Turkish Airlines say staff went too far when they sacrificed a camel.
31 Replies to ““They didn’t ask permission””
When I was growing up I enjoyed nothing more on a cold winter day than a steaming bowl of Camel’s Soup.
How do they put the Camel in Camelmilk bars?
Quite an appropriate post, given that Wednesday is “Hump Day”…
Farmers have learned to take their lumps from the Wheat Board.
“Camels”? Those are Turkish cigarettes aren’t they?
Want to starch your collar?
Try some of that Turkish coffee, a sure hit for late night studying students.
Camels are also popular around Christmas time, with the three wise guys following the star. Gold, frankincense and myrrh, they can drop by my place anytime.
Camels will that be one hump or two?
A dromedary or bactrian for your riding pleasure?
Hey, sometimes good things come from the east.
What is all this fuss about a sacrifice? It sounds like a barbeque party to me.
Isn’t Turkish Coffee a substitute for battery acid you can add to your car battery if your car won’t start?
Camels AKA Ship of the desert mainly because they are full of Arab seamen.
What’s all the fuss? Last year when I was in Thailand on business I wouldn’t set foot on their national air carrier to return home until they sacrificed an elephant. It’s only common sense.
They only got 700 grams of meat off that sucker?
Maybe we could export some gophers to be used as portable pocket sized “insta-sacrifices”.
Something like killing the Goose That Laid Golden Eggs.
Now the Turks will have to go without
fresh camel’s milk, because they sacrificed their ‘drome’dairy.’
The suspended crew may be out a few Liras on payday to boot!
But hey, who can blame a guy for wanting to celebrate, eh?
“They didn’t ask permission”
Sure looks like they didn’t ask the camel for permission.
I’m confused. Does this mean that if they had completed the correct forms in advance, permission would have been granted? “Hey, Abdul! What form is it again that we use to request permission to sacrifice a camel?”
Reminds of the M*A*S*H* episode in which the doctors were told they could get a pizza oven by filling out a particular form, striking out “machine gun” and replacing it with “pizza.”
BTW, how do you get the tools to butcher a camel inside an airport perimeter?
While some of you are making light of it. I honestly think it was a slow news day. I see nothing wrong with the execution of festivities.
Hmmm … perhaps the Europeans have complained because it wasn’t sacrificed according to an ISO standard?
Today, camels in Istambul…Tomorrow, poodles in Paris…
This only leads to the obvious question;
Do you have to ask permision if you want Turkey in Turkey ?
memo to turkish camels:
get covered in mud, surgically shorten your legs, eat everything is sight and grunt like a hog.
the muslims literally wont touch you.
Turkish Delight Anyone?
I am quite surprised that camel does not taste like chicken.
This would be the only problem as far as I can tell:
“The sacrifice took place at Istanbul international airport.”
It’d be akin to me going out, shooting a deer, and thin skinning, gutting, and cooking it in the middle of our parade square. It’s not so much WHAT they did, but rather where they did it. If they’d bought a camel and had their BBQ at someones house, there’d be no problem.
Heh. Does this not remind anyone of attending First Nations celebrations of economic prosperity? Haven’t you ever been invited to some big spending announcement, have the spending portrayed as the saviour of the reserve and after they dance for a while, chowing down on hunted/sacrificed moose meat? Seriously when you look around town on the reserve the drying/sacrifice tools are simply out behind the shed. In Turkey you just have to look behind the blocks they use to stop the jumbo jet wheels.
How quaint, these backwards peoples celebrations.
I hope they all like camel sandwiches – they’re going to be eating them for weeks.
This is all very amusing, and other than the fact that they did it at the airport its a non story. At one summer army exersice I was on we spent eight weeks fattening up a pig with kitchen scraps and then ate it before going home.
mbaron
wallyj, it’s only the toes that taste like chicken.
I was wondering how long it would take before someone got a toe joke in. The guys at Derringer In The Morning on Q107 in Toronto got to it in about fifteen seconds today: “Is there any toe left? I could go for a bit of toe, myself.”
Wait till the jerks in PETA finds out they will be picting the offices of TURKISH AIRLINES wearing camel costumes
you know I always thought that these muslim dudes were a bit lame- you know, how they force the ladies to cover themselves in burqas and they are always praying or angry…but I gotta admit they put me to shame when it comes to goofing off at work!
