# 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:** 2
**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, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/21 "2016-10-08T19:28:11Z")
I’ve made the thread title just a bit more descriptive. ---
**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, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/22 "2016-10-08T19:48:12Z")
Now can we get back to the, as Venus would put it, jive turkeys who insist this airdrop is a fun idea and keep reviving it? How BORED are the people in this town? Can someone pay to get them more broadband access so they can enjoy cat videos and porn like normal God-fearing Americans? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/23 "2016-10-08T19:55:43Z")
Oh the humanity! ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/24 "2016-10-08T21:52:41Z")
What I’d really like to know is why [this Family Feud guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2AWKfMvDtw) takes a turkey to the beach. 😕 ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/25 "2016-10-08T21:55:56Z")
Would have been kinda nice if the “is” part of the title had been corrected… Maybe Bill Clinton is/was involved? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/26 "2016-10-08T22:08:59Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Would have been kinda nice if the “is” part of the title had been corrected… > > Maybe Bill Clinton is/was involved? At the risk of continuing the hijack, what’s incorrect about it? Gordon Jump/Mr. Carlson did say, “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.” ---
**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, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/27 "2016-10-08T22:14:17Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > At the risk of continuing the hijack, what’s incorrect about it? Gordon Jump/Mr. Carlson did say, “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.” I thought sure “as” is the right word choice, not “is”. Then again, I could be a fowl of historical TV correctness…which might or might not agree with grammatical correctness…which might or might not agree with Biblical/mod correctness. Though that could be turkey jerky from the sidelines correcting from me. PS. I bet these Turkey drops went better than the guy that decided to sky dive with a cat… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/28 "2016-10-08T22:23:39Z")
“With God as my witness” sounds fine to my ears. “As God as my witness” just sounds awkward. “As God” demands a verb. ---
**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, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/29 "2016-10-08T22:25:01Z")
nm PS. I see the subtle as/with distinction Cochrane ---
**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, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/30 "2016-10-08T23:01:37Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > “With God as my witness” sounds fine to my ears. This is how I would say it. > [@billfish678](#): > > I thought sure “as” is the right word choice, not “is”. > > Then again, I could be a fowl of historical TV correctness…which might or might not agree with grammatical correctness…which might or might not agree with Biblical/mod correctness. > [@billfish678](#): > > Would have been kinda nice if the “is” part of the title had been corrected… I did check before posting. According to [IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0742671/quotes), the quote is, ‘As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly’ ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/31 "2016-10-09T02:30:15Z")
Google’s ruling on the most common usage: “As God is my witness” About 237,000 results “As God as my witness” About 89,600 results “With God as my witness” About 39,500 results [The big guy had it right](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4). ---
**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 9, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/32 "2016-10-09T03:52:32Z")
Don’t you just love the way Straight Dope threads evolve? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/33 "2016-10-09T04:00:11Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Don’t you just love the way Straight Dope threads evolve? Given the mods are on my ass? Not really. PS…Remember when that crazy thing a few years back when the guy’s kid was “accidentally” aloft in the “ufo” balloon?..which anybody with science degree and a modicum of sense knew was a crock of shit… And I responded “as God as my witness I thought Falcon could fly” Good times ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/34 "2017-03-29T20:37:08Z")
::bump:: Well they can fly…at least a [little bit](http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/03/28/30-pound-turkey-impales-familys-windshield-la-porte-county/99741326/) > [@](#): > > “I thought he was gonna clear the roof, but he didn’t," Tarabocchia said. "He went straight through the windshield.” > > He said his first concern was getting everyone over to the side of the road safely. Once pulled over, he told everyone to get out of the car and away from the turkey, which he said was still bobbing its head inside the car. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/35 "2017-03-30T08:00:59Z")
Am I the only person on this board who has heard the “As God is my witness” used in conversation? I was raised near Cincinnati - the Hill Folks used it quite often. It means, roughly “this time I really AM telling the truth”. When I die, the world will lose the last remaining connection to a time and mindset no longer seen… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/36 "2017-03-30T08:30:45Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > Am I the only person on this board who has heard the “As God is my witness” used in conversation? No. We all have. That’s why we think the WKRP quote is funny. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/37 "2017-03-30T08:36:57Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > ::bump:: > > Well they can fly…at least a [little bit](http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/03/28/30-pound-turkey-impales-familys-windshield-la-porte-county/99741326/) I’d hate to be the person who has to make the insurance claim. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/38 "2017-03-30T14:25:35Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I’d hate to be the person who has to make the insurance claim. It was a rental, _if_ they paid for rental insurance (I know, I know) they just walked away from it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/39 "2017-03-30T16:30:36Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > It was a rental, _if_ they paid for rental insurance (I know, I know) they just walked away from it. Still, doesn’t someone at the rental company have to put in a claim for the damage? ---
**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:** [March 30, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936/40 "2017-03-30T17:18:11Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > Am I the only person on this board who has heard the “As God is my witness” used in conversation? How about ‘As God is my waitress’? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-dropping-turkeys/767936.md?page=3)