Filed by Lance at 6:07 pm under General, Pop Culture

This is how life works.

At a TYW meeting about a month ago, we were all messing around at one of our favorite diners instead of actually working, and somehow, Trevor weaved in a reference to King David into the discussion, and this conversation happened:

Trevor: It’s like the story of David and Bethesda.
Lance: Bathsheba. David had an affair with Bathsheba, didn’t he?
Trevor: Bathsheba! Sorry! Bethesda. Yeah, right. King David had an affair with a city in Pennsylvania.
Lance: Maryland.
Bil (cackling hysterically): You want to correct him once more for the turkey?

Now, as usual, Bil was the only one with his head on straight during the conversation. I think Trevor was under the influence of his milkshake, because I was amazed that I wasn’t the one making the gaffes. In any case, to my great shame, when Bil referenced “for the turkey,” I had no idea what he was talking about. I decided to only look like a fool, instead of opening my mouth and removing all doubt, and didn’t ask what the fudge he could be talking about “for the turkey.”

A few weeks later, it was finally explained to me, of course, Wii Bowling with some friends, where epiphanies often occur. I had, sure enough, gotten two strikes in a row:

Sarah: All right! Once more for the turkey!
Lance: Turkey?
[long pause...]
Lance: Is that what a turkey is? That would make total sense!
Sarah: Uh… yeah.

So, special thanks go out to Bil for preserving what scraps of dignity I have left, and not calling me out for not knowing what a turkey is, which must have been written all over my face, and to my good friend Sarah for bringing me out of my bowling darkness.