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RE: Thankful
November 27, 2014 at 11:58 am
(November 27, 2014 at 11:24 am)Jenny A Wrote: (November 27, 2014 at 11:05 am)Chuck Wrote: It is the day Americans use to as an excuse to clog transportation infrastructure, massacre turkeys and compel themselves to eat leftovers for the next 3 weeks.
Yep. And we enjoy it. Or at least I do.
Me too, just finished the turkey and get ready to do the giblet gravy, the rest of the families bring all kinds of good stuff, we have many good cooks and a professional chef. Again Happy Thanksgiving to all, and I'm thankful for many things and the people here are definitely included.
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RE: Thankful
November 27, 2014 at 12:42 pm
It's my first thanksgiving, so I have very little idea about the minutia of it, but I'm excited all the same. Should be fun. 
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RE: Thankful
November 27, 2014 at 12:48 pm
Happy day of giving thanks for whatever, people!!
Now, the european in me wants to know:
Is it always on the 27th of November? Ir it always on the last Thursday of November?
Is tomorrow a holiday? Is today a holiday?
Why turkey? (as a curious aside, one of the traditional christmas night dinners around here is turkey... the other bacalhau and the other is goatling)
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RE: Thankful
November 27, 2014 at 12:58 pm
It's always on Thursday. Today is a holiday. Tomorrow is Black Friday, arguably the most American holiday of them all. It's a turkey because Ben Franklin proposed to make the turkey our national bird, but pilgrims said "Fuck that! Lets eat the fuckers."(Lie)
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RE: Thankful
November 27, 2014 at 1:15 pm
As for the truth, I'm pretty sure it's a turkey because the Native Americans taught the pilgrims to hunt turkeys so they wouldn't starve to death.
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RE: Thankful
November 27, 2014 at 1:28 pm
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(November 27, 2014 at 12:48 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Happy day of giving thanks for whatever, people!!
Now, the european in me wants to know:
Is it always on the 27th of November? Ir it always on the last Thursday of November?
Is tomorrow a holiday? Is today a holiday?
Why turkey? (as a curious aside, one of the traditional christmas night dinners around here is turkey... the other bacalhau and the other is goatling)
PS: please don't make me read the wiki article
No it wasn't and isn't always the 27th of November. It currently is the fourth Thursday of November. Before that the states all had different days for Thanksgiving. Lincoln set a national date of the last Thursday in November in 1863. FDR moved the date to the fourth Thursday of November in 1939 and congress ratified that decision in 1940.
And yes today is a holiday. Whether tomorrow is varies.
And yes there is a Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgivin..._States%29 but you don't have to read it. 
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RE: Thankful
November 27, 2014 at 1:32 pm
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This day is about FOOD!!! Not Learning. Cooking is an art of gluttony and love, and you're ruining it with your interesting facts about Turkey Day.
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RE: Thankful
November 27, 2014 at 1:33 pm
(November 27, 2014 at 1:15 pm)Losty Wrote: As for the truth, I'm pretty sure it's a turkey because the Native Americans taught the pilgrims to hunt turkeys so they wouldn't starve to death.
Actually, turkey wasn't commonly eaten on Thanksgiving until after 1800, so I don't think Indian lessons or Franklin had much to do with it.
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RE: Thankful
November 27, 2014 at 1:34 pm
(November 27, 2014 at 9:01 am)Alex K Wrote: Thanks... but what this Thanksgiving you are talking about? 
It's the day when Americans celebrate fucking over the Indians.
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It's sort of like a date rapist saying "but dinner was good, right?"
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RE: Thankful
November 27, 2014 at 1:36 pm
(November 27, 2014 at 1:32 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: This day is about FOOD!!! Not Learning. Cooking is an art of gluttony and love, and you're ruining it with your interesting facts about Turkey Day.
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