It was Eugene Kleiner, a venture capitalist, who came up with this quote which was then quoted by Guy Kawasaki, the man behind Macintosh success. As we are all know, turkey is not a flying type bird. Similar with chickens, this animal has bird features but one thing. It can’t fly. Probably it is because of turkey’s unbalanced weight ratio to its wings. I am not a biologist, so don’t take my wild guess on it. One thing for sure, turkey can’t get away from being the main dishes on thanksgiving.

In a tornado, everything will fly. See it on youtube and type “twister trailer”, my favorite movie about tornado. It flew everything even a cow. This is where the quote came from. In a tornado, everything will fly, a cow, car, even house and unexceptionably a turkey. It means, regardless a turkey is flying creature or not, it will fly anyway because of the force of the tornado.

It was a colleague who brought up this quote on our last meeting, in a situation with a strong force, everything will be affected. If it was the tornado, then everything including the turkey will fly. In an economic downturn, all companies are forced to slow down. Some of them are even forced to dig their burial hole. In this kind of situation, it is hard to see clearly which company worthwhile. As it is in a tornado, it is hard recognizing either a bird is an eagle or a turkey.
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