smart: Where the heck did that phrase come from anyway? I was always thought that turkeys were not that smart. How long ago in history did people start using the saying, "Smart as a turkey"?I have no clue honey but I tell you this much: I don't eat Turkey for Thanksgiving because I simply don't like Turkey meat nevertheless the whole stuffing ! LOL !! But, I am smart but I think when I gave myself this name, I was like "drunk"?|||No clue but I have heard of a William "Turkey" Smart (1830-1919) was a champion speed skater and the first of a dynasty of skaters from the small village of Welney, on the Norfolk/Cambridgeshire border in the centre of the Fens, England.How long ago in history did people start using the saying, "Smart as a turkey"?I think that may have been from the Nixon era. After that, they also coined the phrase 'and we got a used Ford form this man'.|||Ever since Clo was born with a bottle of Johnny Walker in one hand with a nipple on itHow long ago in history did people start using the saying, "Smart as a turkey"?You spelled "Brainy as a hamster" wrong|||I thought Clo was a smart turkey, wonder what happened? Too much Johnny Walker?|||when Clo said it