# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**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, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/21 "2017-03-03T23:58:55Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Naturally, I thought of this when I saw this thread, and all the other threads I’ve seen elsewhere about this. > > [https://www.amazon.com/Bill-Cat-Story-Bloom-County/dp/0399546626](https://www.amazon.com/Bill-Cat-Story-Bloom-County/dp/0399546626) > > If they’re STILL doing this, then it’s time to worry. On that tangent, did Breathed ever explain how they got Trump’s brain out of Bill, or has that been swept under the rug? ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/22 "2017-03-04T03:45:42Z")
I could swear i heard them chanting Umr At-Tawil! Iak-Sathath! YOG-SOTHOTH NAFL’FTHAGN!!! ---
**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 4, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/23 "2017-03-04T11:52:10Z")
> [@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). And what’s with that mysterious white figure off to the right in the background? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/24 "2017-03-04T18:08:38Z")
As God had witnessed, turkeys worship dead cats. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/25 "2017-03-04T18:17:15Z")
> [@Weisshund](#): > > I could swear i heard them chanting > > Umr At-Tawil! > Iak-Sathath! > YOG-SOTHOTH NAFL’FTHAGN!!! ia! ia! Cthulhu ft’gobblegobble! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/26 "2017-03-06T19:34:06Z")
> [@Weisshund](#): > > I could swear i heard them chanting > > Umr At-Tawil! > Iak-Sathath! > YOG-SOTHOTH NAFL’FTHAGN!!! Nah, it was just some gobbledygook. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/27 "2017-03-06T20:04:58Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > Gooble gobble gooble gobble > One of us, one of us Gobble gobble, hay! (Turkey in the Straw) ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/28 "2017-03-06T20:28:38Z")
A translated transcription of the audio: T1: Yo, Tom? T2: Yeah, Tom T1: Something is not right here T2: What’s not right? It feels right… T1: I just did a Gobble search on my phone, see… T2: Yeah, so? T1: That thing in the middle of the road? T2: Yeah? T1: I don’t think that’s a [maypole](http://waxpenvaporizers.com/tag/maypole/). T2: 'Course it’s not, Tom! You think we’re stupid? T1: Um…no? T2: Damn right we’re not. That’s a [mulberry bush](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M0pV2OGml9U/maxresdefault.jpg). Enjoy this, the rest of the week we’ll be doing laundry. ---
**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 6, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/29 "2017-03-06T21:44:04Z")
> [@Weisshund](#): > > I could swear i heard them chanting > > Umr At-Tawil! > Iak-Sathath! > YOG-SOTHOTH NAFL’FTHAGN!!! Do you know what that would sound like [if played backward](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwC5FLjmvrA&feature=youtu.be&t=4)? ---
**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 7, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/30 "2017-03-07T02:07:04Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And what’s with that mysterious white figure off to the right in the background? I think it’s one of these things? [https://phinneywood.com/2009/08/17/safety-first-for-neighborhood-children/](https://phinneywood.com/2009/08/17/safety-first-for-neighborhood-children/) But I could be wrong. ---
**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 7, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281/31 "2017-03-07T02:29:07Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Do you know what that would sound like [if played backward](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwC5FLjmvrA&feature=youtu.be&t=4)? Ohwa tagu fiam? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-religion/781281.md?page=1)