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For three decades, the  Butterball Turkey Talk-Line  has answered the desperate pleas of hundreds of thousands of holiday cooks. As you can imagine, in that time the staff of 50-plus experts has heard some pretty outlandish tales of Turkey Day mishaps and fielded some truly bewildering questions. Following are a few favorite conversations from the Butterball hotline operators. And if you need help this holiday season with your bird, don’t forget to call 1-800-BUTTERBALL. Double duty iStock/Jodi Jacobson A father in charge of thawing the turkey and bathing his toddler twins decided to hit two birds with one stone. “We could hear water splashing in the background, and turns out he has his kids and the turkey in the tub all at the same time,” says Nicole Johnson, Talk-Line co-director. The man was calling to find out if the bath water would be an acceptable method for thawing the turkey. READ MORE...

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On Sunday the Dutch comedy news show  Zondag met Lubach  released a YouTube video introducing President Trump to the Netherlands. It has since been viewed over nine million times. A voice over ( Greg Shapiro ) describes the Netherlands in speech patterns oddly reminiscent of the commander-in-chief ... HT www.englishblog.com

Read Guy Kewny's account of the story. CLICK HERE

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