When I was growing up I enjoyed nothing more on a cold winter day than a steaming bowl of Camel’s Soup.
How do they put the Camel in Camelmilk bars?
Quite an appropriate post, given that Wednesday is “Hump Day”…
Farmers have learned to take their lumps from the Wheat Board.
“Camels”? Those are Turkish cigarettes aren’t they?
Want to starch your collar?
Try some of that Turkish coffee, a sure hit for late night studying students.
Camels are also popular around Christmas time, with the three wise guys following the star. Gold, frankincense and myrrh, they can drop by my place anytime.
Camels will that be one hump or two?
A dromedary or bactrian for your riding pleasure?
Hey, sometimes good things come from the east.
What is all this fuss about a sacrifice? It sounds like a barbeque party to me.
Isn’t Turkish Coffee a substitute for battery acid you can add to your car battery if your car won’t start?
Camels AKA Ship of the desert mainly because they are full of Arab seamen.
What’s all the fuss? Last year when I was in Thailand on business I wouldn’t set foot on their national air carrier to return home until they sacrificed an elephant. It’s only common sense.
They only got 700 grams of meat off that sucker?
Maybe we could export some gophers to be used as portable pocket sized “insta-sacrifices”.
Something like killing the Goose That Laid Golden Eggs.
Now the Turks will have to go without
fresh camel’s milk, because they sacrificed their ‘drome’dairy.’
The suspended crew may be out a few Liras on payday to boot!
But hey, who can blame a guy for wanting to celebrate, eh?
“They didn’t ask permission”
Sure looks like they didn’t ask the camel for permission.
I’m confused. Does this mean that if they had completed the correct forms in advance, permission would have been granted? “Hey, Abdul! What form is it again that we use to request permission to sacrifice a camel?”
Reminds of the M*A*S*H* episode in which the doctors were told they could get a pizza oven by filling out a particular form, striking out “machine gun” and replacing it with “pizza.”
BTW, how do you get the tools to butcher a camel inside an airport perimeter?
While some of you are making light of it. I honestly think it was a slow news day. I see nothing wrong with the execution of festivities.
Hmmm … perhaps the Europeans have complained because it wasn’t sacrificed according to an ISO standard?
Today, camels in Istambul…Tomorrow, poodles in Paris…
This only leads to the obvious question;
Do you have to ask permision if you want Turkey in Turkey ?
memo to turkish camels:
get covered in mud, surgically shorten your legs, eat everything is sight and grunt like a hog.
the muslims literally wont touch you.
Turkish Delight Anyone?
I am quite surprised that camel does not taste like chicken.
This would be the only problem as far as I can tell:
“The sacrifice took place at Istanbul international airport.”
It’d be akin to me going out, shooting a deer, and thin skinning, gutting, and cooking it in the middle of our parade square. It’s not so much WHAT they did, but rather where they did it. If they’d bought a camel and had their BBQ at someones house, there’d be no problem.
Heh. Does this not remind anyone of attending First Nations celebrations of economic prosperity? Haven’t you ever been invited to some big spending announcement, have the spending portrayed as the saviour of the reserve and after they dance for a while, chowing down on hunted/sacrificed moose meat? Seriously when you look around town on the reserve the drying/sacrifice tools are simply out behind the shed. In Turkey you just have to look behind the blocks they use to stop the jumbo jet wheels.
How quaint, these backwards peoples celebrations.
I hope they all like camel sandwiches – they’re going to be eating them for weeks.
This is all very amusing, and other than the fact that they did it at the airport its a non story. At one summer army exersice I was on we spent eight weeks fattening up a pig with kitchen scraps and then ate it before going home.
mbaron
wallyj, it’s only the toes that taste like chicken.
I was wondering how long it would take before someone got a toe joke in. The guys at Derringer In The Morning on Q107 in Toronto got to it in about fifteen seconds today: “Is there any toe left? I could go for a bit of toe, myself.”
Wait till the jerks in PETA finds out they will be picting the offices of TURKISH AIRLINES wearing camel costumes
you know I always thought that these muslim dudes were a bit lame- you know, how they force the ladies to cover themselves in burqas and they are always praying or angry…but I gotta admit they put me to shame when it comes to goofing off at work!
One lump or Two?
HOLD ON THE PLANETS BLOWING