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Skriven 2006-04-14 17:11:16 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 18923 av VERN HUMPHREY (1:123/140)
Ärende: Popular  Preznit
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On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:22:00 -0500, VERN HUMPHREY -> ED HULETT wrote:

 VH>>>>>>> You note that he apparently DID find the USA Today poll -- because
 VH>>>>>>> hasn't dared to claim what I said was false.

 EH>>>>>> Yep, I noticed that. His whole complaint wasn't that the poll didn't
 EH>>>>>> exist, but that you didn't provide a "proper citation."

 VH>>>>> I think I'll point out to him that his citation wasn't proper -- I
 VH>>>>> clicked on it, but it didn't take me to the site. :-)

 EH>>>> Plus it didn't read it to you. :-)

 VH>>> Yeah, some citation! :-)

 EH>> It didn't make lunch, either. :-)

 VH> Here's a citation for you:

 VH> www.stonecountyleader.com

 VH>                  Timbo Hunters Tackle Tough Turkey

 VH> We wouldn't want to embarrass the fellas, so we'll just call them
 VH> "Larry" and "Shawn."  The story goes that Larry and Shawn bagged their
 VH> bird and put it in Larry's Jeep, then the two were to drive in their
 VH> separate vehicles to Timbo Grocery, where they could check the turkey.
 VH> Larry was quite surprised during his drive to the store, when he looked
 VH> in the rear view mirror to see the bird standing on the rear seat!  He
 VH> stopped at his house and managed to kill the bird a second time -- or at
 VH> the very least he convinced it to play dead -- then proceeded to the
 VH> store.

 VH> At Timbo, the usual crowd of loafers looked on as Larry was given his
 VH> tag to tie on the bird, but just as he did this, the bird jumped up
 VH> again!

 VH> Larry quickly slammed the door to prevent the escape of Super Bird in
 VH> downtown Timbo.  One can only imagine the havoc and tall tales that
 VH> would have resulted, as if the story isn't colorful enough as is.
 VH> "That turkey was running circles in the back of his Jeep," one observer
 VH> told the Leader.

 VH> Larry chauffeured his guest to the family hunting cabin, but showed it
 VH> little hospitality after he attempted to assist the bird from the
 VH> vehicle and it gave him a demonstration of the proper use of those
 VH> spurs everyone wants to brag about.

 VH> After one last tussle with the well-armed bird, the hunters were finally
 VH> victorious.  We're assured the turkey didn't make an escape from the
 VH> dinner table.

 VH> We haven't heard such a good story out of the Timbo gang since the
 VH> kidnapping of Clayton the hog.  We're glad to know life is still full of
 VH> surprises out on Highway 66.

ROFLOL!

Now that's a funny story.

Ed

-- 
Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows
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