Ka cika wannan magana: Ba da daɗewa ba wasu 'yan siyasa da kuma mutanen gari suka yi amfani da wannan magana. A shekarar 1979 Firayim Ministan Labour James Callaghan ya fuskanci kuri'ar rashin amincewa da jam'iyyar Scottish National Party ta kira, wadanda suka damu da yadda Labour ke kula da 'yan kwanan nan.
Zaben raba gardama na Scotland. A sakamakon kuri'ar da 'yan kishin Scottish suka yi tare da' yan adawa na Conservative a kan gwamnatin Labour, duk da cewa masu ra'ayin mazan jiya sun yi adawa da rarraba. A lokacin jawabinsa, Callaghan ya bayyana cewa "Idan suka ci nasara, za a yi babban zabe. An gaya mani cewa barkwancin da ke gudana a yanzu a cikin House shi ne cewa shi ne karo na farko a cikin tarihin da aka rubuta cewa turkeys an san su don zaɓar Kirsimeti da wuri. " Jam'iyyar Scottish National Party a ƙarshe ta rasa mafi yawan wakilcinta a sakamakon zaben. A shekara ta 2000 dan majalisar Burtaniya Teresa Gorman, wanda ya yi adawa da yarjejeniyar Maastricht, ya ce; "Idan majalisar Commons ta zabi Maastricht zai zama kamar turkey 651 da ke zabar Kirsimeti".