I know the wife bought a turkey. But where on earth did she put the
bird?
Perhaps the question should be - 'Who is
the
Thanksgiving Turkey?'
Whilst this funny Thanksgiving turkey picture works with either a caption of 'Christmas' or 'Thanksgiving'; it is not nearly so funny if you substitute 'chicken'
for 'turkey'.
An industrious turkey farmer
was always experimenting with breeding, his mission was to produce the perfect turkey. His family was fond of the leg portion for dinner and there were never enough legs for everyone.
After many frustrating attempts, the farmer
was relating the results of his efforts to his friends at the general store. 'Well I finally did it! I bred a turkey that has
six legs!'
They all asked the farmer how it tasted.
'I don't
know, 'said
the farmer, 'I never could catch it!'
Louise was away from home on
Thanksgiving Day for the first time and she was missing her home and family desperately. Louise
decided to cook a turkey herself, just like her Mum used to, so that she could feel closer to her family.
Louise returned home for the celebrations and recounted her experience to her Mum saying,
'Mum. it was so difficult to eat the turkey.'
'Why was that, dear' asked Mum in a concerned way, 'was it not cooked properly?'
'How would I know?' responded Louise, 'it wouldn't sit still.'
To borrow a line from WC Fields: 'Never work with children, animals, or
Thanksgiving turkeys'.
The above funny Thanksgiving picture marked the 61st anniversary of the National Thanksgiving
Turkey presentation. Live Thanksgiving turkeys have been presented to
presidents since the days of Abe Lincoln. However, the current form of
the ceremony dates back to President Harry Truman in 1947.
A Minnesota man basted a 72-pound turkey to defeat his sister in their annual
sibling rivalry over who can prepare the biggest Thanksgiving bird. Rich Portnoy
roasted his enormous turkey in his 36-inch-wide, chef-calibre oven on
Thanksgiving Day to top the biggest bird his sister had ever cooked by 25
pounds. Big turkeys are a tradition in the Portnoy family. Rich Portnoy said his
father cooked birds of 30 pounds or more years ago. Last year, Andra Portnoy
cooked a 47-pounder to take the lead after her brother could only find a
37-pounder, even though he lives in the nation's top turkey-producing state.
This year, Rich Portnoy approached the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association,
which helped him find an 85-pound breeding tom that, at 59 weeks old, was near
the end of its useful life. He bought the turkey for $30, [£58GBP] loaded the
live bird into the back of the family's car and drove it to a processor, where
it was made oven-ready at 72 pounds. Portnoy and his wife, Charlene, invited 26
people to Thursday's feast. They weren't sure the big old tom would be edible,
so Portnoy also cooked a 19-pound 'backup turkey' on the backyard grill.
The turkey is a funny bird Its head goes bobble-bobble; And all he
knows is just one word... And that is gobble-gobble.
'Don't assume you're always going to be understood. I wrote in a column
that one should put a cup of liquid in the cavity of a turkey when roasting
it. Someone wrote me that: "The turkey tasted great, but the plastic cup
melted." ' - Heloise.
We believe this very funny cartoon, which was sent in by Greta, is by Tony Sarrecchia
Footnote: Please send us your funny Thanksgiving
turkey pictures.
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