1 Deep frying a turkey is damn dangerous if you have never done it before and don't know what to look out for.

Always safer to get an experienced hand with you the first time.

2

Fucking A, I hate Thanksgiving.  Nobody in my fucking family likes football, so I have to watch it myself and get called antisocial for it.

Not that I'm not antisocial, but I hate people using that adjective as a perjorative.

3 Looks like it would also make an impressive zombie countermeasure.  Re-kill it with fire, I say.

4 Happy Thanksgiving Morons & Moronettes!  Couldn't make it through a day without you all!

5 Yeah, the UL still doesn't approve them.  That approval's coming right after they get the "Little Scientist Home Fusion Workshop" set approved in time for Christmas this year...

6 The great thing is, The Department of Homeland Security is the one that is alerting the nation to the imminent danger of When Turkey Friers Attack. And we, as a nation, wonder why we find ourselves so utterly bones...

7 Darwin never sleeps.

8

Not that I'm not antisocial, but I hate people using that adjective as a perjorative.

Try duct-taping them all in chairs and pouring some Valu-Rite down them with a funnel while in front of the game on TV.

It worked for me. Nobody ever comes over any more.

9 Please please please God, I won't ask for anything else ever again if you can just make my Lions beat the shit out of the Pack today.

Yeah, I said 'shit'. I went to Catholic schools for 15 yrs - I'm allowed.

Hap Thx, Morons.

10 Yeah, I saw Drudge's headline about the DHS warning and thought they were talking about contaminated turkey or something. But DHS warning about the dangers of turkey fryers? WTF? Talk about mission creep.

11

My God, people are always fucking trying to tell me that I shouldn't take my fucking family for granted.  That I won't know what I have until I've lost it.

I've got news for those ninnies:  been there, done that.  I know what it's like to lose the best thing you ever had. 

I USED TO BE SINGLE

12 The DHS is even starting to make me a little nervous. I don't think these assholes have any notion of limits. None.

13

Try duct-taping them all in chairs and pouring some Valu-Rite down them with a funnel while in front of the game on TV.

Now now. In respect for our national holiday, I suggest you go green and replace Valu-Rite with Wild Turkey.

Yes, I know it's the 'Good Stuff', but still...

14 One other hint on deep frying a turkey. Its OK to start one after a beer or two because they do not take long to cook.

But don't start one after 15 beers and half a quart of brown.

15

Posted by: Vic at November 24, 2011 10:20 AM (YdQQY)

Personal experience there, Vic?

16 But don't start one after 15 beers and half a quart of brown.

Posted by: Vic at November 24, 2011 10:20 AM (YdQQY)

So in other words, brunch?

17 Bacon is cooking to soon be wrapped around scallops.  Up next, bacon weaving for the turkey breast.  Is 9:20 am too early to start in on the Shiner?

18 Bacon weaving - that could imply woven strips of bacon, or could also imply how you walk after consuming the congnac soaked bacon...

19

20 Aaron Rodgers is as close to perfect as it gets, and rumored to be conservative personally, but I'm still hoping the Lions do a 1962 on the Pack.

21

Yes, I know it's the 'Good Stuff', but still...

Speaking of the good stuff, have you tried their American Honey? That there's some great hooch. An ice cube in a shot glass full is truly ambrosia.

22 A question worthy of AOS headquarters...anybody have actual fisticuffs thrown at a  holiday gathering?

23 Bacon Weaving is Hugo's deliciouser brother.

24

Personal experience there, Vic?

Posted by: HH at November 24, 2011 10:23 AM (KB0hv)

Oh I had a few when I did one, but not many. I do not screw around with hot oil when I am drunk.

25 Truman, I think we might be long-lost brothers
Not that I'd want to visit you or anything.

26 Our ER serves a damn fine turkey loaf with reconstituted potatoes.

27

congnac soaked bacon...

that was NOT in the thanksgiving recipe thread....

holding out on us? 

28

I got the crap beaten out of me every Thanksgiving for years as a boy by some of the children of the relatives' family's friends.  Which may be one of the reasons why I hate everything so much.

But I don't think kid fights is what you meant by fisticuffs.

