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how did we get turkey for 3 in a row??

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The term "turkey" came about back in the early 1900's when bowling was just getting up and going.

The owners of the bowling alleys would give a free live turkey to anyone that could get 3 strikes in a row.

Over the years it just caught on


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I will head to my local pro shop. Right after I buy it online.

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When faced with a difficult situation, Jesus asks himself, "What would Chuck Norris do?"

Robo-Arm bowlers SUCK...

Edited on 4/7/2008 2:38 PM

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I think you're partly correct but from what I understand its slightly different, same premise though.

What I understand is that during the Depression when people couldn't afford to eat, a house owner/proprieter who may have had a little excess money got a sort of charity event together for Thanksgiving and set it up so that anyone that was able to roll three strikes in a row got a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.  The term stuck.

Also, bowling has been around since well before the early 1900s in Europe (I think it originated in what was then Prussia, today Poland) and was brought to the States by the immigrants.  Obviously its changed some since it was brought over, but the basic premise of rolling a ball down a lane and knocking over pins is the same.

Edit:  After looking it up it seems the first form of bowling was invented by the ancient Egyptians, and it seems also seperately in ancient Finland and Yemen, and Germany in about 300AD, and from there evolved into what we know it as today.
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15.5# MoRich NSane LevRG
16# AMF Nighthawk (replacing soon)
16# Roto-Grip Neptune
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More to come!

Edited on 4/9/2008 9:48 AM

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