Share some funny turkey dinner stories.

Once, a caller on the Butterball Turkey Hotline asked if they could stuff the turkey with a whole pumpkin instead of the traditional stuffing. It was so absurd and funny. The hotline operator patiently explained that it was not a good idea as it would not cook evenly and could cause a mess in the oven.

During dinner, my friend told me a hilarious story. He had tried to bake a cake for his sister's birthday but accidentally used salt instead of sugar. The look on his sister's face when she tasted it was priceless. He quickly ran to the store to buy a real cake.

Sure. Once, my family was having dinner and my little brother tried to eat a whole piece of steak in one go. His cheeks puffed out like a little chipmunk and he couldn't chew properly. He just sat there with this ridiculous look on his face until he finally managed to swallow it bit by bit.

Sure. Once, a hunter was trying to be really stealthy while approaching a turkey. But he didn't notice a small ditch. He stepped right into it and tumbled forward, scaring the turkey away. But the way he tumbled was so comical that his friends couldn't stop laughing for days.

Sure. One story is about a turkey that thought it could fly like an eagle. It climbed up on a high fence and flapped its wings really hard, only to land in a big pile of mud. Another is a turkey that followed a group of chickens around all day, trying to do exactly what they did, like pecking at the ground in a very funny, clumsy way.

One funny story could be about a caller who thought the turkey was supposed to be cooked in its plastic wrapping. They called the Butterball Turkey Hotline in a panic when they saw the plastic melting in the oven. Another might be a person who mistook the giblets for some sort of alien organ and called freaking out. And there could be a story of a family who tried to fit a 30 - pound turkey in a tiny oven and called for advice on how to make it work.

My mom was cooking a turkey and she got distracted by the phone. When she remembered the turkey in the oven, it was a bit overcooked. But we still ate it and joked about how it was 'extra crispy' and that it was a new 'cooking style'. We had a lot of fun with that tough turkey.

There was a dinner party where the host decided to make a fancy dessert that involved setting something on fire. Well, when they lit it, the flames got way out of control. It looked like the whole table was going to go up in flames. Fortunately, someone quickly put it out with a glass of water, and we ended up having ice cream instead while laughing about the near - disaster.

There was this dinner where my uncle was trying to be all proper and use big words. He mispronounced a really fancy word and instead of sounding sophisticated, it came out as something completely different. He got so red - faced and we all had a great laugh about it. It was a really funny moment that still gets brought up at the dinner table.

Sure! One year at Thanksgiving, my aunt decided to try a new recipe for stuffing. She accidentally added way too much sage. When we all took a bite, it was like eating a mouthful of the forest. We all started laughing and ended up ordering pizza instead. It was a Thanksgiving dinner to remember for all the wrong and funny reasons.