[Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving

Tue Nov 29 02:12:04 UTC 2011

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.
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> Have a great turkey day:
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> Thankful,
> Denise
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> Sent from Denise's Palm Pre
> On Nov 20, 2011 5:10 PM, Patricia A. Lipovsky <plipovsky at cfl.rr.com> 
> wrote:
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> Hello.
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> 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
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> plipovsky at cfl.rr.com.
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> 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
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> 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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> 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,
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> just look at this mess!
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> Tomorrow I've got
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> thirty people to feed,
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> They expect all the trimmings,
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> who cares what I need!
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> My feet are both blistered,
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> I've got cramps in my legs,
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> The dog just knocked over
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> a bowl full of eggs,
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> 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,
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> I can't take anymore;
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> Then in walks my husband,
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> spilling rum on the floor.
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> He heaves and he wobbles,
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> his balance unsteady;
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> Then grins as he chuckles
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> "The eggnog is ready!"
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> He looks all around and
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> with total regret,
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> Say's "What's takin' so long?
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> aren't you through in here yet?"
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> As quick as a flash
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> I reach for a knife;
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> He loses an earlobe;
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> I wanted his life!
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> 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!"
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>
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> Now what was I doing,
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> and what is that smell?
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> Oh, GOSH, it's the pies!
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> They're all black
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> right down to the shell!
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> I hate to admit when
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> I make a mistake,
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> But I put them on BROIL
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> instead of on BAKE
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> What else can go wrong?
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> Is there still more ahead?
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> If this is good living,
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> I'd rather be dead.
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> Lord, don't get me wrong,
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> I love holidays;
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> They just leave me exhausted,
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> all shaky and dazed.
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> But I promise you one thing,
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> if I live 'til next year,
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> You won't find me
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> pulling my hair out in here.
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>
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> I'll hire a maid, a cook, and a waiter;
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> And if that doesn't work,
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> I'LL HAVE IT ALL CATERED!
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> HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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> hmm catering?
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> Now that's an idea!!!!!
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> Now for some history
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> Some Thanksgiving Trivia
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> The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to
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> commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after
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> a harsh winter. In that year Governor William Bradford
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> 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
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> 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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> 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
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> 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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>                        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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> 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
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> 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.
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> Have a Great Day
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