"Even turkeys can fly" (1992)

[Wilson Gray]

On Sep 17, 2004, at 2:31 PM, Mullins, Bill wrote:

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> Arthur Carlson, station manager of WKRP radio in Cincinnati, OH:
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> "As God is my witness . . . I thought turkeys could fly."   30 Oct 78
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FWIW, real, i.e. wild turkeys can and do fly. It's only the synthetic,
Butterball-type of turkey that can't fly.

-Wilson Gray