[Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving

Tue Nov 29 15:19:13 UTC 2011

Hi Sherry.

I'm so glad you had a good Thanksgiving.  I was just curious though about 
what you were laughing about? I hate to miss anything that would brighten 
someone's day!!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving

>I hope all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoyed all that luscious food. 
>Pat, that was so nice of you to invite people over. I have been out of 
>email communication and just saw this email. It is great and I needed a 
>laugh! Thank you.
>
> Sherri
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Denise Valkema" <valkemadenise at aol.com>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 6:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving
>
>
>> How thoughtful of you. I cannot join you as I am in Miami.
>>
>> Have a great turkey day:
>>
>> Thankful,
>> Denise
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from Denise's Palm Pre
>> On Nov 20, 2011 5:10 PM, Patricia A. Lipovsky 
>> <plipovsky at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you live in the Daytona Area, will be alone on Thanksgiving, and do 
>> not have  any plans, please contact me at 255.0488, or
>>
>> plipovsky at cfl.rr.com.
>>
>>
>>
>> Now, time for a chuckle.
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>>
>>
>> I wonder how many can relate to this.
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>>
>>
>> Twas the night before Thanksgiving
>>
>> and all through the kitchen;
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>> I was cooking and baking
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>> and moanin' and bitchin'.
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>>
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>> I've been here for hours,
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>> I can't stop to rest,
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>> This place is a disaster,
>>
>> just look at this mess!
>>
>>
>>
>> Tomorrow I've got
>>
>> thirty people to feed,
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>> They expect all the trimmings,
>>
>> who cares what I need!
>>
>>
>>
>> My feet are both blistered,
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>> I've got cramps in my legs,
>>
>> The dog just knocked over
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>> a bowl full of eggs,
>>
>>
>>
>> There's a knock at the door
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>> and the telephone's ringing;
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>> Frosting drips on the counter
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>> as the microwave's dinging,
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>>
>>
>> Two pies in the oven,
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>> dessert's almost done;
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>> My cookbook is soiled
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>> with butter and crumbs.
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>>
>>
>> I've had all I can stand,
>>
>> I can't take anymore;
>>
>> Then in walks my husband,
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>> spilling rum on the floor.
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>>
>>
>> He heaves and he wobbles,
>>
>> his balance unsteady;
>>
>> Then grins as he chuckles
>>
>> "The eggnog is ready!"
>>
>>
>>
>> He looks all around and
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>> with total regret,
>>
>> Say's "What's takin' so long?
>>
>> aren't you through in here yet?"
>>
>>
>>
>> As quick as a flash
>>
>> I reach for a knife;
>>
>> He loses an earlobe;
>>
>> I wanted his life!
>>
>>
>>
>> He flees from the room
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>> in terror and pain,
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>> and screams "MY GOSH WOMAN,
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>> YOU'RE GOING INSANE!"
>>
>>
>>
>> Now what was I doing,
>>
>> and what is that smell?
>>
>> Oh, GOSH, it's the pies!
>>
>> They're all black
>>
>> right down to the shell!
>>
>>
>>
>> I hate to admit when
>>
>> I make a mistake,
>>
>> But I put them on BROIL
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>> instead of on BAKE
>>
>>
>>
>> What else can go wrong?
>>
>> Is there still more ahead?
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>> If this is good living,
>>
>> I'd rather be dead.
>>
>>
>>
>> Lord, don't get me wrong,
>>
>> I love holidays;
>>
>> They just leave me exhausted,
>>
>> all shaky and dazed.
>>
>>
>>
>> But I promise you one thing,
>>
>> if I live 'til next year,
>>
>> You won't find me
>>
>> pulling my hair out in here.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'll hire a maid, a cook, and a waiter;
>>
>> And if that doesn't work,
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>> I'LL HAVE IT ALL CATERED!
>>
>>
>>
>> HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> hmm catering?
>>
>> Now that's an idea!!!!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Now for some history
>>
>>
>>
>> Some Thanksgiving Trivia
>>
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>>
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>> The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to
>>
>>
>>
>> commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after
>>
>>
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>> a harsh winter. In that year Governor William Bradford
>>
>>
>>
>> proclaimed a day of thanksgiving. The colonists celebrated
>>
>>
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>> it as a traditional English harvest feast, to which they
>>
>>
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>> invited the local Wampanoag Indians.
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>>
>>
>>                             ***
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>>
>>
>> During the mid-1800s, poet and editor Sarah J. Hale began
>>
>>
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>> lobbying for a national Thanksgiving holiday. In 1863
>>
>>
>>
>> President Abraham Lincoln gave his Thanksgiving Proclamation,
>>
>>
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>> declaring the last Thursday in November a day of thanksgiving.
>>
>>
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>>
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>>                             ***
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>>
>>
>>
>> At one time, the turkey and the bald eagle were each considered as the 
>> national symbol of America. Benjamin Franklin was one of those who argued 
>> passionately on behalf
>>
>>
>>
>> of the turkey. Franklin felt the turkey, although "vain and silly", was a 
>> better choice than the bald eagle, whom he felt was "a coward".
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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>>
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>>
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>>                        VIDEO CLIP
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>>
>> Runaway Turkey - Bizarre News
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>> Turkey is found going for a jog on the tollway!
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>> http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=5738
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>>
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>>
>> ***********************************************************
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>> According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than
>>
>>
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>> 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the U.S. at
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanksgiving-that's one sixth of all turkeys sold in the
>>
>>
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>> U.S. each year.
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>>                           ***
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>> The cranberry got its name because the pale pink blossoms
>>
>>
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>> on the plant resembled a crane's head and neck. The name
>>
>>
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>> craneberry stuck, eventually becoming cranberry.
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>>                             ***
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>>
>> The average age of the Mayflower passenger was 32. The
>>
>>
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>> oldest Mayflower passenger was 64.
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>> Happy Thanksgiving everyone.  Have a wonderful day.
>>
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>>
>>
>> Failure is not falling down, it is not getting up again.
>>
>> Have a Great Day
>>
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