Every Thanksgiving we play a Turkey Bowl football game to determine neighborhood bragging rights. One year our team was close to scoring a game-winning touchdown, so we all listened carefully as out quarterback explained a play to us in the huddle.

“I’ll look over the defense when we come to the line,” he said. “If I call out a color, I’ll hand the ball off and we’ll run left. If I call out a fruit, I’ll throw a pass into the end zone.”

Wow, we’re actually using strategy this year, I thought. How can we lose with such a wise leader?

When our quarterback came to the line, he looked around, then barked out the signals: “15, 43, 13, orange, hike!”