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Jamastiene

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78. So it won't cross the road like the chicken did?

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 03:06 PM

Mar 2013

You can't rightly eat a turkey that crosses the road after it has been cooked, now, can you?

See? There is a reason for everything. At my house, I do the cooking, carving, and plating up the food, so it will last a couple meals. That way I don't have to damn wash dishes so fast and cook again so soon. The only man at my house, though, is my cat. He doesn't care who carves the damn bird, as long as he gets a few bites and some gravy to go along with it.

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Why Do Men Carve The Turkey? [View all] snooper2 Mar 2013 OP

Interesting, don't know treestar Mar 2013 #1

When I cook the turkey I carve the turkey snooper2 Mar 2013 #3

"As Thanksgiving approaches..."??? Well, okay. Anyway, it's because: Buzz Clik Mar 2013 #2

you're single I take it? snooper2 Mar 2013 #6

Err... not right now. Have you been talking to my wife? Is there something I should know? Buzz Clik Mar 2013 #8

no..never mind... snooper2 Mar 2013 #9

"the slob who hasn't done jack all day" Scootaloo Mar 2013 #26

LOL!! I think you nailed it!!! n/t Ghost in the Machine Mar 2013 #35

Is that what the kids are calling it these days? MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #4

I call it the third leg snooper2 Mar 2013 #5

Drumsticking ... Arugula Latte Mar 2013 #24

Beat me to it. Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #29

Why do men fry the turkey? Women can't handle propane and peanut oil? FarCenter Mar 2013 #7

Outdoor cooking is man's work. I think it's a law. Recovered Repug Mar 2013 #18

The same reason that they make the medical doctor do it... raging_moderate Mar 2013 #10

Thats a good question..nt Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #11

sometimes I carve it, sometimes my husband carves it liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #12

I heard that if you chop up cooked meat right away Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #65

In my sister's household, the answer was obvious. Buzz Clik Mar 2013 #13

awesome.....nt alphafemale Mar 2013 #37

Actually, it's pretty ridiculous. Buzz Clik Mar 2013 #42

Sorry... pipi_k Mar 2013 #66

We're all fucking tired of this trivial bullshit hairsplitting. Occulus Mar 2013 #14

This must be more Benevolent Sexism because we progressive men are inherently evil Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #60

Why Do Men Carve The Corn Beef On St. Patrick's Day? kwassa Mar 2013 #15

Beats me. My mom always carved the turkey when I was growing up winter is coming Mar 2013 #16

I didn't know people still carved turkeys. Apophis Mar 2013 #17

I think that is just in movies... Kalidurga Mar 2013 #19

is thanksgiving approaching? spanone Mar 2013 #20

good catch! liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #21

Best answer on this thread malaise Mar 2013 #82

Obviously mythology Mar 2013 #22

same reAson that women carve the turkey - it's easier to eat in smaller pieces :-) nt msongs Mar 2013 #23

^^^^thread winner^^^^ Z_I_Peevey Mar 2013 #50

men carve the turkey because they're pigs olddots Mar 2013 #25

It's a "head of the household" thing jmowreader Mar 2013 #27

^^THIS treestar Mar 2013 #64

Well, I know one thing... Fawke Em Mar 2013 #68

a picture perfect turkey that needs carving is a dry nasty disaster Kali Mar 2013 #28

In my house, by the time the turkey is on the table, the woman of the house (me) JDPriestly Mar 2013 #30

Because I don't want to... onpatrol98 Mar 2013 #55

Sounds like you spend Thanksgiving at my house. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #80

Because I was trained and used to get paid quaker bill Mar 2013 #31

Tradition. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #32

Here's how it works at my mom's house on Thanksgiving... LeftofObama Mar 2013 #33

For the same reason they hold doors - they hate and want to oppress women The Straight Story Mar 2013 #34

Two LOLs already this morning, and I haven't even made it to the Lounge to see Salmons LOLcats! Ghost in the Machine Mar 2013 #36

unfortunately this will go over a lot of people's heads olddots Mar 2013 #77

I'da thunk dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #38

In my case... because I suck at it kdmorris Mar 2013 #39

LOL...a wood chipper... onpatrol98 Mar 2013 #61

In order to more easily distribute portions among the others at the table. Folks randomly grabbing bike man Mar 2013 #40

Sounds more renaissance like to me Bay Boy Mar 2013 #79

My mom always carved the turkey, or ham, even to this day. I'll cook a turkey, and take it to my.... Ghost in the Machine Mar 2013 #41

I wasn't aware they did. Not in my family. MadrasT Mar 2013 #43

They must be thinking of Norman Rockwell paintings Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #46

My Dad never carved the turkey, but he and my brothers would cut and split wood for the cookstove. eShirl Mar 2013 #44

What? Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #45

Who carved Dubya's fake-o turkey? Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #47

Not in my house ellie Mar 2013 #48

My husband carves it 'cause I don't want to and I suck at at it. *shrug* n/t Butterbean Mar 2013 #49

Cause my wife asked me to. yourout Mar 2013 #51

I worry about my husband... peace13 Mar 2013 #52

I cooked the turkey and I wanted to carve the damn thing but... Little Star Mar 2013 #53

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU CUT THE TURKEY!!!! Squinch Mar 2013 #54

Cornish Game Hens for the win toddaa Mar 2013 #56

hahahaha d_b Mar 2013 #57

You have to ask? matt819 Mar 2013 #58

Spoken like someone who has never seen Guy's Big Bite. n/t flvegan Mar 2013 #59

The carver is the 'Control Freak', controlling who gets what and how much. TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #62

Thanksgiving??? onpatrol98 Mar 2013 #63

I let... pipi_k Mar 2013 #67

I've been cooking Thanksgiving dinners for 40 years, and I never carve the bird 1-Old-Man Mar 2013 #69

Nobody in my family has ever carved a turkey at the table sylvi Mar 2013 #70

I didn't say Norman Rockwell style snooper2 Mar 2013 #73

My experience as well. hughee99 Mar 2013 #76

Around here the only one who is good at it is my brother NNN0LHI Mar 2013 #71

dad does it because he knows how to fizzgig Mar 2013 #72

to perpetuate patriarchy, through control and the subtle threat of violence (wielding a knife, which arely staircase Mar 2013 #74

Because shooting it would be redundant? WinkyDink Mar 2013 #75

So it won't cross the road like the chicken did? Jamastiene Mar 2013 #78

Why do women carve the pumpkins? NaturalHigh Mar 2013 #81

my wife has me cut the tops, vent, and gut it.. snooper2 Mar 2013 #84

In my house mercuryblues Mar 2013 #83

I do it in my house... one_voice Mar 2013 #85

Because women let them. nolabear Mar 2013 #86