turkey
as i don't work(medical reasons, not laziness), here's one about my sister's colleague.

one night after work, my sister and her workmate carol decided to go bowling. ccarol was actually quite good at bowling and managed to get 3 strikes in a row.
now, if you enjoy bowling, you may know that when this happens, the word "turkey" flashes up on the score screen.
when the game was over, my sister grabbed her coat, ready to leave.
"we can't go yet!" says carol, "i haven't been given my turkey!"
silly cow actually thought she'd won a turkey and they were kept in a freezer in the storeroom.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 20:14, 10 replies)

Whatever you do
Don't let her play golf!
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 3 Mar 2011, 20:19, closed)

pfff

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 20:34, closed)

That's one of those types of things
that for some reason makes me go 'aw, bless' and feel sad that she didn't get her turkey.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 20:23, closed)

i know what you mean :)

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 20:34, closed)

Having been bowling many times, but never having been much good,
I was somewhat bemused when my wife's cousins started yelling about turkeys during a game of bowling on the Wii.

Didn't expect to get a turkey, but did wonder what they were on about. Still none the wiser, to be honest.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 20:50, closed)

it's just a term used
for scoring 3 consecutive strikes, afaik
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 21:14, closed)

I would go bowling much more often if you could win meat.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 20:59, closed)

you know what?
so would i.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 21:14, closed)

When I was younger,
My father took myself and my two brothers bowling. As none of us had ever held a bowling ball before, let alone bowled one, we didn't manage to get one strike, let alone three.

The neighbouring bowlers on the other hand, got three strikes and started cheering about turkeys. So my father patiently explained to us about the special promotion that the bowling alley holds every year around Christmas and that he goes bowling every year to win our Christmas dinner. Oh, and we mustn't tell our mother.

This led to two things, conspiratorial winks over the Christmas dinner every year from when I was about twelve, to absolute cringing embarrassment when I suggested to my new college friends, that they ought to pick up their gift turkey before we left the bowling alley, after they managed three in a row.

A hidden time bomb that took seven years to come to light, nice one Dad.
(Unit, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 1:13, closed)

i like your dad

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 16:38, closed)