# Turkey religion. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281 "2017-03-03T12:52:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/1 "2017-03-03T12:52:11Z")
So, apparently a group of turkeys [have began worshiping a dead cat](http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/2/14792602/turkeys-circling-dead-cat-animal-behavior-twitter-video). ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/2 "2017-03-03T12:55:40Z")
Well, they’re, um, turkeys. Poor kitty. ☹ ---
**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 3, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/3 "2017-03-03T12:57:56Z")
Well, think about it. If you’re a turkey, what’s the only good cat? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/4 "2017-03-03T13:06:37Z")
It is the End of Days. I blame it on Betsy DeVos. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/5 "2017-03-03T13:17:28Z")
I am stunned that this wasn’t a Trump metaphor, the way this board has been going lately. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/6 "2017-03-03T13:22:01Z")
I, for one, welcome our new religious turkey overlords. Hail to the gobble! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/7 "2017-03-03T13:22:27Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I am stunned that this wasn’t a Trump metaphor, the way this board has been going lately. Why, have turkeys been seen circling the oval office inside the WH? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/8 "2017-03-03T13:36:16Z")
Well, I guess I won’t be getting into a discussion about the Islamic and other spiritual belief systems in Ankara and Istanbul _here_ today . . . ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/9 "2017-03-03T13:58:24Z")
Wow, Andrew Lloyd Webber has really hit rock bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/10 "2017-03-03T15:12:28Z")
If that cat gets up, I’m out of here. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/11 "2017-03-03T15:24:27Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If that cat gets up, I’m out of here. It won’t rise but it might bounce slightly. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/12 "2017-03-03T15:41:31Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If that cat gets up, I’m out of here. If you put the cat back in the box, does it come back to life? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/13 "2017-03-03T15:46:42Z")
**Turkey religion.** I believe they voted for Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/14 "2017-03-03T15:49:19Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Why, have turkeys been seen circling the oval office inside the WH? 😃 Turkey vultures, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/15 "2017-03-03T18:05:21Z")
I’ve seen human religions which made less sense. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/16 "2017-03-03T20:29:58Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > I’ve seen human religions which made less sense. Yes, and people just gobble them up. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/17 "2017-03-03T22:57:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If that cat gets up, I’m out of here. You have to give it three days. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/18 "2017-03-03T23:23:16Z")
Gooble gobble gooble gobble One of us, one of us ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/19 "2017-03-03T23:40:30Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Well, I guess I won’t be getting into a discussion about the Islamic and other spiritual belief systems in Ankara and Istanbul _here_ today . . . Yeah, this discussion turned fowl pretty fast. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/20 "2017-03-03T23:43:11Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > So, apparently a group of turkeys [have began worshiping a dead cat](http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/2/14792602/turkeys-circling-dead-cat-animal-behavior-twitter-video). Naturally, I thought of this when I saw this thread, and all the other threads I’ve seen elsewhere about this. > **[Amazon.com: The Bill the Cat Story: A Bloom County Epic: 9780399546624:...](https://www.amazon.com/Bill-Cat-Story-Bloom-County/dp/0399546626)** > > Amazon.com: The Bill the Cat Story: A Bloom County Epic: 9780399546624: Breathed, Berkeley, Breathed, Berkeley: Books If they’re STILL doing this, then it’s time to worry. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281.md?page=2)