Comments on: A Turkey of a Story

By: Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:01:21 +0000

I am so embarassed! I am now 7!

By: RazRchive » The Sub-Prime Primer

RazRchive » The Sub-Prime Primer — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:07:51 +0000

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By: Randy Steinman

Randy Steinman — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:54:10 +0000

I laughed.
I cried.
I had a sudden craving for a drumstick.
A+

By: Jacob

Jacob — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:04:51 +0000

My hope is that M. Night Shylaman will option this for his next movie…

It’s all about the twist ending!

By: Adam Daniel Mezei

Adam Daniel Mezei — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:47:16 +0000

Kids so rock, Ike. Go, go, go.

By: Nedra Weinreich

Nedra Weinreich — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:03:54 +0000

Wow – didn’t see that ending coming! Nicely done!

By: Susan Getgood

Susan Getgood — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:58:21 +0000

OMG priceless. No offense meant, but your kid is going to be just as twisted as you Ike

This is a GOOD, not bad, thing.

By: John Johansen

John Johansen — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:57:24 +0000

See, to me the farmer felt like a Deus Ex Machina obviously contrived by the publisher to avoid publishing a sequel.

Unless it really takes off, in which case a minor character can be re-introduced and given a larger role (preferably involving saving the world).

By: Ike

Ike — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:48:01 +0000

Oh contraire!

Clearly the farmer is the protagonist, expressing his rugged individualism and freedom. His wife, by sharing the duties of meal preparation, displays the value of specialization that makes free trade and free markets sing.

After all… without hard-working capitalists like the farmer, the world would be overrun by turkeys. (Then again, thanks to ridiculously bloated federal agriculture subsidies, it’s been a long time since anyone confused a farmer with a capitalist…)

By: John Johansen

John Johansen — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:13:25 +0000

Since the turkey was the story’s protagonist, I’m classifying this story as a tragedy.

Or maybe an allegory about the insignificance of the individual in a capitalist society. Was that her intent?