KA. Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 Just finished baking pies. Ready to go to sleep, so I can wake up and do more cooking, and eating! Hope everyone is having a good Thanksgiving. KA. Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 Happy Thanksgiving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 Happy Thanksgiving back. Gobble gobble! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 Happy Thanksgiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 Happy Thanksgiving! As much of the country is looking at nasty weather today, I hope this day finds you safe, happy, and warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 We go live now to CNN 'This is Brent Parker and I am outside the Stepford Mall where literally dozens of turkeys have barricaded themselves in. We understand from the police that they have taken hostages and that they are armed and dangerous' 'Brent this is Simon Acapella in the studio. Little confused here. Are the hostages armed and dangerous or is it the police ? Because we already know that the police are armed and dangerous. But that is for our own good.' 'No Simon, the police have said that the turkeys are armed and dangerous. We are waiting on a police negotiator to speak to the turkeys. I'm sorry we are being moved by the police as something is going on. Back to you in the studio'. We will keep you updated on this breaking story. Now sport with Jim Naisium. Jim ?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 Well, I heard "Alice's Restaurant" for the first time in it's long, very long entirety. The main refrain and tune is catchy but I guess my attention span is shot because after the first nine minutes I started to sigh and drift a bit. And frankly, while it had some amusing moments, the payoff wasn't worth the wait. I feel bad for not loving this anti-war/anti-stupidity ditty which apparently is part of American Thanksgiving traditions in some places because it was suggested by a friend that loved it. But I found it tedious very quickly. Am I a bad person? Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 This just in from the Mall. 'The turkeys have said that they will spare Donald Trump if we don't accede to their demands.' 'News at six, film at eleven' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentry0 Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 Joe Walsh, Ternaugh, Iuz the Evil and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 Canadian Thanksgiving was &etc blah blah passive aggressive felicitations and salutations. ... So. What about that amusing political person? Please. Talk amongst yourselves while I eat all the pie. (Because it's a race and I won by skipping Aunt Andrea's turkey, that's why. Now go argue about immigration with Great Uncle Al while I do vodka and Cool Whip shooters here on the kitchen floor.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 Happy Thanksgiving! May your pants fit even better tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 tkdguy and Ternaugh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 These are the turkeys demands An end to turkeys being killed for Thanksgiving; An end to turkeys being killed for Christmas; An end to turkeys being stuffed; the outlawing of cranberry sauce; flying lessons; reruns of Baywatch particularly Pamela Anderson episodes More news on the hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Hermit said: But I found it tedious very quickly. Am I a bad person? Nope. I find it tedious, inane, and filled with the smarm over the conceit that it is far more clever than it ever actually was. (granted, I have the same problem with "Family Guy," for the same reasons) 26 minutes ago, death tribble said: flying lessons; Two questions for the public at large: Where did the myth that turkeys can't fly come from in the first place? Why does it continue?! Granted, hunting them would be a lot easier if it was true..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Hermit said: Well, I heard "Alice's Restaurant" for the first time in it's long, very long entirety. The main refrain and tune is catchy but I guess my attention span is shot because after the first nine minutes I started to sigh and drift a bit. And frankly, while it had some amusing moments, the payoff wasn't worth the wait. I feel bad for not loving this anti-war/anti-stupidity ditty which apparently is part of American Thanksgiving traditions in some places because it was suggested by a friend that loved it. But I found it tedious very quickly. Am I a bad person? No; it is a different time now. Really, it is more of a self-accompanied comedy monologue with political overtones. And comedy that doesn't reach you gets tedious very quickly, as you say. Being someone who, at the time the song came out, had to stare at the possibility of being drafted into that war (which showed no meaningful sign of ending), in a couple of years, and already was acquainted with at least one guy who wasn't coming back ... for the folks my age who do not remember that episode of America throwing her weight around with fondness ... there's significance to it that is, as the phrase goes, growing distant to the ear. Ironically, rather than me it was my father who was sent there (admittedly in an NGO, he was never going to see combat, but he was on US bases there and was there during the first half of 1968 when the Tet Offensive began). Dad did come back, albeit with some PTSD (unrecognized at the time) that took several months to work off. We play Alice's Restaurant at our house every Thanksgiving, but the speakers are in a different room from the food. Lawnmower Boy and Hermit 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 (Back from the emergency run to the grocery) And Happy Thanksgiving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 1 hour ago, death tribble said: flying lessons; 1 hour ago, Duke Bushido said: Two questions for the public at large: Where did the myth that turkeys can't fly come from in the first place? Why does it continue?! You misunderstand they want flying lessons on planes and helicopters Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 Like the flying monkeys. They want to fly F/A-18s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 4 hours ago, sentry0 said: Considering what happened to those Americans, this is technically an argument against immigration.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjack Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 16 hours ago, Duke Bushido said: Where did the myth that turkeys can't fly come from in the first place? Wild turkeys can fly. Domesticated and bred for eating turkeys have overdeveloped breasts areas (like Pamela Anderson) so they can’t fly. Happy Thanksgiving, and Squanto was a traitor!! Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/thanksgiving-belongs-wampanoag-tribe/602422/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 'And now the turkeys are coming out... They are forming a line facing the police. What on earth ? GOBBLE ! GOBBLE ! GOBBLE ! They're Charging ! Good Lord ! The turkeys are charging !' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 29, 2019 Report Share Posted November 29, 2019 Apologies that my usual Thanksgiving humour was not as good as in previous years but real life stuff has impacted what I can and cannot do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 29, 2019 Report Share Posted November 29, 2019 Not your fault, DT. Speaking for myself, a bit of the duldrums... but the goodnews is I got my 50000 words for the NANOWRIMO this year. Old Man and Cancer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 29, 2019 Report Share Posted November 29, 2019 9 hours ago, death tribble said: Apologies that my usual Thanksgiving humour was not as good as in previous years but real life stuff has impacted what I can and cannot do. What makes you think It wasn’t as good? Also, you misspelled “humor”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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