Irreverent Irish Turkey crokes with the best, seriously!!!


	Irreverent Irish Turkey crokes with the best, seriously!!!

righthand

2-9-2008 7:15 AM

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The turkey shot to fame in the 1990s on children's TV programme The Den with fellow puppets Zig and Zag before releasing a string of hits. He is so popular that thousands of voters spoiled their ballot papers in the 1997 presidential election by writing "Dustin".

Dustin is up against five other contestants in the Irish Eurosong contest on February 23.

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2-9-2008 8:43 AM

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After this I've come to expect anything in this contest

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