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Minutes for the Annual Meeting of Repairs for the Roosting Gate

• Don’t fix it if it ain’t broke, !• We’ll have to have a day we’re not roosting to fix it.• Then forget it. Put it off until it• Second that.• New, longer, heavier, nicer art-deco hinges. They look so European.• Heavy chickens should sit closer to the post.• What are you saying?• No lying on the wood, no dancing. No cackling, crowing, or strutting back and forth.• Metal gusset plates. They look so professional.• Chickens don’t use plates.• What if we paint it Venice Red? That was the original color of the Eiffel Tower—that thing don’t sag.• What about that tower that leans in Italy? It’s an icon as well.• Point taken.• We shouldn’t ride or roost on this fence.• My great-granddaddy roosted and rode on this fence, so stop saying that.• Put some bricks under it. That would trip the cows; that would be funny.• It needs an hour’s worth of hammering. A good hammer can fix anything.• We need a man-wire and durn buckle.• It’s a and a buckle.• Same thing …• Maybe we should get off the gate when it swings.• The gate doesn’t swing now. • It needs a fancy latch and a new lock—for what? It won’t close now either.• We could scratch out the ground underneath. Might find some grubs.• We should get rid of the gates and put in cattle guards.• If the cows don’t come home, do we need gates? Just saying.• More bailing wire: Bailing wire will fix anything on the farm.• How about metal gates?• You ever stuck your tongue to an ice tray? Then, think about your backside.• Oooh … meeting adjourned until next year.• I love this gate, so comfortable.• Sometimes an old gate just, you know, makes the farm.

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