29 A question worthy of AOS headquarters...anybody have actual fisticuffs thrown at a  holiday gathering?

Posted by: Red Shirt at November 24, 2011 10:28 AM (FIDMq)

Never one with family. Have seen it in the navy though.

30 28 Truman, I think we might be long-lost brothers
Not that I'd want to visit you or anything.
  That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.

31

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Rons & Ronettes.

Despite the fact that Obama is a stuttering culsterfu#k of a miserable failure (SCOAMF), we've got much to be thankful for.  Despite the jugears-in-chief, we still live in the most incredible nation on the face of this planet, we still (mostly) get to determine our own destinies, and we have family and friends to overeat and scream at the TV with. 

Just made up a batch of pumpkin-curry soup for the feast at the RightWingWife's sister's house in CT (about 75 minutes away).   

I'm looking forward to my little knucklhead (2 1/2 years old) demonstrating his finely honed "headbutt at full speed to the groin" technique to his uncles.   The trick is to distract them at just the instant so they don't see it coming. Good times to be had by all (except for the immediate victims, that is).

Be safe and enjoy.

 

32 I do not screw around with hot oil when I am drunk.

Why mess with hot oil while drunk if there's a pistol handy?

33

Oh I had a few when I did one, but not many. I do not screw around with hot oil when I am drunk.

Posted by: Vic at November 24, 2011 10:30 AM (YdQQY)

Sometimes messing around *hic* with cold oil when you're hammered isn't too smart either.*hic*

34

I'm looking forward to my little knucklhead (2 1/2 years old) demonstrating his finely honed "headbutt at full speed to the groin" technique to his uncles.

Your parenting skills are to be lauded.

I hoist my first beer of the day to you sir!

 

35 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

36

Be safe and enjoy.

And wear a cup.

37 It's times like these that I truly believe it is time for another cultural revolution.

38 Don't try to fry a turkey if you are a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

39 Too bad obooboo didn't pardon the turkey AND have Eric Holder roasted for turkey day...

40 Every year we get the July 4th fireworks video,the Thanksgiving turkey fryer disasters and the most dangerous Christmas toys.Dangerous toys?Me and my friends threw rocks at each other(lighted fireworks on July 4th),sometimes we used slingshots.

41

38 Your parenting skills are to be lauded.

I hoist my first beer of the day to you sir!

The kid's got potential.  We're toilet training him by taking off his pants and letting him run around the house naked from mthe waist down (I know - sounds like early Moron Training, eh).  He has a habit of turning around, bending over, and saying - "Mommie! Daddy! Look at me"

Can't wait to see the grandparent's reaction (on the Wife's side) breaks out the moonshot at Thanskgiving dinner..

42 We're having turducken here today.  Tasty as it is, I've never made peace with the fact that the first part of the word turducken is turd...

43

@46  Sorry, that should be "Can't wait to see the grandparent's reaction (on the Wife's side) IF HE breaks out the moonshot at Thanskgiving dinner."

Too early for the cognac soaked bacon, I guess.

 

44

I hoist my first beer of the day to you sir! Posted by: ErikW at November 24, 2011 10:34 AM

You must live on the West Coast....

45

Can't wait to see the grandparent's reaction (on the Wife's side) breaks out the moonshot at Thanskgiving dinner..

You know, I was gonna wait until kickoff to open a Guinness, but I may have to open one in your honor, too, like right now.

Your little knucklehead will be skinning hobos before you know it. We could use him as the scout on the next hobo hunt.

At least they've started the actual parade part of the Macy's T'Giving parade. I tuned in a while ago and got to see the traditional TG trannies. Nothing says thanks like a Divine imitator(ess?).

46

And speaking of dangerous shit and life threatening stuff here is some new commie propaganda about how "bad" the U.S. is promoting socialist health care

The headline:

What's killing America? U.S. ranks 28th in life expectancy (lower than Chile and Greece) while it pays the MOST for health care

I immediately suspected BS because I know about these surveys and the huge ass damn differences between how they tabulate “life expectancy” in some of these countries. But even the damn article admits it is full of shit.

The United States was ranked fourth from the bottom for premature mortality, which focuses on deaths among younger people. 

The measure, which reflects dangers posed by violence, accidents and environmental hazards, puts America behind all others except Hungary, Mexico and Russia.

