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Talking Turkey: The Story of How the Unofficial Bird of the United States Got Named After a Country
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| Giancarlo Casale
Posted on 12/08/2004 5:33:57 AM PST by Turk2
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To: Lokibob
I'm just glad the telephone wasn't invented by Alexander Graham Siren.
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posted on
12/08/2004 6:35:08 AM PST
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: Piranha
They also call a truck, el trucko. Brilliant, ay!
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posted on
12/08/2004 6:43:32 AM PST
by
wizr
(Love. Take some, pass it on. John 3:16)
To: Turk2
Actually, the word "turkey" came from Poland, the word "yekrut" which is turkey spelled backwards.
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posted on
12/08/2004 6:52:22 AM PST
by
TRY ONE
(NUKE the unborn gay whales!)
To: Turk2
Hi,
Mortimer Snavely has passed away..
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posted on
12/08/2004 7:30:11 AM PST
by
a_Turk
(Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence, Justice, Comitas, Firmitas, Gravitas, Humanitas, Industria..)
To: Turk2
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posted on
12/08/2004 7:34:06 AM PST
by
null and void
(I refuse to live my life as if someone, somewhere will be offended if I laugh...)
To: Turk2
As I walked into his office on the following Tuesday, I knew I would not be disappointed. Prof. Tekin had a wizened, grandfatherly face...
"Decide you must how to serve them best, a Jedi's strength flows from the Flock. But beware of the dark meat."
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posted on
12/08/2004 7:35:02 AM PST
by
mrsmith
To: carumba
Domestic turkeys are so dumb. They can drown in a rain storm because the stare upwards at the falling rain, their respiratory tract fills with rain water and pffft. Technically, a vegetable...
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posted on
12/08/2004 7:35:55 AM PST
by
null and void
(I refuse to live my life as if someone, somewhere will be offended if I laugh...)
To: Turk2
Good article. Thanks for posting it.
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posted on
12/08/2004 6:41:14 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
To: a_Turk
To: Turk2
Ah, so that solves that question. Thanks.
To: pkpjamestown
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posted on
12/10/2004 8:45:01 AM PST
by
a_Turk
(Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence, Justice, Comitas, Firmitas, Gravitas, Humanitas, Industria..)
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