Dave Cook the Turkey

In the short story "Dave Cooks the Turkey", Stuart Mclean uses situational humor. One example of this is when Daves wife Morley explains that her "life is a train". She explains that she drags everyone from one place to another. "To school and to dance class and to now-it's time-to-get-up and now-it's-time-to-go-to-bed. I'm a train full of people who complain when you try get them into a bed and fight when you try to get them out of one. Thats my job." Many mothers could relate to this statement and would probly find it humorous. Another example of this is when Dave agrees to take care of the turkey. When he agrees to this he is not fully aware of what "taking care of it" really means. He did not know that he had to buy the turkey aswell as cook it. This is situational because Many men agree to do things without fully realizing what there getting themselves into. When Dave books a hotel room so that the hotel will cook his turkey he tells the clerk that he is "just checking in for the afternoon with my chick". When he turns around he sees his neighbour with his mother. This is also situational because everyone has said something emberassing and turned around only to find a neighbour or a family friend.