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Thanksgiving Dinner Style: Gophers Seek to Reclaim Axe for First Time in Over a Decade

For many individuals, especially those that host relatives, Thanksgiving can actually be a very hectic time of the year. You just received information that will add to the chaotic times. Your lovely wife informs you that more of her relatives will be spending not only Thanksgiving day, but the entire holiday weekend at your household. Your gal, much to your chagrin, then shares the proverbial gut-punch. Her older brother, Barry, will be among the individuals celebrating Thanksgiving festivities in your humble abode. Barry, a native Wisconsinite, is the epitome of a stereotypical resident of our neighbors to the east: A beer-guzzling, cheese-curd munching individual with a rather brash, egotistical persona.