Studies in Crap: The Gamecock, May 1966

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forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift

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The Gamecock

Date: May 1966

Discovered at: Prairie Village Antique

Mall

The cover promises: “The Monthly

Magazine Devoted to Game Fowl.” Also: if you own this, you are

probably a terrible person.

Representative quotes:

“Somewhere along the line we

supposedly human creatures, mostly British and American do-gooders,

have let the gamecock down.”(page 35)

“One of the biggest jokes

around the cockpit is to hear cockers say that their cocks were too

sharp.” (page 32)