In keeping with the Thanksgiving spirit, I thought I'd post this little ditty that was sent to me a few years ago. It cracks me up every year! I found it on the web this year as I don't have the original e-mail. I'm sure this never happened to Martha Stewart! The author is Jack Prelutsky. Enjoy! :)

The Turkey Shot Out Of The Oven

The turkey shot out of the oven
and rocketed into the air,
it knocked every plate off the table
and partly demolished a chair.

It ricocheted into a corner
and burst with a deafening boom,
then splattered all over the kitchen,
completely obscuring the room.

It stuck to the walls and the windows,
it totally coated the floor,
there was turkey attached to the ceiling,
where there'd never been turkey before.

It blanketed every appliance,
it smeared every saucer and bowl,
there wasn't a way I could stop it,
that turkey was out of control.

I scraped and I scrubbed with displeasure,
and thought with chagrin as I mopped,
that I'd never again stuff a turkey
with popcorn that hadn't been popped.
--Jack Prelutsky

Boscobd

good one!! I never heard that one before!

Reminds me of my mom doing dried apples in the pressure cooker when I was little...the wall paper over the stove area was different for years after that!

He is such an awesome author!

Do you know of other works by him? I have to admit that I stumbled on this one.

Here's another one in the Thanksgiving Spirit

WHEN DADDY CARVES THE TURKEY
By Jack Prelutsky
From IT’S THANKSGIVING

When Daddy carves the turkey,
it is really quite a site.
I know he tries his hardest,
but he never does it right.
He makes a fancy show of it
before he starts to carve,
and stabs in all directions
while we’re certain that we’ll starve.
He seems to take forever
as we sit and shake our heads
by the time he’s finished slicing
he’s reduced the bird to shreds.
He yells as loud as thunder
just before he’s finally through
for when Daddy carves the turkey,
Daddy carves his finger too.

Loved these. I'd never heard of him or read these poems before.
Thanks

thanks for sending these, so very cute and so easy to picture.LOL

Just love it! Although I am sure all of us have a "turkey" story to tell.

Cute!