I am surprised someone hasn't turned a major misstatement of fact by Barack Obama in public into a major scandal. During the hokey turkey pardoning, President Obama stated as a known fact that turkeys can't fly. Well, that's simply not the truth. They actually fly rather well. Early in the fall, as I didn't see a large flock of turkeys hiding in the tall grass, when they all at once took off in flight, going right over me to the woods about a two hundred feet behind me, it almost stopped my heart. It was a truly inspirational experience.
The Obama daughters who made a rare appearance seem to be turning into fine young people with a good sense of humor. I wish my mother was here to see them. During the 2008 campaign, when the likes of Limbaugh started commenting on them I think she'd have slapped his face if she could. She felt fiercely protective of those girls. That's one thing the Obamas did right, shielding their children from the media. I hope they do great things, better things.
"With God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"--Greatest quote from the late, lamented "WKRP in Cincinnati."
ReplyDeleteDomesticated turkeys raised to be Butterballs can't fly. That story was based on a true event in Dallas, IIRC; as a promotion, live turkeys were pushed out of a helicopter, where they flew like Butterballs straight into the ground.
The wild turkey is much more aerodynamic, of course. But I understand the domesticated ones are too dumb to come in out of the rain.
Then again, maybe it's all urban legends. I have no expertise on turkeys.
Those are turkeys behind bars.
DeleteWild turkeys can fly about 35mph. It's pretty cool to see.
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