We're often told that 'Turkeys don't vote for Christmas' but is that because they aren't allowed to? Maybe they would if given the vote - after all they're usually the centrepiece of the Christmas dinner so maybe they'd like all that attention?
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Should turkeys have the right to vote?
- Thread starter Jim D
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banjo
GOSBTS
Sure cranberry or bread sauce ?
It's a stupid idea.
1) A turkey isn't a human being so is therefore has no human rights
2) Even if you could offer a turkey the chance to vote, it wouldn't have a clue what the voting paper actually was
3) It might tread all over the voting paper and miraculously post the voting slip into the box using it's beak, but even if it was deemed to have placed a cross on one of the boxes as opposed to officially "spoiling" the paper, the chances are that it would be a totally random vote.
Honestly, did you think about this at all?
1) A turkey isn't a human being so is therefore has no human rights
2) Even if you could offer a turkey the chance to vote, it wouldn't have a clue what the voting paper actually was
3) It might tread all over the voting paper and miraculously post the voting slip into the box using it's beak, but even if it was deemed to have placed a cross on one of the boxes as opposed to officially "spoiling" the paper, the chances are that it would be a totally random vote.
Honestly, did you think about this at all?
GingerBeerMan
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- Dec 29, 2011
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I don't think the OP was being 100% serious about letting Turkeys vote.
Oh.
I guess that's the difference between [MENTION=617]Jim D[/MENTION] and that complete BUM HAT, [MENTION=943]Chesney Christ[/MENTION].
ees complicated no?
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See I'm not sure if your being serious or not now....
- Oct 17, 2008
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The thing is with the Ocellated Turkey (meleagris ocellata) is that they aren't on the electoral register. Even if a turkey were to make it to the local polling station and somehow, as Simster suggested, posted a vote with its beak, the vote would indeed be spoiled due to the fact that turkeys aren't eligible to vote - particularly if they haven't registered.
I don't understand why some people are getting confused by this
I don't understand why some people are getting confused by this
I like this one, it's a winner
Hillian1
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I think the question may be irrelevant to be honest, I'm fairly sure that most Turkey's only live for about 8 months, we'd have to change the entire Voting system to allow the Under 1 year olds to vote and that could mean we'd end up with Peppa Pig as PM.
- Oct 17, 2008
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Right, quick, start a new thread titled "Should Peppa Pig have the right to run for parliament?"
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
It's a very poultry theme for a thread.
Dub-67
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- Sep 12, 2012
- 399
posts taking the piss out of threads that take the piss out of other threads are shit as well though
What and fall fowl of E.U. laws ?