In other words urban yoots are busy killing themselves in the gang and drug wars and that holds down overall life expectancy. So that counts against our “healthcare system”.  And that doesnÂ’t factor in how a lot of these countries count early deaths in babies. Some donÂ’t count it as a “death” if a baby dies within a few days of being born. They count it as a miscarriage and it does not factor in average life expectancy.  Those kinds of things have a HUGE impact on the calculation of average life expectancy.

But the propaganda machines for socialized healthcare continue to spit out this kind of misleading shit.

Never-the-less when one of those commies gets really sick, where do they show up if they have the money? In the good old US of A of course.

47 And yes he did almost melt the entire driveway.

After we had a close call one year we decided to make my brother with the crusher run driveway the official turkey fry site.

48 Grease fires from turkeys are no joke. I had an aluminum pan fail last year taking mine out and damn near died in the ensuing grease fire. Wrecked my oven kicking the thing back in there and snuffing the fire out, but thankfully no injuries or fire spreading outside the oven. There was so much spilled grease on the floor I was so lucky it didn't touch off and to not have been flame broiled alive.

49 >>It's times like these that I truly believe it is time for another cultural revolution.
Posted by: Truman North at November 24, 2011 10:35 AM (I2LwF)

I think that I missed the first one.

Do people shower and shave before those things or is it just come as you are?

50

You must live on the West Coast....

Posted by: MrScribbler at November 24, 2011 10:46 AM (HkOAc)

 

Central Ohio. I'm slacking, I know.

51 51 I simply ignore bullshit stories like that but of course the dumb masses eat it up.

52

OK, y'all, got a ton of stuff to do before the herd gets here.

Have fun and try not to murder your lib relatives until right before dessert. That way, there's more for you.

Happy Food Coma.

53 The kid's got potential.  We're toilet training him by taking off his pants and letting him run around the house naked from mthe waist down (I know - sounds like early Moron Training, eh).  He has a habit of turning around, bending over, and saying - "Mommie! Daddy! Look at me" My sister did that with her son. The upside, it only took maybe three days to potty train him. The downside, he takes his pants off at the most inopportune times, and his older sister is often heard shrieking "Mom, he's playing with his weiner again."

54 Here's a wall of text for you guys to tl;dr, unless you're like me and like to vomit on Thanksgiving. I'm a civil servant in NY (read, required union membership) and the union president sent this out just before we left for the holiday. My office is pretty conservative, we're all used to the bullshit, but this one crossed a new line. Enjoy and a Happy Moron Turkey Day to all!

Correct the Myths
  But thanks to Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, lots of talk about the economy means lots of misinformation about the economy . So if you're spending this Thanksgiving holiday with friends and family, and want to be ready with the facts to gently correct any myths you hear (they are family and friends, after all), we put together a short guide with five common myths you might hear and easy-to-remember facts to respond to them. Remember that you're the most important source of information for your family and friends. Happy Thanksgiving, and of course, thanks for all you do.     MYTH #1 : The congressional Super Committee failed because both sides refuse to compromise.   REALITY : The Super Committee failed because Republicans' number one, non-negotiable priority is to protect millionaires and billionaires from paying even one more penny in taxes. 1 Democrats repeatedly offered to make deep spending cuts—far deeper than most progressives would like—in exchange for raising taxes on the wealthy and closing corporate loopholes, only to be refused again and again. 2 So even though the vast majority of Americans say they want to protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits, and raise taxes on the rich and corporations, 3 that won't happen until Republicans put aside their extremist stance.   MYTH #2 : Nobody knows what Occupy Wall Street is about.   REALITY : Occupy Wall Street may not have a formal list of demands, but anyone who's been paying attention understands the core problems that occupiers are protesting—that corporations have far too much power in our political system, that Wall Street banks crashed our economy but were never held accountable, and that the richest 400 Americans have more wealth than half of all Americans—156 million people—combined. 4   MYTH #3 : Occupiers should stop protesting and just get a job.   REALITY : As anybody who's looked for a job in the last few years knows, there just aren't jobs out there. That's a big part of why occupiers are protesting. In September, there were four times as many unemployed people as job openings. 5 And for those who are lucky enough to find a job, median wages today are lower than they were a decade ago. 6   MYTH #4 : Occupy Wall Street is intent on provoking violence, especially against banks and the police.   REALITY : Occupations across the country have committed themselves to nonviolent protest, in the greatest traditions of protest movements. Some of their protests have been met with acts of police violence—tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets 7 —but in many cases, protesters have reminded police that the police officers are part of the 99%, too. 8 And in the few cases when people have shown up at Occupy demonstrations and committed acts of vandalism, other protesters have even repaired their acts of vandalism. 9   MYTH #5 : The biggest crisis facing our country is out of control government spending.   REALITY : The two biggest drivers of our deficit—by far—are the economic crash and the Bush tax cuts. 10 We have millions of people out of work, corporations hoarding cash, and factories sitting idle. If we put all those people back to work—rebuilding infrastructure, educating our children, and researching new technologies—it'll shrink the deficit and make our economy stronger for the long haul. And we can easily afford it if we make sure the rich—who are taking home a larger percentage of income than any time since 1917 11 —pay their fair share. Americans are talking about the economy—a lot. They're talking about Occupy Wall Street and the Super Committee, about an economy that only works for the 1% and about unemployment.

