Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

That's easy. Because everyone else was. Scotland decided to hold their own festival to rival Pamplona's Running of the Bulls. Somehow, though, the Running of the Chickens just does not have quite the same ring to it.

Why did 3000 chickens cross the road? Because the lorry they were in crashed on one of Scotland's busiest motorways, that's why.

Thousands of runaway chickens brought traffic to a standstill after a transporter lorry crashed on a busy road near Glasgow.

The A80 heading towards Glasgow was shut for more than eight hours as the birds were rounded up by a specialist team drafted in by police.

The lorry carrying 3,000 live chickens jack-knifed near Castlecary at around 4.30am causing feathery mayhem for motorists travelling south and north.

The southbound carriageway was shut throughout the rush-hour, causing major tailbacks, with the M80 and M876 approach roads also closed.

The third photo at the link is absolutely hysterical. But the caption is all wrong. It should read: "You! Yes, you! behind the bikesheds, stand still laddie!"