I donâ??t know but I have heard â?? as probably most of you have â?? that if you cut the head of a chicken it may run around even without a head. Now, for the popular scientists out their PLEASE donâ??t take this as a call for experiments â?? leave the chickens alone.
The term headless chicken may come from the (in)famous story of Mike the headless chicken which is basically the story about a chicken called Mike who lived for 18 months after his owner had chopped his head off (more on wikipedia).
The term has come to symbolise a high level of pointless activity. For me the beginning of term is the period of the headless chicken. Lots of staff & students meetings and loads of mail from students who could not be bothered to read the online instructions. The mail and meeting are actually meaningful to the other participants (at least I really hope so) but at the end of the day I have the feeling that I have not accomplished anythingâ?¦
I want to call the society for the prevention of cruelty to academics… Well at least it takes my mind of thesis-anxiety.