55 We are frying our turkey again this year and here's one tip I give everyone who tries it the first time Put the bird in SLOW Yes, the oil will pop and bubble like all hell but do not drop it in!!! Bad shit happens (yes, I almost burned my house down too) And cranberry sauce in the can is best...don't be heathens

56 59 Cocksucker union bosses.

57 Oops, forgot the first line:

Americans are talking about the economy—a lot. They're talking about Occupy Wall Street and the Super Committee, about an economy that only works for the 1% and about unemployment.

Also, the thing was sourced at the end, nearly every source linking to moveon.org

58 Mugiwara, Rush read that on his show yesterday. I don't know how you can win the argument against stupid. Stupid is going to believe what it will believe. You cannot win that one.

59 64 Really?They hate America though...oh..right,so does Obama.

60 "Mom, he's playing with his weiner again."

Posted by: runningrn at November 24, 2011 10:53 AM (u/RSM)

That's heard at the homes of most morons.

61 My supervisor printed it out to save it for next year's political contributions reimbursement request. They make you justify why you're portion of dues going to political campaigns should be refunded. She's just gonna staple the e-mail to it and say why? That's why.

I'll just stick with my usual rant about how I hate commies and our union constantly promotes events co-sponsored by CPUSA. They've never yet disputed my claims.

62 >>REALITY : The two biggest drivers of our deficit—by far—are the economic crash and the Bush tax cuts.

I'd have to say that that's right there with islam is the religion of peace.

63 And cranberry sauce in the can is best...don't be heathens

Posted by: Navycopjoe at November 24, 2011 10:55 AM (k6qqF)

 

Yes!  I knew there was at least one other. Love the can ridges.

64 69 One other?Almost everyone I know prefers canned.I don't eat it at all though.

65 68 What a load of shit.

66 About an hour ago the Fire Brigade was scrambling to a call. Black smoke about a half mile away in the upper crust part of the neighborhood. Turkey Fryer on what used to be the Cedar Deck of what used to be a new home.

67 neoKon Karl Rove the Kommie on Fox now defending Newt on illegals. He's rolling out the old strawman about can't round up all up.

68 59
Good Lord, the biggest driver of the deficit is corrupt politicians and their thieving.

69 Thankfully I'm at the place myself this Thanksgiving, no lefties to ruin dinner.

Advice to Ace: Do not try to put the entire hobo in the turkey fryer at once

Remember, the MBM will say it's YOUR fault that dinner got ruined over politics because YOU'RE the extremist who won't be reasonable

Happy Turkey Day, Morons and Moronettes

70 69. I've determined the ridges = my childhood memories My m-i-l says its the spam of thanksgiving but she's a heathen

71 Will there be a football thread?

72 Every word of that union letter is a lie, just like everything Karl Rove is spouting now is a damn lie.

73
Happy Thanksgiving to you all. 

And Happy Turkey Day to all you thankless liberal trolls too, because I am considerate like that.

