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It’s a pretty safe bet at this point that we’re NEVER going to “understand” the meaning of life, at least not by the general consensus of what that even means. Like, we’re not going to get an INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL, or whatever. Perhaps, a pretty standard and kind of boring but also totally reasonable argument goes, the “meaning” of life is to constantly be searching for the meaning of life. Oof. Right. Kind of exhausting, but fair enough! (The counter-argument seems equally acceptable [and equally boring] that in the absence of a verifiable “meaning” to life then perhaps the meaning is to NOT search for a meaning and just to LIVE. Weirdly, that one also is exhausting somehow.) In the end, though, no matter what, everyone is just doing their best to get through the day. Even these turkeys chasing a laser pointer around the yard like a bunch of stupid idiots. They don’t know. At least they’re trying. You keep going turkeys. (We are all turkeys.)
“Good visual metaphor for the absurd futility of human life.” – God
“Tuesdays, am I right, you guys?” – Gabe
“This is a bit much.” – Anyone Who Actually Read This Blog Post
(Video via Arbroath.)
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Scoring this with “The William Tell Overture” was an obvious choice. I would’ve gone with “Chariots of Fire.” Or “Yackity Sax.”
“Tijuana”, though I now have “Yackity Sax” stuck in my head. thanks. my lawyer will be in touch.
I need to amend my comment, the track is technically “Tijuana Taxi”.
Turkey in the Straw = missed opportunity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_I3dJdTrfA
Death Metal Rooster works pretty good too.
Turkey in the Straw old timey’ megamix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsnZxfkkoKQ&feature=related
And fixed:
http://tubedubber.com/#4_czuaykWPw:k_I3dJdTrfA:0:100:0:3:true
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSKb5eWuy2Q
I feel turkeys are best served by the musical stylings of John Tesh.
Birdbrains…
http://youtu.be/Svgh_MZOmaw
GET IT
What’s that you say? No? Get outta here you hipster? Alright, I’ll see myself out BYEEEEEEEEE
No need to see yourself out. I love that record, and I love tune-yards. (Not even going to go there on the spelling) I think most of the people who post here are fairly into indie music, in its millions of microgenres, and there’s no reason we can’t talk about it more.
I know I started reading because I regularly read stereogum.
Wheeee! Isn’t it good? IT’S SO GOOD ARGH. I swear I’m not a hipster it’s just REALLY GOOD.
I listened to it. It was very eclectic. Don’t go, NC!
Tune in tomorrow for the further adventures of Pete Callabash, Incompetent Turkey Assassin!
I would SO add that to my TiVo’s season pass.
Will there be a crossover with Sarah Palin’s Alaska…?
No because they think all Turks are muslim
Mitt Romney might pick it up though.
MOAR UPVOTES for this.
Ben Franklin is totally doing a facepalm in his grave right now.
I love you, Gabe. That is all.
Gabe is our generation’s Kurt Vonnegut.
Ditto.
Ditto. I don’t know much about the meaning of life, but this post pretty well encapsulates the meaning of Videogum in my life.
Does this work with Snooki? Videogum Everywhere, Investigate!
SO, yes
Snooki perfectly encapsulates the whole “there is no MEANING in life so just LIVE/TAN/DRINK/WHORE AROUND WITH ORANGE AMERICANS” argument.
Every day she keeps existing is another day for me to feel like I am winning by comparison
It Gets Better.
Can we, like, all club together and buy Gabe a UV lamp? He clearly needs to feel the warm summer rays again on his old timer wrinkly skin. It’s a long time till porch-and-julip season.
i wonder how birdie feels about this.
“Just keep fucking (with that) turkey.” – Bandler Ching, fired TV news reporter.
ART PROJECT!
Materials:
1 piece of paper
1 Box of crayons or whatever
Step 1- Trace your hand and make it a turkey.
Step 2- Take a red pen and put a dot on the page.
Voila! You’ve just made a metaphor for life! We’re all artists!
I prefer finger paint turkeys, but that’s just me.
Feel free to use whatever! My instructions were more of a guideline. You’ll notice in my Materials section I just say to use paper and a box of crayons or whatever, yet in my instructions I say to use a red pen for the laser dot. WAITAMINUTE- You didn’t say we needed a red pen, Mr. Chainsaws! Relax, guys! Use whatever you got!
Oh, you don’t just carry a red pen with you at all times? I replaced my pinky finger with one, for convenience.
I just figured you left it off because everyone has a red pen handy, to grade their life.
I made mine French, since we’re being existential.
You have made my day, Frank.
So Frank is a lefty. That explains some stuff. (No it doesn’t)
You gotta a problem with lefties?! I’m a lefty! What’s your deal, bisquetaker???
No problem at all. In fact, I chew left handed.
“What? Go to bed, bisquetaker.” -You Guys
OMG! You’re right! IT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING!
He’s not a machine or a robot, he’s just a lefty….PHEW! I was getting worried we were being taken over by the Skynet (The fun kind. What?).
[Side note: I don't think this comment makes any sense. But you guys get what I am trying to say, right?!]
Sorry to ruin the fun guys, but I am right handed. It’s just my thumb is on the wrong side of my left hand.
Beautiful. Delightful. Wonderful.
Huge forehead lady is delighted.
this has got to be my favorite comment EVER, gratias ago Frank!!!!!
Time, time, time, see what’s become of me
While they looked around
For my laser pointer-ies
I was not hard to please
But look around, leaves are brown
There’s a patch of snow on the ground.
Look around, leaves are brown
Someone’s fuckin’ with the turkeys…
“Nice soundtrack and good use of slow -mo at 0:13 but you need way more of it. Also add a little len’s flare. Oh, and make it 3D.”
-Hollywood
We’re gonna need a bigger gravy boat.
Thank you, Gabe, for giving me an opportunity to Bing the phrase “can a laser pointer blind a turkey?”
It’s a green laser pointer, too. I guess this is one of those situations wher only the highest powered laser will do!
So we are like turkeys because of all the wild goose chase for the meaning of life. Also, we die and get eaten in the end.
Pretty clear that Gabe’s a workout-turkey. And cardio-jerk.
Thanks for giving me something to smile about, Gabe.
My dad told me that turkeys are so dumb that when it rains they’ll look up to the sky and drown because they can’t figure out to move their stupid turkey heads.
Hey my dad told me that, too!
Is this just a dad thing to say?
I don’t know! I don’t trust my dad since he told me that that smokestack was a cloud factory…
Certainly sounds like something a Jerseyite would say…
If I was a little kid and my dad told me all of the world’s clouds were made just off the Turnpike I probably would’ve believed him.
“But dad, where did clouds come from BEFORE smokestacks?”
“They’ve been here for all time, sweetie.”
My dad is a jokester!
Uh, that just reminded me of the museum of dad trolling. http://www.xkcd.com/826/
Wait, turkeys can run? And are not all perfectly round, pathetic beings silently screaming for death?
I want to eat that turkey for Thanksgiving.