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A Festival of Cruelty
« on: October 24, 2017, 09:11:07 pm »
Townhall
Paul Greenberg
Oct. 24, 2017

The phantom pilot who's tossed live turkeys from his airplane for 15 years now over the annual Turkey Trot Festival at Yellville, Ark., is a phantom no more. Now that he's been succeeded by a different pilot flying a different aircraft, he's proudly revealed his identity. He turns out to be Dana Woods, pharmacist and alderman from Mountain View.

"My plane is on the ground," Alderman Woods texted during the festival, playing the hero of this sad story rather than the villain he is. Naturally enough, he's offered a lame excuse for his (mis)behavior, mainly that his critics care more for birds than they do for people. He claims all these "bird-loving" types who've spoken up for the poor turkeys had nothing to say when a 4-year-old child was killed in the vicinity last November. His is an old and unconvincing rhetorical ploy that ought to fool no one.

More... https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2017/10/24/a-festival-of-cruelty-n2399274
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2017, 09:11:42 pm »
I don't get what is the kick in watching this.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2017, 11:53:48 pm »
Quote from: endicom on October 24, 2017, 09:11:42 pm
I don't get what is the kick in watching this.

Much ado about nothing.
As a rule, turkeys fly just fine. They may not be able to fly as high as where the plane is that drops them, but I bet they can glide it out alright.

Certainly they can stand a drop from a courthouse roof. They fly up into trees way higher than that around here.

I watched a couple vids about it that seemed to focus on the turkey getting tangled in power-lines, or landing in a creek (their legs are tied so they don't go too far), or getting hit by traffic... So by that complaint, they must not be plummeting to their deaths as a rule.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2017, 12:00:10 am »
A Festival of Cruelty

I hate these titles that advertise one thing and then have nothing to do with it. This is what I expected....



And this is what I got.....



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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2017, 12:02:47 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on October 25, 2017, 12:00:10 am
A Festival of Cruelty

I hate these titles that advertise one thing and then have nothing to do with it. This is what I expected....



And this is what I got.....



Cruelty is being served a turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce on it.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2017, 12:02:55 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on October 25, 2017, 12:00:10 am
A Festival of Cruelty

I hate these titles that advertise one thing and then have nothing to do with it. This is what I expected....



Those boots were made for stalking.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2017, 12:06:05 am »
Quote from: RoosGirl on October 25, 2017, 12:02:47 am
Cruelty is being served a turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce on it.

I wouldn't know. Turkey is poor people food.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2017, 12:09:27 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on October 25, 2017, 12:06:05 am
I wouldn't know. Turkey is poor people food.

*You* have never priced an organic, free range turkey at Thanksgiving then.
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« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2017, 12:12:13 am »
PS  The gloves are cute and all, but she'll keep a better hold on that whip if she lost them.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2017, 12:16:31 am »
Quote from: RoosGirl on October 25, 2017, 12:09:27 am
*You* have never priced an organic, free range turkey at Thanksgiving then.

I don't celebrate Thanksgiving.....I'm Jewish.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2017, 12:17:27 am »
Quote from: RoosGirl on October 25, 2017, 12:12:13 am
PS  The gloves are cute and all, but she'll keep a better hold on that whip if she lost them.

You don't want to ruin a manicure slapping someone around.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2017, 12:18:43 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on October 25, 2017, 12:16:31 am
I don't celebrate Thanksgiving.....I'm Jewish.

LOL  You got some splainin to do about that pork roll then.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2017, 12:19:17 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on October 25, 2017, 12:17:27 am
You don't want to ruin a manicure slapping someone around.

Bastard will be in serious trouble if he ruins my mani.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2017, 12:21:37 am »
Quote from: roamer_1 on October 24, 2017, 11:53:48 pm
Much ado about nothing.
As a rule, turkeys fly just fine. They may not be able to fly as high as where the plane is that drops them, but I bet they can glide it out alright.

Certainly they can stand a drop from a courthouse roof. They fly up into trees way higher than that around here.

I watched a couple vids about it that seemed to focus on the turkey getting tangled in power-lines, or landing in a creek (their legs are tied so they don't go too far), or getting hit by traffic... So by that complaint, they must not be plummeting to their deaths as a rule.

You're talking wild turkeys, right?  The domestic ones can't fly, to my knowledge.  Worse, they can't rut either.  Talk about one shitty life.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2017, 12:22:58 am »
Quote from: RoosGirl on October 25, 2017, 12:19:17 am
Bastard will be in serious trouble if he ruins my mani.

Oooh. Is there punishment for that?
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2017, 12:25:39 am »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on October 25, 2017, 12:21:37 am
You're talking wild turkeys, right?  The domestic ones can't fly, to my knowledge.  Worse, they can't rut either.  Talk about one shitty life.

Yes they can, unless their wings have been clipped since their last molt. And of course they can run - That's why they tie their legs.

Domestic turkeys raised free range are no different than wild, except that they go sleep in a coop at night.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2017, 12:28:36 am »
Quote from: roamer_1 on October 25, 2017, 12:25:39 am
Yes they can, unless their wings have been clipped since their last molt. And of course they can run - That's why they tie their legs.

Domestic turkeys raised free range are no different than wild, except that they go sleep in a coop at night.

Interesting.  I knew I should have taken that job on the local turkey farm in my youth.  Trouble is, I hated the little peckers.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #17 on: October 25, 2017, 12:29:55 am »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on October 25, 2017, 12:28:36 am
Interesting.  I knew I should have taken that job on the local turkey farm in my youth.  Trouble is, I hated the little peckers.

Me too.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #18 on: October 25, 2017, 01:14:09 am »
Quote from: RoosGirl on October 25, 2017, 12:29:55 am
Me too.

Remind me to tell you sometime about my grandma's chickens, when I was a little boy....
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #19 on: October 25, 2017, 01:17:27 am »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on October 25, 2017, 01:14:09 am
Remind me to tell you sometime about my grandma's chickens, when I was a little boy....

Oh, I thought we were talking about...  nevermind.  Yes, tell me all about grandma's chickens.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #20 on: October 25, 2017, 01:39:29 am »
Quote from: RoosGirl on October 25, 2017, 01:17:27 am
Oh, I thought we were talking about...  nevermind.  Yes, tell me all about grandma's chickens.

LOL.  Later.  It's a wonderful tale of revenge and great country cooking.
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
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« Reply #22 on: October 25, 2017, 01:57:13 am »
Quote from: roamer_1 on October 25, 2017, 01:42:08 am
I see what you did there...

Well, I'm glad at least one person got my joke.  Hate it when a good one goes to waste.
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« Reply #23 on: October 25, 2017, 02:05:15 am »
Quote from: RoosGirl on October 25, 2017, 01:57:13 am
Well, I'm glad at least one person got my joke.  Hate it when a good one goes to waste.

Oh, I got it too, but with today's bouts with poetry from y'all, I was expecting something a little more high-brow....  :nometalk:
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Re: A Festival of Cruelty
« Reply #24 on: October 25, 2017, 02:17:28 am »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on October 25, 2017, 02:05:15 am
Oh, I got it too, but with today's bouts with poetry from y'all, I was expecting something a little more high-brow....  :nometalk:

Don't be silly.  Shakespeare is not high-brow. 
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