74 Happy Thanksgiving! I've been counting my blessings over the past several days.
My 88 year old father decided to downsize, and we've been purging his house.

I came across a hand typed autobiography of my grandfather, who was born in 1874.  There is no one alive today who has experienced the trials and tribulations of this generation.  Well, a few but they are far between. 

One section is a recap of the most memorable incidents of his 13th year of life in Oklahoma: Bit by tarantula, Sis bit by rattlesnake, cyclones, prairie fires, hot winds that fried the crops, mules and wagon caught in quicksand, typhoid, mumps, lice-oh and the cure: carbolic acid which fries the skin. 

The worst was the death of his 4 yr old little sister.  She was playing and came in  thirsty and before her mama could get her one, she grabbed a jar of what she thought was water.  It was lye.  They were miles from doctors at that time,and her father was out for the day with the team, so no transportation. 

She burned her throat to the point of total destruction.  She starved to death after two weeks, because her throat was gone. 

Hug your children. Hug your family. Count your blessings and rejoice that there were people that came before us that suffered, persevered and paved the way for the most prosperous generation to walk the earth. 

75 3 OWS type idiots forget that over in Egypt, the police don't fuck around.

They're lucky they got released, when the muzzie brotherhood takes over that kind of thing gets you beheaded

Egyptian Officials Release 3 US Students in Cairo

Wondering how much the State Dept paid of our tax dollars to get these retards back home

Egyptian officials say a court has ordered the release of three American students arrested this week during the unrest in Cairo.

An Egyptian official said Thursday the three who attend the American University in Cairo were arrested on the roof of a university building near CairoÂ’s iconic Tahrir Square where they were allegedly throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters.

The three, arrested Sunday, are Derrik Sweeney, a 19-year-old Georgetown University student, Luke Gates, a 21-year-old Indiana University student, and Gregory Porter, a 19-year-old Drexel University student.

76 80. Tofurkey?!!! The fuck? When I get to the white house I'll ensure the fools who eat this get to the camps first

77 31 Put a curse on the ones who beat you up. It is fun and may actually work. I think I made a building fall down that way.

78 From thread below.

Seems like when your friends and relatives find out you are frying turkey's they come over and say do mine ok brah, I'm on my 4th one 2 to go I should charge them $20 peanut oil ain't cheap, but I won't, at least they bring beer as an offering poor bastards.



Happy Thanksgiving boys and girls and God Bless our Troops.

79 It's too late for any of you frying your bird this year to do ALL the things I suggest here, but there is still a lot of safety tips you can use to keep yourself safe and get a better tasting bird: http://bit.ly/dfBXeE Just a few highlights: Set aside a whole roll of paper towels for cleaning and drying the bird. Mark it with an X on the end, and throw any remaining unused part of the roll when done. Dry the bird OBSESSIVELY before it goes in the oil. Do it well away from any structure. It will kill a 4 foot circle of grass if you do it on your lawn. It actually a lot easier to clean your concrete than it is to repair your lawn. No throwing balls or other outdoor sports during cooking. NO DRINKING! (Yes, that's ME saying that)

80

My wife says I give good mise en place.  Just another thing that elicits the sounds of ecstasy from her.

81
What must it be like living under the same roof with one of these deluded dweebs?

A friend of ours is a master of beef jerky.  He's set up a commercial kitchen and is planning a business to keep him busy after he retires. 

His daughter is a new age peta freak.  He's going there for tofurkey. And he has been admonished that he will not so much as think the word meat, or he is not allowed to step foot in her house.

That's what its like, I guess.

82

Please don't overeat this Thanksgiving.

83 Here's the entire Shatner Turkey Fryer PSA

84 93 Here's the entire Shatner Turkey Fryer PSA

Posted by: kbdabear at November 24, 2011 11:27 AM

It's done, Jim

85 Goofed on the link. Spa Day for Tom, or How to Really Fry a Turkey Sorry.

86 I don't think any OWS blockade types will try to put a hand on you as you enter your local mega-retailer looking for that very fine, made offshore product, but if they do, I know that you will all do the right thing and just turn the other cheek. Over the years, I have found that a nice balanced stance and a quick left-right combination, followed by a nice stiff short uppercut, works wonders when it comes to turning someones other cheek. Let's get ready to rumble!

