27 Nov 01 - 07:50 AM (#598386) Subject: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: InOBU Since the Cat was down for the holiday, excuse that this is late. On one of the MC's annexes, I noticed some confusion among our English cousins about the holiday, so I thought I'd post a little explanation from our own family tradition... Ever since the first Otway fell off the boat into the new world, we celbrate Thanksgiving by remembering the story of the frist thanksgiving. They youngest child, generally the only one sober enough to speak, tells this story, before joining the adults in a gin and tonic.... Story of the First Thanksgiving…
It was the night before Christmas, and the Pilgrims where feeling a bit peckish, after the long swim from England, the Mayflower having hit an iceberg and sank. Captain Smith ordered the woman and children into the life boats first, as he knew that there were not enough boats for all, an old tradition in the British maritime, only to find they had forgotten the life boats all together. Although they were still in the Themes Estuary and a scant 10 minute swim to Wapping, they decided that as long as they were already wet, they'd go for it and struck out for New York. On the way they talked it over and decided that as long as they were going through all the trouble they might as well swim to Massachusetts so that their grandkids would all be rich New Englanders in stead of poor New Yorkers, and who wanted to live in a city where the Mayor was a bad tempered Dutch guy with a wooden leg who called the place New Amsterdam anyway, so I am getting off the point, it was time for dinner. |
27 Nov 01 - 09:08 AM (#598424) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: MMario Yup - that's about the way I've heard the story - except of course for Squanto teaching them how to grow corn by planting herring; and then the Lone Ranger and Tonto show up (late) for dessert with popcorn. |
27 Nov 01 - 09:11 AM (#598427) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: Raptor Larry I'm sorry you had to put your cat down! And on thanksgiving too! Bummer. Raptor |
27 Nov 01 - 09:12 AM (#598429) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: Raptor We may need to put my sister down She's peeing all over the place. I know how you feel! Raptor |
27 Nov 01 - 12:09 PM (#598521) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: InOBU DON'T PUT YOUR SISTER DOWN BIG BIRD! Send her to Canada! We can rent her to Hydro Quebec! Cheers, Happy Holidays! |
27 Nov 01 - 12:21 PM (#598532) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: SINSULL Merry Christmas to all And to all a good night! |
27 Nov 01 - 12:42 PM (#598548) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: M.Ted You left out the part about Cranberries, which are not berries at all, but some kind of theological point that was debated between the Puritans and the Quakers, who finally left because they were tired of getting hit on the head with sticks, so they moved to Pennsylvania where they invented pencils. |
27 Nov 01 - 05:27 PM (#598792) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: InOBU M-TED! I did not realize you where among the Bretherin. Contrary to the common belief that we have no secrets, promoted by our tirades against Free Masons, we actualy have one secret and M. Ted has revield it here, so he and I are both now on the Quaker hit list. We have to go now and return our Pencils to the Great Mother Superior of the Pennsylvania meeting. Darn. Larry |
29 Nov 01 - 11:35 AM (#600231) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: Guessed Why was the 'cat down and is there an explanation? Lots of sites were DOWN at the same time including (notably) e-mail ones like joymail, no virus warning other than BadTrans and no buzz about DoS. conspiracy theories at the ready............ |
29 Nov 01 - 11:49 AM (#600242) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: InOBU The Cat was down because a number of Pshycic Quakers new that M.Ted was going to reveil our greatest secret, and hoped that they could foil the attempt and obviously did not, Larry |
29 Nov 01 - 01:24 PM (#600329) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: McGrath of Harlow But of course The Cat Came Back, so that's all right. |
29 Nov 01 - 08:50 PM (#600611) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: GUEST,Gassed Those "Pshycic" (hic!)Quakers have a lot to answer for. Pass the seltzer please. |
30 Nov 01 - 01:48 AM (#600721) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: Liz the Squeak And here we thought it was just an excuse to eat turkey twice a year...... Cranberries make nice tree decorations don't they? And popcorn. And after the cat has knocked the tree over twice a day for the 12 days of Christmas (the only 12 your tree should be up....... person down the road with tree all lit up in front window already, take note....)you can sling the strings out into the garden to feed the birds. (Actually Massechusetts was founded by someone who lived in my home town, we got aged Americans coming over to 'visit the old country' every summer.... so I know why it was named after a pile of teeth....) LTS |
30 Nov 01 - 01:50 AM (#600722) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: Liz the Squeak ~And I don't mean to be nasty or picky, but has the 'Cat sitter been arranged for Christmas yet? I couldn't bear it if I had to spend that week without an intelligent conversation about something other than Barbie, lack of ice-cream maker and more beer..... LTS |
30 Nov 01 - 03:51 AM (#600757) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: Amergin but those seem rather intelligent topics to me.... |
30 Nov 01 - 08:10 PM (#601308) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: Liz the Squeak Intelligent?? If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends and family?? And how many jobs has that girl had? She'll never get anywhere changing from vet to nurse to lawyer to high class hooker every day..... And if she were intelligent, she'd ditch that flock head Ken and go out with someone with a willy. LTS |
01 Dec 01 - 09:14 AM (#601571) Subject: RE: The cat down for Thanksgiving From: InOBU Did you hear that Japanese comercial fishermen by huge numbers of barbies to use as bate? No kidding the hair attracts fish and they are durable! Cheers, Larry |