Whoa!

I guess I shouldn't be listening to the news out the corner of my ear while I'm still waking up. I heard, "And later today, President Clinton will be pardoning the official White House Attorney..."

I spun around to face the toob and listen eagerly for "the rest of the story" from the CNBC babbling head. "...a [how ever many] pound turkey named..."

Sheesh.

-- Ron Schwarz (rs@clubvb.com.delete.this), November 24, 1999

Answers

A turkey pardoning a turkey.....Who'd a thunk!

-- CygnusXI (noburnt@toast.net), November 24, 1999.

Happens every year. The turkeys get sent to a farm outside D.C. They live out their lives there, actually just a few years; turkeys' life-spans aren't all that long.

-- just some info (for@you.foreigners), November 24, 1999.

"And later today, President Clinton will be pardoning ... a [how ever many] pound turkey named..." Boy, if THAT isn't a nice, slow, underhand pitch right up the middle!

-- I'm Here, I'm There (I'm Everywhere@so.beware), November 24, 1999.

He HAD to let lunch off the hook. Cannibalism is illegal!

Kook

-- Y2Kook (Y2Kook@usa.net), November 24, 1999.

I think you missed the point: this issue was covered in another thread dealing with Turkeys and the Art of Eros: the turkey was being spared from Sausage Stuffing.

Squirrel Hunter >"<

-- SH (squirrl@huntr.com), November 24, 1999.