87
 Color me totally unconcerned with the wellbeing of any PETA, liberal or leftleaning idiot. Don' care now, or in the future what befalls them. My milk of human kindness done soured.


  So, to all you good people here, minus the trolls, have the best Thanksgiving possible.


   And we're off to the festivities.

 

88

Cranberry sauce made, sweet potatoes boiled, apple crumble in the oven, kid no longer puking!

Good grief, it's only 10:30am. I'm not usually this productive in a week.

89 Don't you guys have any of that good cranberry sauce?  You know, the kind that slides out of the can?

90 Posted by: kbdabear at November 24, 2011 11:27 AM (Y+DPZ)

Thanks, I couldn't get the other Shatner video to work for some reason.

91 Turkey frying started with the Cajuns in LA as best as I know. When I lived there, there were no so-called turkey friers other than a drum of oil setting above a fire and below a tree branch overthrown with a rope to control the lowering of the turkey into oil. It could splatter all it wanted and no one would be the worse for wear.

92 In my Thanksgiving prayers, I shall remember all who serve to keep us free. Uppermost in my thoughts today will be our agents who find themselves in the hands of middle-eastern brutes.

93

Mentioned this in another thread:

The cranberry sauce linked by blue star in the recipe thread was a big hit at a luncheon yesterday. Apples, pears, oranges, dried fruit...yummy.

Oh yeah, no canned cranberry sauce for Mama AJ!

Yeh, but I'm not snotty about it. I mean, I'd never touch the stuff and can't understand why anyone would, but if some of you morons want it, I won't judge.

Much. Well, not about the cranberry sauce, anyway.

94 This place used to be a ghost town on T-day. It used to be just me and the tumbleweeds.

95 Well,I'll be heading out to my Aunt's in a little more than an hour.

96

Sooth, my very first hat tip here many years ago was posting a link to WKRP and the turkey give away.

97 Fried Turkey, Emergency Rooms and You

Umm..  I slipped and fell as it was trying to peck me...

98 The first turkey pardoning occurred with G. H. W. Bush.  Figures. He was a damn wuss.

99 Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

100 110 Really?Didn't know it started that recently.

101 The first turkey pardoning occurred with G. H. W. Bush.  Figures. He was a damn wuss.

Except for that flying a torpedo plane in WWII.
They were way to close to being flying coffins.

102 Anybody attending a pro game today?

103

You know it's true:

http://is.gd/TU4XiQ

104 115 in Houston, yes

105

All 4 teenage kids are still /  back to sleep on the couches (one roused herself briefly to partake of some bacon).

I'm the only one who likes the canned cranberrys.  Takes me back to grandma's place on Thanksgiving, she bustling around the small kitchen (primitive by today's standards), grandad resplendent in his red holiday vest.  Nothing but good eats came outta that kitchen, made with lots of love.

Ex-wife and all her looney family turned up their noses at canned cranberrys, as do my kids.

They don't know what they are missing.

106

Oh fucking Jesus.  I thought this was a joke for most of the time I spent reading it.  Then I recoiled in the horrible realization that they have no self-awareness whatsoever.

Again, I'm calling for a cultural revolution.

107 115 in Houston, yes

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at November 24, 2011 11:56 AM (lpWVn)

Heh.  Not.

108 #59, Math and reality don't matter to those people. They like to pretend the whole ACORN investigation was a "hoax" and that the "stimulus worked" or that the Iraq war somehow cost more than the "stimulus". They buy into assholes like Buffet claiming that the rich want to pay more taxes, because they are too fucking stupid, to notice that the same guys asking for more taxes have sweetheart government protected interests that avoid taxes. These are the same morons that think watching FoxNews makes people less informed than people who get no news at all. Simply because the rest of the lapdog media relies on word of mouth to continue narratives without contrary points of view.

Unions are going to be quite sore when the money is finally gone and they're thrown under the bus.

109 Time to face the firing squad.  See you later I hope.

110 T-day used to be on Fridays until in 1944, I think, when there happened to be five Fridays in November. Roosevelt changed T-day to Thursdays so that merchants would always get their.... I dunno, something. My facts are fuzzy.

