The infamous deer neck!!

Getting back to the sense of humor that Eric mentioned, this is a good story.

I had Dennis for the family polyanna a few years ago, I was sitting around with Dorinda, Lyndsay, etc and was asking what he would want when Lyndsay suddenly said 'well he likes to eat animal necks'. Where she got this even she is not even sure but was some sort of past event. Anyways I had just harvested a deer from the property and figured well for a gag present let me wrap the neck roast up and give it to him. On the paper I wrote 'To Big D" which was the start of that endearing nickname.

The look on his face was priceless when he received it graciously!

But that only touches the surface of his sense of humor- the following spring at Lake Minisink annual Trout Fishing weekend (since renamed to Annual Elliott Mens Retreat) we were treated to a "Deer Neck Stew" which we enjoyed except for the neck bones which are normally removed from any stew.

Cheers to Uncle Dennis- a good man!

Andy