indirect reference. Either way, the entry seems to be pure promotion for a particular comedy show. --Connel MacKenzie 18:04, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Isn't there such a thing used for testing airplane glass against bird impacts? bd2412 T 02:39, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

With rubber chickens and peanut butter? --Connel MacKenzie 16:49, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

No, certainly the existing definition is wrong. There is indeed a device of the type I described above, but it's actually called a chicken gun. Cheers! bd2412 T 03:46, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Google finds abundant examples of the term "chicken cannon" (along with "chicken gun", "rooster booster" and other nicknames) being used to refer to the device employed for aircraft testing. I have added this sense to the entry along with 2 quotations and have changed Connel Mackenzie's {{rfv}} to an {{rfv-sense}} applying to the specific Canadian usage. The Canadian sense is very likely derived from the more general sense of the term. -- WikiPedant 03:55, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

and another

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For previous discussion, see Talk:chicken cannon. —Ruakh_TALK 03:52, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Tagged in 2007 (!), not listed. Specific cannon used in Royal Canadian Air Farce TV show to splatter celebrities. Equinox ◑ 00:08, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Lordy, I created this entry during my earliest days here. Although there was a time when pretty much every Canadian knew what it meant, sense2 never did meet CFI, and the TV show is now off the air, so it should just be deleted without even bothering with an rfd. -- Ghost of WikiPedant 02:13, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

It actually was listed, but ended up in a black hole on an RFV archive page. I've now moved that discussion to Talk:chicken cannon. —Ruakh_TALK 03:52, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Sense removed by Wikipedant's ghost. Striking.​—msh210℠ (talk) 18:46, 3 December 2010 (UTC)