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Show November 17, 1995 Cross Currents Page 25 R:RV: Glue used to make ends meet in turkey shipments W are approaching the holiday, when we to reflect on our blessings by eating pretty much nonstop for an entire day, then staggering off to bed, still chewing, with wads of stuffing clinging to our hair. Its a spiritual time, yes, but it can also be a tragic time if an inadequately cooked turkey gives us salmonella poisoning, which occurs when tiny salmon get into our g swim blood, upstream and spawn in our brains (this is probably what happened to Ross Perot). Thats why the American Turkey and Giblet Council recommends that, to insure proper preparation, you cook your turkey in a heated oven for at least two full quarters of the Vikings-Lion- s game, then give a piece to your dog and observe it closely for symptoms such as vomiting, running for presiturkey-dwellin- dent, etc. Some day, perhaps, we wont have to take these precautions, not if the U.S. government approves a radical new concept in poultry safety being proposed by a company in Rancho Cucamonga, California. I am not making up Rancho Cucamonga: its a real place whose name, if you look it up in your Spanish-Englis- h dictionary, turns out to mean Cucamonga Ranch. I am also not odd-soundi- ng advance, making up the poultry-safet- y which was discussed in a lengthy news story by Randyl Drummer in the May 6 issue of the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, sent in by many alert readers. Before I quote from this story, I need to issue a: WARNING TO TASTEFUL READERS: You should NOT -- 1 repeat, NOT read the rest of this column if you are likely to be in any way offended by the term turkey rectums. Speaking of which, the editors of The Nashville Banner will definitely want to take a close look at the following material. Thank you. The story appears on The Daily Bulletins business page, under the headline, PACER BACKING NEW USE FOR GLUE. It begins, I swear, as follows: RANCHO CUCAMONGA Jim Munn hopes that the government and the poultry industry will get behind his process for gluing chicken and turkey rectums. Jim Munn, the story explains, is the president of a company called Pacer 1 - - By Dave Barry Technology, which makes Super Glue. Munn, the story states, believes that meat contamination can be reduced by gluing shut the rectal cavities of turkeys and chicken broilers. (Needless to say, this would be done AFTER the chickens and turkeys have gone to that Big Barnyard In The Sky; otherwise everybody involved would have to be paid a ridiculous amount of money.) The story states that Munn became intrigued by a poultry rectal glue product after a federal inspector contacted him and said he had used Super Glue on a turkey. I frankly Find it hard to believe that a federal employee would admit such a thing, after what happened to Bob Packwood, but Jim Munn thought it was a terrific concept. He plans to market the product under the name -Rectite. get ready Poultry officials applaud the idea, states the story. I do, too. I am all for gluing turkeys shut; in fact, I think they should be glued shut PERMANENTLY, because, as a consumer, I do not wish to come into contact with those gross organs, necks, glands, etc. that come packed inside them. There are few scarier experiences in life than having to put your unarmed hand inside the cold, clammy recesses of a darkened turkey and pull those things out, never knowing when one of them will suddenly come to life like the creature in the movie Alien, leap off your kitchen counter and skitter around snacking on household residents. bad word. In The Little Mermaid, the officiator in the wedding scene is obviously sexually aroused. Not only that, but the box cover of 'The Little Mermaid contains a phallic symbol in the center of the royal castle. In The Lion King, when Simba plops down, The cloud of dust that he stirs up, to the upper left of his head, forms the letters (Which, if remove the you hyphens, spells sex.) None of this surprises me. I have been suspicious of the Disney people ever since it was first pointed out to me, years ago, that Donald Duck does not wear pants. There is WAY more of this perversion going on than we are aware of, and it is not limited to Disney. Look at the shape of the Life Savers package! Are we supposed to believe thats COINCIDENCE? No, this kind of thing is everywhere, and today I am calling on you readers, as concerned individuals with a lot of spare time, to look for instances of hidden perversion in commercial products, then report them to me by sending a postcard to: Smut Patrol, co Dave Barry, Miami Herald, Miami, Fla. 33132. Working together, we WILL get to the bottom of this. And then we will glue it shut. (Dave Barry once worked as a journalist. His office is at the Miami Herald, which is in a state that is not part of the Four Comers region. Tribune Media Services, Inc., copyrights and distributes his columns.) - - - So I urge you to telephone your congressperson immediately and state your position on this issue clearly and forcefully, as follows: I favor gluing turkey rectums! And while you have your congressperson on the line, you might want to point out that The Walt Disney Co. is secretly using cartoon movies to promote sex. Yes. I have here a document from an organization called the American Life League, entitled, OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON DISNEYS PERVERTED ANIMATION. The document states that Disney has been putting smut into its cartoon movies, and cites the following examples, which I am still not making up: - In when Prince Aladdin, Ababwa calls on Princess Jasmine on her balcony, a voice whispers, 'Good clothes. The teenagers, take off your document further asserts that in the same movie, Abu the monkey says a Dependable solar electric power systems. Remote Homes Water Pumping Telecommunications Billboard Lighting Cathodic Protection Outdoor Lighting Radio Beacons Recreational Vehicles Call for a price quote and computerized CAD design. 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