HNT = Hands N Turkeys

Hands in turkey formation, Wop celebrates his recent birthday and a fine, fine birthday gift - a new Virginia Tech polo shirt. (you can just barely see it in the background)

For those not in the know, the mascot for the Virginia Tech Hokies is the Fighting Gobbler... a turkey... yeah, a fearsome beast, the turkey. Capable of staring up at the sky in the rain and drowning itself from sheer stupidity. Of course, they CLAIM that the word HOKIE started out as just a word to rhyme with in a cheer. Other sources, supposedly in the know, say that a Hokie is a turkey that has been outfitted with razors that was used in cockfighting... they'll also say they were castrated in the process.

I'm not so sure I'd want my mascot to be a castrated turkey, either....

Of course, none of these turkeys is to be confused with Wild Turkey, that bourbon of bourbons... it comes in both the mild 80 proof version, as well as the Kickin' Chicken version at 101 proof. I remember many a party I've started with the Kickin' Chicken... indeed...

Notice that I said, I remembered STARTING them...

Not so clear on the ending parts... ahh the days of youth, so nice and blessfully blurry - morning afters are really NOT all they're cracked up to be sometimes, after all.

For more HNT happiness and info, you must go see Osbasso. He is the man with the answers - and a TON of HNT happy links.