[Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving

Wed Nov 30 08:16:28 UTC 2011

I was laughing because I enjoyed the humorous Thanksgiving email you sent 
out. It was wonderful.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patricia A. Lipovsky" <plipovsky at cfl.rr.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving


> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I wonder how many can relate to this.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Twas the night before Thanksgiving
>>>
>>> and all through the kitchen;
>>>
>>> I was cooking and baking
>>>
>>> and moanin' and bitchin'.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I've been here for hours,
>>>
>>> I can't stop to rest,
>>>
>>> This place is a disaster,
>>>
>>> just look at this mess!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tomorrow I've got
>>>
>>> thirty people to feed,
>>>
>>> They expect all the trimmings,
>>>
>>> who cares what I need!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My feet are both blistered,
>>>
>>> I've got cramps in my legs,
>>>
>>> The dog just knocked over
>>>
>>> a bowl full of eggs,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There's a knock at the door
>>>
>>> and the telephone's ringing;
>>>
>>> Frosting drips on the counter
>>>
>>> as the microwave's dinging,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Two pies in the oven,
>>>
>>> dessert's almost done;
>>>
>>> My cookbook is soiled
>>>
>>> with butter and crumbs.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I've had all I can stand,
>>>
>>> I can't take anymore;
>>>
>>> Then in walks my husband,
>>>
>>> spilling rum on the floor.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> He heaves and he wobbles,
>>>
>>> his balance unsteady;
>>>
>>> Then grins as he chuckles
>>>
>>> "The eggnog is ready!"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> He looks all around and
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> in terror and pain,
>>>
>>> and screams "MY GOSH WOMAN,
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> instead of on BAKE
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What else can go wrong?
>>>
>>> Is there still more ahead?
>>>
>>> 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,
>>>
>>> I'LL HAVE IT ALL CATERED!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> hmm catering?
>>>
>>> Now that's an idea!!!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Now for some history
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Some Thanksgiving Trivia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> a harsh winter. In that year Governor William Bradford
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> proclaimed a day of thanksgiving. The colonists celebrated
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> it as a traditional English harvest feast, to which they
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> invited the local Wampanoag Indians.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                             ***
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> During the mid-1800s, poet and editor Sarah J. Hale began
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> lobbying for a national Thanksgiving holiday. In 1863
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> President Abraham Lincoln gave his Thanksgiving Proclamation,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> declaring the last Thursday in November a day of thanksgiving.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                             ***
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                        VIDEO CLIP
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Runaway Turkey - Bizarre News
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Turkey is found going for a jog on the tollway!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=5738
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ***********************************************************
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the U.S. at
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanksgiving-that's one sixth of all turkeys sold in the
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> U.S. each year.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                           ***
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The cranberry got its name because the pale pink blossoms
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> on the plant resembled a crane's head and neck. The name
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> craneberry stuck, eventually becoming cranberry.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                             ***
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The average age of the Mayflower passenger was 32. The
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> oldest Mayflower passenger was 64.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Happy Thanksgiving everyone.  Have a wonderful day.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Failure is not falling down, it is not getting up again.
>>>
>>> Have a Great Day
>>>
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