| Have you ever wondered who first figured
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| | CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia
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| out what man should and should not eat? I
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| | motorists who run down the odd critter
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| mean, at some point near the beginning of
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| | can legally take it home for dinner under
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| time, there must have been someone who
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| | a law passed by the Legislature. The
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| sat down on a rock and decided that man
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| | bill, which has made West Virginia the
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| should eat cows, but not crocodiles; that
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| | butt of jokes nationally, would let
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| he should devour pigs and chickens and
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| | drivers keep their road kill provided
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| fish, but not lions and tigers and bears.
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| | they report it to conservation or police
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| Who was this prehistoric Galloping
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| | officers within 12 hours. The measure
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| Gourmet and what was his connection to
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| | became law when Gov. Cecil Underwood
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| the "Wizard of Oz?" Unfortunately, we'll
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| | declined to veto it by a Thursday
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| probably never know.If early man was
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| | deadline. Pro-road kill legislators
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| anything like his modern-day counterpart,
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| | envision people eating deer hit on he
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| it's a pretty safe bet that only those
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| | road, but the bill allows drivers to take
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| animals that were easy to catch and
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| | home any wildlife, except protected
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| didn't try to eat you in return were put
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| | birds, spotted fawn or bear cubs.
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| on the edibles list. Though early man is
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| | Proponents said if drivers can be
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| thought to have had a brain the size of a
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| | encouraged to eat their road kill, the
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| peach pit, he probably didn't have to see
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| | state would save money it now pays
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| too many of his cave buddies eaten by
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| | Division of Highways workers to remove
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| giant iguanas to figure out that
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| | the dead animals. Current law allows
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| prehistoric cow meat made for a much
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| | people to take possession of road kill
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| healthier diet. That being the case, it
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| | only after they've contacted authorities,
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| was fear and laziness that determined
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| | by then the meat has spoiled, said
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| what the menu for mankind was to be. And
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| | supporters.The only gray area in this law
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| it's a good thing, too. Had our ancestors
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| | is what technically constitutes road
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| taken a bit more initiative, your
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| | kill. By its very name, road kill is
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| favorite food today might be badger on a
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| | "something killed on the road," so it
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| stick. Can you say, "Mmm Mmm, good!"From
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| | shouldn't be too hard to establish a rule
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| a Biblical point of view, perhaps it was
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| | of thumb. Something simple, like: "if the
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| Adam who planned the world's first menu.
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| | driver has to jump a curb and/or slam
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| "Hey, Eve, look! These platypus tails
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| | through a barbed-wire fence to
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| aren't bad if you dip them in a little
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| | accidentally hit and kill the animal,
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| honey mustard. In fact, they kind of
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| | they have gone too far." And no backing
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| taste like chicken! Put them on the 'can
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| | up just to make sure dinner is done,
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| eat' list!"Hmm... Maybe it was a good
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| | either. Under the law, that would be
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| thing Eve wasn't much of a listener,
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| | considered "over-tenderizing."I have to
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| after all.No matter who performed those
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| | wonder what effect this law will have on
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| first taste-tests, thereby establishing
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| | how West Virginians eat. Imagine this
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| the dietary standard for mankind for
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| | being rattled off by the peppy waiter at
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| generations to come, I believe that,
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| | TGIFriday's: "Howdy. The name's Merle,
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| throughout time, God has looked down
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| | and I'll be your waiter this evening.
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| occasionally and yelled, "Hey, stupid!
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| | Today's specials are Armadillo on the
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| You're not supposed to eat THAT!"When I
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| | Half Shell, Skunk TarTar, Squirrel
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| was growing up on a small farm in rural
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| | Flambe, Iguana Gumbo... and we also have
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| Limestone County, we were completely
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| | a lovely Raccoon Rockefeller for only
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| self-sufficient (the politically-correct
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| | $7.99."Gives a whole new meaning to the
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| term for being too poor to purchase
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| | term, "scattered, smothered, chunked and
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| food). If we couldn't grow it in a field
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| | smashed," doesn't it?The road kill law is
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| or raise it in a pen or squeeze it from a
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| | not without its critics. Dr. Hannah
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| cow, we didn't consume it. We grew it, we
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| | Barberra, spokeswoman for the animal
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| killed it, we ate it, period. Needless to
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| | rights group "Defenders Of Other Dumb
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| say, there were a lot of jumpy animals
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| | Animals" or "DOO-DA" for short, had this
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| around our house. Even my dog had a
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| | to say: "The road kill law gives humans a
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| nervous tick (sorry, the joke was there,
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| | license to drive and kill. Imagine a
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| I had to use it).We never went out to
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| | world full of Wyle E. Coyotes driving
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| eat, either. To us, fast food simply
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| | two-thousand pound automobiles. That's
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| meant that we couldn't catch it on foot.
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| | what we have to look forward to if eating
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| Perhaps we should have tried running it
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| | road kill becomes the norm."When asked
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| down with my old man's truck. I never
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| | about the rumor that DOO-DA plans to set
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| considered that an option until I read
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| | up booby-trapped ducks, rabbits and road
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| about what's going on in West Virginia, a
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| | runners along West Virginia's highways to
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| state which, until now, has been
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| | discourage hungry motorists, Dr. Barberra
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| primarily known for giving the world such
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| | declined to comment, other than to say
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| great punchlines as: "If she ain't good
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| | that whatever her group does, no actual
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| enough for her own family she ain't good
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| | animals will be harmed.Thank goodness.
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| enough for ours!" and "Not with my pig,
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| | I'd hate to see innocent animals getting
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| you don't!" and "That's the last time I
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| | hurt just because mankind has decided to
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| let a shoe salesman use MY outhouse!" But
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| | expand the menu.Now, grab the honey
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| now West Virginia has done what no other
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| | mustard, Elmer, and let's go for a
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| state in the union has ever had the
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| | ride.I'm getting awful hungry.From "Small
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| mountain oysters to do. It has given the
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| | Business Q&A" With Tim Knox
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| thumbs up to drive-over dining. I think
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| | Tim Knox is a nationally-known
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| I'm gonna have to have some ketchup for
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| | entrepreneur, author, speaker, and radio
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| this one.Check out this story from last
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| | show host.
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| week's Associated Press:Road Kill Is Now
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| | Tim has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs
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| Dinner In West Virginia
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| | realize their business dreams.
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