The One That Got Away

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of year, unless you're a turkey. Occasionally one of those holiday icons will slip the surly bonds of grandma's rotisserie—until next year anyway. So how do we refer to these "grate-escapists?" Warm it over in your mind and shoot us, uhmmm..., send us your entry.

1st place: Freekey(Dunn M., Oakland, CA)
2nd place: Phan-Tom (pl8speaker)
3rd place: Poulfree (Carla C., FL)
Honorable mentions: Poultrygeist (Evelyn C., Wichita, KS); Tom Call-ins (t-swifter, CO); Scoffowls (anonymous)
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