Bernard Matthews is dead

[Stephanos132]

Master of turkeys, Bernard Matthews, has gone to the great meat processing plant in the sky, it would seem.

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-11845703

Your thoughts? Judging by the vid on the link I gave, it certainly seems he had a marked effect on the turkey meat industry in Britain at least. I definitely fondly remember turkey dinosaurs.

For the conspiracy nuts. Is it not odd that he should pass on so close to thanksgiving?

 

[EmzOLV]

I saw this earlier today on facebook. The first thing I saw was: "but who is going to make the turkey drummers now?" followed by about 15 responses of "dude, he retired years ago"

It is sad. Bernard Matthews always reminds me of turkey drummers!

 

[Booze Zombie]

Not a fan of "his" products, but he had a good life and ran a good business.
Rest well.

 

[Stephanos132]

NEVER heard of him. Master of turkeys? Can I say WTF?

Sorry, that was just me typing strangely. If it offends you so, I can change it. It would seem he was only particularly known within the UK.

 

[EightGaugeHippo]

I have no idea who this fellow is but, I love turkey so it is a sad day.

[Edit]
WAIT...

I definitely fondly remember turkey dinosaurs.

Turkey Dinosaurs?
BERNARD MATTHEWS????
I do know who he is. OMG NO!

This man was a legend!

 

[Sovvolf]

Aye, I heard about this on the news this morning. May he rest in peace. Liked the products they produced and I hear the fellow was a down to earth kind of guy.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

He truly was a giant and trailblazer in the meat industry, and his products at school made me the man I am today. Unhealthy (I am typing this one handed while I eat a giant bag of Bacon rashes). It's a shame he died, but he left a lasting impact on generations, and in the end that is all a man can ever do.

Thanks to Jamie Oliver (may his name be forever linked to Douchebaggery) the current generation of Kids will not get to know the joy of Turkey Drummers.

I'm going to the shops tonight and honouring his memory by eating Turkey Dinosaurs.

 

[Something Amyss]

NEVER heard of him. Master of turkeys? Can I say WTF?

It wouldn't be my choice of apocalyptic legion of doom, but to each their own.

OT: Seriously, unfortunate, but I didn't knw about him either.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Tehehehe... he was a turkey dinosaur.


Sorry, that may be in bad taste. Turkey drummers FTW!

 

[Stephanos132]

Thanks to Jamie Oliver (may his name be forever linked to Douchebaggery) the current generation of Kids will not get to know the joy of Turkey Drummers.

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks Jamie Oliver is an utter prick.

Tehehehe... he was a turkey dinosaur.


Sorry, that may be in bad taste. Turkey drummers FTW!

Badum tish.

I confess though, I did a small giggle.

 

[Baron von Blitztank]

I'm sorry but....Who is this guy?
Ah well, Requiescat in Pace and all that.

Edit:
Now I know,

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Oh noes! Where do I get teh shit processed meat now!?

Sympathy to his family, but his 'products' were shit.

 

[Stephanos132]

NEVER heard of him. Master of turkeys? Can I say WTF?

Sorry, that was just me typing strangely. If it offends you so, I can change it. It would seem he was only particularly known within the UK.

I'm not offended, just befuddled.

I'll paraphrase what I got from the video somewhat, in that he changed the position of turkey meat in the UK from a rare christmas treat that you had to work megahard for (a weeks wage worth) to something commonplace enough to be cheaply available all year round. That was where I dreamed up that quirky title from.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Thanks to Jamie Oliver (may his name be forever linked to Douchebaggery) the current generation of Kids will not get to know the joy of Turkey Drummers.

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks Jamie Oliver is an utter prick.

If he wasn't already a smug bastard with his cookery show; then his quest to fix school dinners sure cemented his dickishness with school kids everywhere by replacing the tasty and cheap (if unhealthy) food with expensive, and horrible healthy crap.

though he tried to do the same in America and they basically told him to fuck right off. Which is what Tony Blair should have said to him when he came to visit like some sort of vegetable related Moses.

I'm sorry but....Who is this guy?
Ah well, Requiescat in Pace and all that.

He founded and ran a large franchise of successful Turkey farms in the UK and then produced various Turkey products which are very popular, if a bit low market. His processed frozen processed turkey products are the staple of every child's diet during their formative years, and, until a few years ago, what they ate at school as well.

A popular product of his is the Turkey Dinosaur

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_naHgYc2uwFc/SbWAJ-mRQlI/AAAAAAAA0eI/-iy6jpKUbdg/s400/Image1186.jpg

 

[Amethyst Wind]

Meh, the guy made an empire out of battery farming. I'm neither upset nor elated at the fact that a successful businessman with questionable morals has died in old age.

 

[natster43]

Never heard of the man. Still is sad though.

 

[Stephanos132]

NEVER heard of him. Master of turkeys? Can I say WTF?

Sorry, that was just me typing strangely. If it offends you so, I can change it. It would seem he was only particularly known within the UK.

I'm not offended, just befuddled.

I'll paraphrase what I got from the video somewhat, in that he changed the position of turkey meat in the UK from a rare christmas treat that you had to work megahard for (a weeks wage worth) to something commonplace enough to be cheaply available all year round. That was where I dreamed up that quirky title from.

Ah thank you. I'm from Ireland, and everyone knows how retarded other-abled the Irish are.

So long as the Irish keep making Guinness, I have no particular antipathy towards them.

 

[DazBurger]

Who?.. Meh.. Don't like turkey anyways... Give me... Duck!

 

[PeePantz]

Was he Britain's Frank Perdue?

 

[Jodah]

Well, at least he picked a good day to go.