This is right around the time every year that New England Patriots fans start showing off their knowledge of the classic European folk tale “Henny Penny” by both thinking and saying out loud its most famous catchphrase, over and over and over again, both alone to themselves and to anyone within earshot in small groups and large crowds alike.
Of course, in America this story is better known by its alternative name, “Chicken Little.” The classic idiom remains the same though on either continent: “The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!