When I was a teenager, still living at home with my mother, she would sometimes do this ‘boo!’ thing to me and I never knew when to expect it. Yes, hard to believe that a woman in her forties would jump out from behind a door and yell ‘boo!’ to a teenager, but she did, and it would terrify me. The fright I got always reduced us both to fits of hilarity.
I was reminded of this when I watched King sneak up behind Baby Turkey the other day. His ‘boo!’ was more of a squawk but it had the same effect in terms of terror.
Baby Turkey, however, was not at all amused and spent the rest of the day looking angry!
His mother obviously didn’t have much of a sense of humour….
jmgoyder 
Oh thank you.. there is one of your peacocks! and that turkey! does he ever NOT look angry though as far as turkeys go he is not the ugliest I have ever seen. We hope to get turkeys this year too! c
The turkeys look angry but, because I got them as babies, they are very tame and love being handfed and patted. They are fantastic friends. The peacocks (several) love being handfed but don’t like being patted. I have some great pictures of them in previous posts. Are you going to get Kupa a mate?
We did the “Boo” thing too in my house growing up:) LOL!
Funny! Glad it wasn’t just us – hehe!
You have a great mom.
I certainly do!
I don’t blame him! I hate being scared, too! I have a sense of humor, but not about that. I have been a crime victim twice, so I am a little paranoid. Wish I wasn’t, and that doesn’t stop me from giving Dimples a little fright now and then 😉
Oh, that’s awful re having been a crime victim – sorry!
Love your anecdotes!
My mum got embarrassed by the post – hehe!
Hi,
You just have to love animals and their funny ways. 😀
They are hilarious!
Juli,
This is a post in answer to your Saturday post.You have entered the conundrum of informed consent which the lawyers just love as it helps to pay their bills but very confusing to the victims, you! I will start at the beginning of getting to grips with the consequences and progress of illness.it was easy when medicine was accepted to be unpredictable and the outcomes in the hands of the creator of everything. Now that the general population believe that there is no personal responsibility, ” someone else is always to blame” perfection is their right and a less than perfect outcome is due to negligence, there is never a correct time to discuss complications and outcomes. If done pre operation the patient and relatives are so tense that the information is not heard or understood and if given postoperative, the outcome is never perfect , so the litigation bells are ringing loud and clear.
The story I love to quote is the situation where A critically ill, elderly man is surrounded by relatives and the doctor is trying to break the news to them. He says” your father has secondary spread of the cancer, his kidneys are failing, he is on the verge of massive organ failure and finally he has diabetes and only has days to live. One of the relatives says to him,” doctor, please do not be so evasive, stop hiding things from us and tell us the truth”
Dan.
What a great story – and you are so right about the whole litigation conundrum and everything else you say – thanks Dan!
This is a riot. Love it.
Thanks!
I’m with Baby Turkey – I’d be pretty grumpy too. I hate practical jokes, which is why George Clooney has no chance with me (I’m sure he’s devastated by this, hehe)
George Clooney is missing out then!
I think my kids must be turkeys. They’re not usually amused by the ‘Boo’ gag either.
Haha!
ha, ha…that’s funny!