"Even turkeys can fly" (1992)
Wilson Gray
wilson.gray at RCN.COM
Fri Sep 17 19:48:04 UTC 2004
On Sep 17, 2004, at 2:52 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
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>> 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.
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> along with turduckens
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> larry
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Say what?
-Wilson
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