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Saved from last year--too crazy not to share :P (aka, if you thought your family gatherings are problematic...I'd heard a couple of good Thanksgiving stories, but this one takes the cake.)
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Dear Miss Manners • My Thanksgiving was ruined by people that my brother allowed in his house.

I told his girlfriend not to bring or cook a turkey, as I had one already there.

I was cooking said bird when she and two others arrived, already stewed to the gills. They took out my bird and threw it over the backyard fence.

I knew their bird was rancid, as I have been trained as a chef. I told my bro not to eat it. He ate it and was very sick for four days.

I ate one bite and wrapped what was left in my napkin. I proceeded to the nearest hospital, where I work, and had it tested. Salmonella, big time. Do you think it was rude of me to do so?
I warned her about her bird. She nearly killed my bro. What can I do?

Gentle Reader •

(1) Check on the neighbors. Even on Thanksgiving, they cannot have expected delivery of an airborne fowl.

(2) Make other plans for Christmas.