As is often the case, I woke up with the strangest image in my head... turkeys.Despondent turkeys to be exact.
I know, it's not even November and I'm already concerned about the mental health of turkeys.
Well, truth be told, this week's challenge, "Bad Ideas" brought to mind the urban myth about turkeys being so dumb, they look up in the sky when it rains, and thereby drown. A story obviously perpetrated by the turkeys themselves to gain sympathy around Thanksgiving.
A little digging around online revealed the fact that turkeys do not have binocular vision (i.e., the ability to focus both eyes on the same object). A turkey’s eyes point sideways, so looking up into they sky to check the weather; not likely to happen.
Hopefully this news will curtail any future turkey suicide attempts, which, of course, would be a bad idea.
sketched out
