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Talking Turkey: The Story of How the Unofficial Bird of the United States Got Named After a Country
mymerhaba ^ | n/a | 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.


21 posted on 12/08/2004 6:35:08 AM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Piranha

They also call a truck, el trucko. Brilliant, ay!


22 posted on 12/08/2004 6:43:32 AM PST by wizr (Love. Take some, pass it on. John 3:16)
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To: Turk2
Actually, the word "turkey" came from Poland, the word "yekrut" which is turkey spelled backwards.
23 posted on 12/08/2004 6:52:22 AM PST by TRY ONE (NUKE the unborn gay whales!)
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To: Turk2

Hi,

Mortimer Snavely has passed away..


24 posted on 12/08/2004 7:30:11 AM PST by a_Turk (Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence, Justice, Comitas, Firmitas, Gravitas, Humanitas, Industria..)
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To: Turk2

LOL! Kewl!


25 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...)
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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."


26 posted on 12/08/2004 7:35:02 AM PST by mrsmith
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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...

27 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...)
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To: Turk2

Good article. Thanks for posting it.


28 posted on 12/08/2004 6:41:14 PM PST by gcruse (http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
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To: a_Turk

God rest his soul!


29 posted on 12/08/2004 10:19:23 PM PST by pkpjamestown
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To: Turk2

Ah, so that solves that question. Thanks.


30 posted on 12/09/2004 4:04:11 AM PST by mtbopfuyn
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To: pkpjamestown

Amen..


31 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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