Chicken Skin

It was April 1st and I went cycling for the first time in months. I went with two Korean guys. It sure was nice to cycle with other people. It was a first for me in Korea! It was a cool morning but I still managed to wear shorts!! Spring is coming. We stopped at a restaurant for something to eat 15 miles in. Normally, I'd prefer not stopping. We sat down and talked. Interesting guys. One of which decided it wasn't too early for alcohol...oh my, it was 8:30a.m. That is a whole different story. I was shocked and so was his friend(which put me at ease). We convinced him to be careful--after all he had to cycle another 15 miles home.

As we talked, one of the guys said, "Are you ok? You have Chicken Skin?" I said with a puzzled look on my face, "What do you mean?" He pointed to my legs saying, "Chicken Skin". I realized I had goose bumps and he was asking if I was cold.

Chicken skin??? What a funny thing to call goose bumps. It wasn't until I retold the story that I realized what I call these cold bumps is just as funny. Goose bumps? But I don't think of geese when I have goose bumps! Do you? Yet when they told me I had "chicken skin" I thought of a chicken. And they were right, it did look like I had chicken skin! If you've ever seen chicken skin, you'd know what I mean. We call them "goose bumps". They call them "chicken skin". Somehow in English and in Korean (translated in English) those "bumps" are poultry related. I wonder what other countries call these cold bumps? How about "quail bumps" or "duck skin"? Any takers? You say no, but there might be a country out there that says, YES!