111 FDR changed the dayy from Friday to Thursday.

112

By the mid–1800s, many states observed a Thanksgiving holiday. Meanwhile, the poet and editor Sarah J. Hale had begun lobbying for a national Thanksgiving holiday. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, looking for ways to unite the nation, discussed the subject with Hale. In 1863 he gave his Thanksgiving Proclamation, declaring the last Thursday in November a day of thanksgiving.

In 1939, 1940, and 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt, seeking to lengthen the Christmas shopping season, proclaimed Thanksgiving the third Thursday in November. Controversy followed, and Congress passed a joint resolution in 1941 decreeing that Thanksgiving should fall on the fourth Thursday of November, where it remains.

113 Soothie, I don't know about friday/thursday but FDR moved Thanksgiving to the 4th thursday in Nov instead of the last thursday in Nov so that the holiday shopping season would not be too short.

114 Heh, I have slow fingers and lack Vics detailed history facts.

115 Always on Thursday? Okay forget evertyhing I said.

116 FDR became dictator for life,fortunately he didn't live that long.Fucker.

117 Okay I see now said the blind squirrel.

118 The WSJ: An English Thanksgiving, 1942

American soldiers followed in the footsteps of 17th-century Pilgrims and sat in the pew of Miles Standish.

119 LOL, you mean cut & paste skills.

Anyway how about old time favorite T-day movies? At our house it used to be Sargent York and Libert Valence.

120 Have any of you ever made the neeley's cornbread stuffing recipe.  It's got bourbon in it so I"m wondering if I should give it a try?

121 Herman is in the oven.  He looks beautiful....

122 Washington's Thanksgiving proclamation as printed in The Massachusetts Centinel: http://tinyurl.com/7m2dp

123

The greatest display of moronic activity must be the New Years Day Mummer's parade from Philadelphia? 

You got a fucking problem with that??

124 Happy Thanksgiving to all the witty (and not so witty), charming (and not so charming), intelligent (and not so intelligent), soulful (and not so soulful) folks who make this a daily stop during their oh-too-busy lives.

Amongst the Blessings I am thankful for today is this forum, which guarantees each day; at least one good belly laugh, at least one thought-provoking post or comment and, sometimes, an opportunity to get into the ring with someone.

You folks, all of you, are the best. And I wish a very Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

125 In 1939, 1940, and 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt, seeking to lengthen the Christmas shopping season, proclaimed Thanksgiving the third Thursday in November. Controversy followed, and Congress passed a joint resolution in 1941 decreeing that Thanksgiving should fall on the fourth Thursday of November, where it remains.

Awww. Yes. The federal government attempting to manipulate the economy.

I'm experiencing the oddest sensation... I call it deja vu.

126 I do not screw around with hot oil when I am drunk.

------

Neither do I.  It screws up my aim.

127 Your comment is idiotic.  I believe the Mummer's Parade is the greatest display of personal ingenuity and imagination of all the parades, to include Macy's and Rose.  No fucking problem, but best you learn manners and a little humility without popping off like an Occupy asshole.

uh. Wasn't Mama AJ defending the parade?

128 It was a joke...

129 Happy Thanksgiving, Moron Nation!

We're sitting here with our tummies full of bacony goodness rooting for the Pack... and I'm watching a "party" of quail settle into the pine trees in our back yard.  Grey and gloomy here today, unfortunately. 

Our turkey was yesterday, so today we have a gluttony of leftovers and a pumpkin pie for good measure. I even got the turkey soup made yesterday so no cooking for me for a couple of days!

130 Our turkey was yesterday, so today we have a gluttony of leftovers and a pumpkin pie for good measure. I even got the turkey soup made yesterday so no cooking for me for a couple of days!

Happy Thanksgiving to you as well. It seems that you have superior planning and organizational abilities.

Turkey soup sounds really good right now.

131 Is our family the only family who names their turkey?

132 LOL, just got a call from one of my friends in CA for Thanksgiving. She has an Ipod Shuffle but doesn't know how to load it so she is going to mail it across country to me to load it for her.

133 @147
We don't, but yesterday when I was carving the bird I took the "pope's nose" off and - hand to god - I thought of Newt Gingrich!

