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The Turkish Turkey

For this Turk Turku is a 1-horse city but he has got to have horse sense. He will not be as happy as a peacock in Turkey. Hindi, the Turk word for turkey, is how we'll call this turkey. Hindi, when living in Turkey, was a horse dealer. Today he's no longer into horse trading. He quit selling that drug. One morning when he got up all his belongings were gone He was shocked & almost started mourning over this theft like a baby. His gun gone too. Instead of going bananas he sat down & thought: "That a lot of my country fellas have a monkey on their backs is my bad! I won't cry over my pilfered pelf! No more monkey business! From now on I decide to be a good egg! I'm starting a new life! Today I cease being a yegg" The Turk turkey put all his eggs in one basket & wended his way to Turku! He got a job in a Turkish bath as a front desk clerk. One noon he met a not pigheaded porky from Alaska who told him had quit smoking blunt cold turkey of late & was quite itching to relapse. Hindi didn't want to be a cold turkey nowadays so he gave him advice on withdrawal. He jotted down some notes for the porcupine to read & apply & didn't ask, at all, a sum of money in exchange for the nice advice. The porky thanked him a lot & got inside the bath. Finn tongue was Greek to Hindi Whenever he had a chance, took a gander at the phrasebook to learn Finnish. At 5 pm he was glad to finish his shift get the puck out of that place go home have duck soup & plaice. He wanted to invite the hake for supper. The latter refused, didn't want to feel like a fish out of water. Hindi, quite offended, told him off but it was like water off a duck's back. He didn't want dinner alone, so he thought who else could come. Bingo! The sow! And she did. He did indeed bring home the bacon. The food was very simple to prepare. It was duck soup. He was cocksure the sow would love duck soup & plaice. For dessert, a piece of cake they'd have. Cooking all this was a piece of cake without doubt. When nosh was ready, the sow brooded over & said: "Wait a sec. This is so weird. You invited the hake, a fish, to eat plaice. You're eating duck & you're a turkey. In place of eating explain. Are you a cannibal?" "Clam up & pig out!" he said, not happy as a clam. "O In a pig's eye I will! You are such a cold fish! Horsefeathers! Besides, I am no longer hungry! I've never seen anything like this in Hungary!" "I eat duck soup and, if I want to, I cook my goose!" The sow, horrified, at once did for sure vamoose.

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Date: 1/31/2015 2:12:00 PM
Poetical soul .We miss your verses.
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Date: 6/13/2014 4:23:00 PM
WOW... this is amazing writing and I love it... I use to live in turkey .... I lived in Adana,, and loved Istanbul.. great country... lots of history... food is wonderful .. so nice to meet you.. hugs to you
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Date: 6/5/2014 3:05:00 PM
Another Ivonian original creation! Quite long, but would not mind if it was double! This unique style makes for an enjoyable read. // paul
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Date: 6/2/2014 11:52:00 AM
Ivo wow this is some write....David
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Date: 5/25/2014 5:22:00 PM
An amazingly interesting piece of writing. I re-read it trying to get all nuances out of it. Quite fascinating.
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Date: 5/24/2014 12:26:00 PM
A very delightful poem to read which I thoroughly enjoyed reading this early morning here my dear friend Ivo. Thank u so much for sharing and the smiles. Have a great day! love and big hugs, Leonora
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Date: 5/23/2014 9:02:00 PM
the ending is a hoot!!! "did for sure vamoose". Then you could continue on with a moose joke!! you just can keep going forever with these. You have such an interesting thought process,IVO!!!
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Date: 5/23/2014 6:47:00 PM
Got a chuckle..A little play on words..Thanks for the visit to my page..Sara
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