Somerville turkey likes donuts, takes no guff from cops. Photo by Greg Cook.
After a turkey family visited his family backyard, Greg Cook began to wonder what the deal is with all these turkeys in the Boston area. He wound up interviewing Jim Cardoza of MassWildlife, who led the effort to restore wild turkeys to Massachusetts in the 1970s, a century after they'd been hunted to extinction here.
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This was adorable &
By Gentle Reader
Thu, 11/19/2020 - 10:23pm
This was adorable & informative. Thanks for sharing!
There are few commonplaces of modern discourse that I loathe
By MC Slim JB
Thu, 11/19/2020 - 11:21pm
more than "LOL". It is so often used to punctuate a miserable, granddad-lame attempt at humor: "See? I'm laughing OUT LOUD at my own joke, so it must be *totally hilarious!* Get it? GET IT?!"
99% of the time, "LOL" makes me cringe. Never end your quip by waggling your eyebrows and jabbing your elbow into the ribs of your audience, you pitiful wannabe vaudeville comic. If it's actually funny, I don't need your LOL-prompt, ever.
It doesn't help that half the time it carries the cringe-inducing whiff of parents trying to sound hip with youth slang. "Jesus, Mom, don't ever use the word 'lit' within my hearing again."
With those caveats, I must admit, on seeing that photo, I LOLed.
Turkeys may occasionally be a menace, but fundamentally they are hideous and hilarious creatures, LOL! (See what I mean?)
"Verbal Texting"
By anon
Thu, 11/19/2020 - 11:41pm
I am reminded of an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" where some obnoxious woman said "L-O-L" out loud every time she thought something was funny. Larry David said "why do you do that?". She said "I'm laughing". He said, "saying L-O-L is not laughing. It's VERBAL TEXTING!". Lol!
OMG!
By perruptor
Fri, 11/20/2020 - 6:59am
Don't forget the people who say that other three-syllable acronym instead of a three-syllable phrase.
Why The Face?
By Brent Jeffries
Fri, 11/20/2020 - 10:51am
n/t
cyclical
By BostonDog
Fri, 11/20/2020 - 7:42am
20 years ago LOL was all the rage of AOL and ICQ. And then it suddenly became uncool, something only to be typed by someone's oblivious Mom. "Ha" replaced LOL which actually made sense since no one actually LOL when they LOL.
And then for unexplained reasons the LOL tide came back. It's once again acceptable if not preferred to use the acronym. Maybe all the people saving up keystrokes by typing k instead of ok felt they could spend their bounty on the three character lol instead of an efficient ha.
How about LMFAO? OR
By anon
Fri, 11/20/2020 - 6:07am
How about LMFAO? OR LOLFUCKINGL?
Photo of the year
By anon
Fri, 11/20/2020 - 7:37am
right there. What say the Turkey Liberation Fronters? What was this cop's crime ?
Thanksgiving-related ire
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 11/20/2020 - 9:46am
ACAB - All Cops Are Basters
As God is my witness...
By Tim Mc.
Fri, 11/20/2020 - 9:17am
...I had no idea turkeys had been reintroduced to MA.
I hope...
By JPMom
Fri, 11/20/2020 - 9:17am
that turkey didn't grab the cop's gun while his back was turned.
Send that turkey to New Orleans
By SamWack
Fri, 11/20/2020 - 9:20am
along with the best strutters in his flock. I want to see the Gallopavo Krewe of Meleagris in the next Mardis Gras parade.
The human part of the parade will probably be cancelled, so the turkeys, who unlike humans do not consort with bats, will have the field to themselves.
Thanks a lot, Jim.
By J.R. Dobbs
Fri, 11/20/2020 - 9:35am
.
"Why are you writing me a ticket?"
By Cleary Squared
Fri, 11/20/2020 - 3:36pm
"I went to Hyde Park and had no problem getting a chocolate cruller and a small black coffee. I come to Somerville and you're writing a ticket? I'm going back to Charlestown; at least they think I'm adorable there."
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