1. They both make a lot of pointless noise about nothing.
2. When you put them in the same room they all look exactly alike.
3. Both groups could float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, one for the theme and the other for the hot air and the fact that their movements are controlled by somebody else.
4. They both try to distract us from the real issues by sporting unnecessary things on their head.
5. They both are very popular in rural areas of the country.
6. When confronted with something they don‘t recognize, like the truth, they just stand there and blink, not sure what to do.
7. Some members of both species have wattles around their neck, but with the Trump Republicans this is often just a euphemism for a past history of working for behemoth oil companies, claiming they never said something until the video surfaces, or having spouses who are deeply in the closet.
8. Both of them make you sleepy.
9. Despite claiming to stand for moral values, they are often found flat on their backs in the middle of a dining table, with their legs in the air and strangers touching their body parts.
10. Some people can agree with eating certain parts of them, but nobody likes the whole thing.
11. Neither group actually understands that if they don’t pay taxes they won’t have roads to drive on to get to the Nascar races.
12. They both expect somebody else to clean up their own droppings.
13. Both groups firmly believe that if you just keep repeating something, it will become true. Like the turkeys with their gobbling and the Trump Republicans with their insistence that they actually represent true American values.
14. Both groups are associated with congealed cranberry sauce, one for the side dish and one for the content of their speeches.
15. Both groups are skilled in the art of fake support, like the turkey who pretends to love the farmer for the food he brings every day until it’s hatchet time and then he runs, and the Trump Republican who waves the flag for our troops just to get votes and then he runs when the troops come home looking for decent benefits.
16. Both of them are very good at standing in a line and not making any sense, like turkeys trying to do math or Trump Republicans at a press conference. And they will both claw you to death rather than admit they are wrong.
17. If somebody comes at them with an axe or a grand jury investigation, they both point at less-fortunate animals in the barnyard and blame them.
18. When you get fed up with either one, there is still way too much left over the next day.
19. No matter how pretty and right you think you are, time and circumstance will eventually catch up with you, and you will be shoved someplace where it’s very, very hot. And no one will ever come to help you out, even when the little red thing pops up to indicate that you are done.
20. They both have things stuffed up their asses. This might explain why their heads are missing.
Cheers!
Originally published in “The Sound and the Fury” on 11/25/11. Changes made to reflect the current madness that is the Trump Administration. Note the intentional use of “Trump Republican”. Despite the often vast ideological differences I have with many Republican Party ideals, there are still some decent Republicans out there who truly want what’s best for our country. I just wish they would buck the crazy train we have now and speak out a little louder, as that would truly be something to be thankful for on this holiday…
Story behind the photo: Random rocks at Broken Bow Lake, Oklahoma, representing the fracturing of American culture. Still, we must rise…
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Categories: 10 Reasons Why
#20 is my favourite. But not to do or anything like that. 😉
Hilarious post. 🙂
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Thanks, Lynette. I thought #20 was a rather satisfying way to wrap things up… 😉
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I honestly think a turkey would be a better bet …. 🦃
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In this current political climate? Yep. Although I do feel a bit sordid about involving the truly innocent turkeys who just want to gobble and run free… 😉
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I saw the most extraordinary video clip yesterday of a rafter of turkeys solemnly circling a dead cat in the road. Eerie and for the first time I though maybe turkeys (which fascinate me incidentally when in the US) are actually wiser than we think ….
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Favorite #19. I’m inspired. I may have to quote you. 🙂
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It’s always an honor to be quoted, so you won’t get any sassy backtalk from me… 😉
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I’m loving 15, 19 & 20. Oh, heck with it, I love them all with a cranberry on top.
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Let us raise our glasses high and celebrate the cranberry… 😉
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Sir, you insult the birds. But every single point was absolutely correct, and #20 is now a truism that will get passed down through the generations. Like Nixon saying he wasn’t a criminal and Lil’ Bush (twig wasn’t he?) saying he was competent. And future generations will yawn and say ‘yeah yeah’ because history is really what whomever is nominally in charge at the time says it is.
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Great point on the way history is revised to suit current nefarious purposes. But as long as you and I are still kicking, we’re not going to put up with that mess… 😉
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As far as I know, turkeys are neither pedophiles nor their apologists.
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Now, now. Let’s not depend on logic to get us through the day. Trumpians certainly don’t… 😉
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Yeah, I’d go for the turkey too. Although, both of them are turkeys, aren’t they?
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Exactly. But at least the actual turkeys have the decency to understand what they really are. The posturing turkeys? Not so much…
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Thank goodness no Trump Republicans or turkeys will be joining us at the Thanksgiving table. I’m in Australia and serving duck!
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Thank you for introducing “duck” into the conversation, as I can spin a slight variation of the word into what is happening to the decent people in America… 😉
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Sadly!
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I think maybe if we just replaced him with an Oompa Loompa from the first Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie… no one would notice but at least we would be more entertained.
P.S. Sorry I haven’t been around for like a month. #life
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I would happily welcome the Oompa Loompa with open arms. Good to hear from you! I’ve been a bit busy as well… #NaNoWriMo
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Nr 15 hit a nerve.
Hit it like a frozen pickle and raw green pepper on a sore tooth. Yeee-ouch!
Though now I shall forever be stuck with the mental image of frantic turkeys racing for the hills while bewildered veterans hoping for healthcare stand in a cloud of feathers.
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Number 15 kills me, it really does. Such incredible hypocrisy. But your mental image is spot on, and I hope veterans understand who really supports them…
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