The Story Behind This Year's Pardoned Turkey

November 25th, 2009 | 04:00 pm
 
Every year, the president officially pardons a turkey for Thanksgiving, to save the animal from being butchered and served to a starving homeless family on America's favorite food-oriented holiday.  We decided to do a little digging this year and look into exactly how they choose which turkey to pardon.  Take a look at the wrap sheet for this year's pardoned Turkey:
 
 
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3 Responses to "The Story Behind This Year's Pardoned Turkey"

  1. aPlateOfGrapes Says:

    HT you're getting lazy...

    It's 2009, not 2007
    This year's turkey is 40lbs and is named Courage.

  2. aninnymouse Says:

    yeahhh this year's turkey came from North Carolina... a guy i go to school with raised it... better research jackasses

  3. lunchboy Says:

    i love turkeys...pardoned or not! yay!!! turkey for dinner and left over turkey sammiches....whoo hooo....i am sooo freaking excited. carry on kids!

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