Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Monday, October 16, 2017

"As G-d is My Witness...."

To some it’s an Ozark Mountain Mardi Gras that includes live turkeys being dropped from a low-flying plane to an eager crowd below. To others, it’s just animal abuse.

The 72nd Yellville Turkey Trot opened Friday with questions over whether the turkey drop portion would continue. The Chamber of Commerce for the small northern Arkansas city has distanced itself from the tradition it once endorsed and is hoping a “phantom pilot” won’t fly over this weekend. But that hasn’t stopped thousands of people from emailing the chamber about doing more to protect the birds.
But you know, of course, it was going to happen.
The Federal Aviation Administration says it will check to see whether any laws or regulations were broken when a low-flying pilot dropped live turkeys onto an Arkansas festival over the weekend.
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The FAA said Monday it was aware of Saturday’s drop. The agency hasn’t intervened in past years because the birds aren’t considered projectiles.
In case you didn't get the title reference.

4 comments:

3383 said...

I haven't looked, but you had better be linking Les Nessman.

It's one of those episodes you only need to see once.

LRod said...

33 (if I may call you by your first name),

While Nessman did, indeed, orchestrate the event, and did his Herb Morrison call ("oh, the humanity"), it was actually Arthur Carlson, who upon reporting back to the staff after he'd been summoned to the ASPCA, claimed, "as god is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."

I've maintained for years that that is the funniest line ever heard on TV.

LRod
ZJX, ORD, ZAU retired

PaulW said...

YAASSSSSS WKRP reference for the win!

Tod Germanica said...

Our not-very-wild California turkeys fly STOL at about 45 degrees to the tops of mighty oak trees at dusk and down next morning, sometimes crashing limbs with no apparent damage. They'd have no problem with an air drop.
BTW, they seldom 'gobble', the danger noise sounds like 'pweet! pweet!'.