Phil Reisman

Somebody Had Serious Sensitivity Training

October

A couple of years ago, Westchester County sponsored a “Turkey Bowl,” in which contestants at the Playland Ice Casino were invited to knock down bowling pins, using frozen turkeys as balls.

Food pantries were outraged over the waste of food, since the battered and bruised birds couldn’t be recycled for actual human consumption. The county learned a hard lesson in political correctness…but this year they are not deterred. They’ve come up with an idea for a new Turkey Bowl for Saturday, Nov. 22.

Here’s a direct quote from a press release heralding the event: “Turkey Bowl contestants will be challenged to knock down bowling pins by skillfully sliding a FROZEN RUBBER BIRD down the ice for a strike.”

That’s right. It’s a fake fowl, and they’re actually going to freeze it. Where are they getting this thing—Spencer Gifts?

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 at 6:28 pm by Phil Reisman.
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2 Responses to “Somebody Had Serious Sensitivity Training”

ed1 October 29th, 2008 at 2:58 am
China, same place you got yours. : )
Ruby March 4th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
I can’t add your rss feed to my reader, what could be the problem?

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