Dessie visits the pub after his granddaughter is born
Dessie Curley: 7 pounds 12 ounces.
Old Man: Is that a baby, or a turkey?
Dessie Curley: A baby!
Old Man: That’s a good-sized baby.
Dessie Curley: Right.
Old Man: Small turkey, though.
~ The Snapper
Happy Thanksgiving.
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tawny grammar is a notebook of nature and culture on the web and in the wild, kept by Steve Himmer. The name comes from Thoreau's essay "Walking", and the image above is the Bruder Klaus Field Chapel.