# As God is my witness...\[dropping turkeys\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936 "2016-10-08T14:51:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/1 "2016-10-08T14:51:51Z")
[Throwing live turkeys from planes continues in the Ozarks](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/10/08/the-barbaric-tradition-of-throwing-live-turkeys-from-planes-in-arkansas-continues-today/). I agree with one commenter who suggested dropping frozen turkeys on the crowd. But that would violate FAR 91.15. (For planespotters, that’s a 1959 Cessna 182B Skylane in the photo.) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/2 "2016-10-08T14:58:50Z")
Cue up some REO Speedwagon. “Flying Turkey Trot”? Or maybe “Time For Me to Fly”? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/3 "2016-10-08T15:01:00Z")
Herb and the Big Guy would be proud. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I agree with one commenter who suggested dropping frozen turkeys on the crowd. But that would violate FAR 91.15 And if the FAR \*were \*amended to include this sort of thing, the people in the town would only see it as proof of the Federal Gubmint encroaching on traditional country values. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/4 "2016-10-08T15:08:14Z")
Mods, please edit title to bring it into conformity with guidelines. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/5 "2016-10-08T15:10:13Z")
Soooo-_whee_, Lonnie! They’s gonna be a turkey drop! Y’all comin’? Ah wants to, but I gotsta help mah momma water the lawn. Them buckets is _heavy!_ But they’s droppin’ ‘em from a _aerio-plane!_ Y’all’ll have t’ wait a whole ‘nother _year_ t’ see a spectacle like that! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/6 "2016-10-08T15:12:08Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Mods, please edit title to bring it into conformity with guidelines. Why? Most people will immediately think ‘I thought turkeys could fly!’ And ‘Throwing live turkeys from planes continues in the Ozarks’ is clearly visible on mouseover. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/7 "2016-10-08T15:20:35Z")
I got the subject in one, especially around here… one of the funniest lines ever delivered on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/8 "2016-10-08T15:23:06Z")
Is it “I’ll never be hungry again” or “I thought turkeys could fly”? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/9 "2016-10-08T15:43:35Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Is it “I’ll never be hungry again” or “I thought turkeys could fly”? Both, if you’re one of the lucky ones to catch a falling turkey. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/10 "2016-10-08T17:19:19Z")
Since the WKRP reference has been taken… How about Free Bird! Or Stairway from Heaven? PS. I think IF the Turkeys were equipped with parachutes it would satisfy both the FAA and PETA (but as red blooded freedom loving merican I say fuck em both). ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/11 "2016-10-08T17:29:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Why? Most people will immediately think ‘I thought turkeys could fly!’ And ‘Throwing live turkeys from planes continues in the Ozarks’ is clearly visible on mouseover. That’s funny. On my screen, the thread title is "As God is my witness… "\* " Please make sure your thread titles are descriptive."\* ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/12 "2016-10-08T17:51:38Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > That’s funny. On my screen, the thread title is "As God is my witness… "\* If you put your mouse over the thread title, you can see the first few lines of the post. In any case, this hijack doesn’t really add anything to the dropped turkey story. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/13 "2016-10-08T18:06:26Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > If you put your mouse over the thread title, you can see the first few lines of the post. Every thread does that. The “mouseover” does not bring the thread title into “descriptive” compliance. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/14 "2016-10-08T18:15:41Z")
I think this thread has gone far enough off-track. Reported for closure. . ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/15 "2016-10-08T18:22:35Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I think this thread has gone far enough off-track. > > Reported for closure. > > . Gutless turkey. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/16 "2016-10-08T18:30:15Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Gutless turkey. I just have no patience this morning for the hijack. It could have been a fun thread, but someone would rather complain about the title than to contribute to it. If it bothers him that much, this one can be closed and he can start his own thread. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/17 "2016-10-08T18:35:16Z")
**Johnny L.A.** is a turkey, you gotta let him fly on this one. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/18 "2016-10-08T18:37:39Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I just have no patience this morning for the hijack. It could have been a fun thread, but someone would rather complain about the title than to contribute to it. If it bothers him that much, this one can be closed and he can start his own thread. Dude… ONE turkey has made snarkey “complaints” about the title…everybody else IS having fun with it… Get some coffee and chill… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/19 "2016-10-08T19:25:15Z")
^That. ISTM jturkey only posts to be contrarian. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/20 "2016-10-08T19:27:07Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Mods, please edit title to bring it into conformity with guidelines. Use the report function, please… **do not call out other posters in regards to things like this** because it’s not very far from Jr Modding. If you report the post with the same post as you have here, the job gets done. > [@billfish678](#): > > Gutless turkey. > [@billfish678](#): > > Dude… > > ONE turkey has made snarkey “complaints” about the title… I know you’re trying to joke around here, but I think your posts may be coming off a little harsher than you realize. Let’s avoid calling other members names, even in a joking sense. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936.md?page=2)