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June 1984

Once Over Lightly

Sense and nonsense on the road to recovery

HE DIDN'T EVEN have a choice, and along that line D. P. of Arizona tells about an alcoholic butcher who had been hitting the bottle the last few hours before closing his shop for the Thanksgiving holiday. As he was about to lock up, a customer came in and asked for a turkey. The butcher had only one left--a scrawny bird, which he brought out of the freezer. The customer looked at it and shook his head. "Show me a better one," he requested.

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