FROZEN TURKEYS

At a company i used to work for,it was a tradition that on the last working day before it closed for Christmas, we used to get given a 12 pound frozen turkey each,as a gesture of thanks for all our hard work during the year.It was also a tradition of ours to go straight from work on that last day across the road to the local pubs for a Christmas drink or two.We all knew that we were going to receive this turkey, but none of us ever made any plans for getting it home,we couldn't leave it at work as the premises were locked for the christmas holidays as soon as we left them.I was given a frozen turkey,four Christmas's in a row and i never managed to get one home, neither did any of the other four fellas that i regularly drank with.We would start in the first pub, all sat round a table to begin with, our turkeys sat next to us in their own chairs,then we would go onto another pub with our turkeys slowly defrosting under our arms, by the third pub we had become so fond of our frozen birds,that they now had names,but,by the time we had reached the final pub,which was 2 miles from where we started and about 8 hours later,they had gone.In 4 years only one turkey ever made it to the final pub,and for a while it looked like it was going home,it wasn't in a fit state to go home,but it had been on one hell of an adventure,something to tell his mates,if only we knew where they were,but unfortunately it wasn't to be for that little fella,as he was last seen being used as a football by half the pub at closing time.And whatever happened to all the other turkeys as those nights progressed, is sadly,still a mystery !