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   From Address: weberm@polaris.net   
   Subject: William Shatner Warns Of The Dangers Of Turkey Fryers   
      
   BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (CBS) u Thanksgiving is a mere eight days away, and    
   State Farm insurance has recruited William Shatner to inject some humor    
   into a serious warning about turkey fryers.   
      
   As WBBM NewsradioAs Bernie Tafoya reports, Shatner appears in a    
   1-minute, 39-second video clip about fryer safety, in which he asks    
   people to join his oFryerAs Club.o   
      
   The dramatic retelling titled, oEat, Fry, Love,o is pure Shatner    
   melodrama, tracing his triumphant purchase of a fryer to examining the    
   parts such as the thermometer and the odingle-dangle,o and finally to an    
   incident where he was blinded by hunger and ospat in the face of    
   scienceo by frying the turkey without taking safety precautions.   
      
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYkRF_FmD40&feature=player_embedded   
      
   oLook at this! That is so stupid!o Shatner cries as computer generated    
   flames rage on his patio u and his sleeve.   
      
   Ultimately, Shatner tells the fryer, oI loved you, but you only brought    
   me pain, as he hurls it into the back of a garbage truck.   
      
   oFire, metal, oil and turkey are glorious when in harmony,o Shatner    
   said. oBut their power is unrelenting in careless hands.o   
      
   In a separate, more serious video, Shatner says in real life, he has    
   burned himself, and almost burned his house down, as a result of mishaps    
   stemming from deep-frying turkeys.   
      
   The video goes on to list several safety tips, and shows how easily a    
   fire can result from mistakes.   
      
   State Farm says if you fry a turkey you should do it outside, far from    
   buildings and trees.    
      
   oA garage, or any kind of a building u a shed, or even a covered deck u    
   they catch on fire really easily,o Eddie Bain of the Illinois Fire    
   Service says in the video, oand sometimes itAs a tempting place to do    
   this because the weather might be bad, or it might be raining a little    
   bit, but itAs an exceptionally dangerous place.o   
      
   You should also avoid oil spills by first filling the pot with cold oil,    
   and then, lower the thawed turkey into the pot to measure exactly how    
   much oil youAll need.   
      
      
   --    
   "If Barack Obama isn't careful, he will become the Jimmy Carter of the    
   21st century."   
      
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