134 Posted by: blue bonnet at November 24, 2011 12:42 PM (oZfic)

Fuck off, curious.

135 Oops!  Thx Waterhouse.  I lost track of its changing hashes.

136 I'm up against Mal today in FFL.  He's predicted to get over 160 points.  Egads!  However, I don't think his QB (Buffalo) is going to do as well as they are projecting. 

137 The video shows the old style of turkey fryers. The newer Butterball Turkey Fryers are much safer. They don't tip (but have a tip switch), they have a thermostat to avoid overheating the oil. And Model 20010109 is UL Approved according to info I've read online. For $90-$110 most places, it is cheap enough and much much safer than those old turkey fryers that were truly dangerous IMO. My brother has one of these. I still say you shouldn't use them on a wood deck or a garage. But he has done it. It does leave behind an oily smell for a few days in a closed garage. Do yourself a favor and just use the damned thing outdoors away from the house.

138 But he has done it. It does leave behind an oily smell for a few days in a closed garage.

You should never use a grill or cooker inside a garage or on you porch. I found that out the hard way doing it on my front porch for a season. Its not just the "oily smell".  All that grease cooking off the grill or cooker goes to the ceiling and coats it with grease. You can't clean it and you can't paint over it. I had to rip out the ceiling and replace it.

139 The newer Butterball Turkey Fryers are much safer. They don't tip (but have a tip switch), they have a thermostat to avoid overheating the oil. And Model 20010109 is UL Approved according to info I've read online.

I've seen those but it says they "cook without oil". How do they fry without oil?

140 I'm up against Mal today in FFL.  He's predicted to get over 160 points.  Egads!  However, I don't think his QB (Buffalo) is going to do as well as they are projecting.

It seems that the site way over-inflates the projections sometimes. They have Eli at 40+ pts against NO.

141 Sure, Vic, but my brother was a Moron long before AoS was ever created. I got him to leave the garage door open after issuing dire warnings about coating his GF's pickup with oil and especially the ceiling along with lurid descriptions of how quickly their house would burn down from an oil fire. I spiced it up by emailing him photos of a house in the hometown that burned to the ground from turkey fryer. With a slight breeze outside, normal for Xgiving and Xmas, leaving a garage door open a few feet really does clear out away most of the vapors. And most of that vapor is, after all, water vapor from the turkey, not oil vapor. Anyway, he's a Moron. You can only do so much. Believe me, the first time he used it, I watched that damned thing like a hawk. And the Butterball unit is actually certified for indoor use, not for outdoor, probably due to lack of waterproofing for the electrical bits. The unit was very well-designed for easy recycling of the oil and cleanup was really a snap. My only complaint is that it has a cheesy little digital timer but that it doesn't shut off the heater automatically, seems a gross oversight IMO. The unit is "CSA approved to UL standards" according to the literature.

142 Here's the Butterball Turkey Fryer.  And a review:

The Masterbuilt Butterball Professional Series Indoor Electric is the best turkey fryer, according to reviews. The Butterball is different from most other turkey fryers in that it's electric. Most other turkey fryers are propane fryers, which necessitate buying and storing a propane tank, plus you need to use them outdoors. So an electric fryer is an advantage because you don't need to contend with weather and wind. The Butterball turkey fryer is large enough to fry a 14-pound bird. Features include an oil drain and fold-away lid with viewing window. You can also get away with using less oil in this electric turkey fryer than in a propane fryer: 2 gallons as opposed to 3. On the downside, Masterbuilt's warranty coverage for the Butterball is only 90 days, considerably shorter than what other manufacturers offer.

The Butterball has attracted many Amazon.com reviews, and the vast majority of them are very positive, citing moist, deliciously fried poultry, easy cleaning, and the superior safety of using an indoor unit.

143 It seems that the site way over-inflates the projections sometimes. They have Eli at 40+ pts against NO.

Yeah, the projections are weird there. 

I see Mal switched from Fitzpatrick to Josh Freeman at QB.  He's still projected to beat me by eight. 

I'm gambling on Michael Bush and Harry Douglas.  I hate taking out the steady Jones-Drew, but Bush has the potential to really light things up.  Douglas is more of a straight up gamble, but I am weak at WR.

144 Thanks, Y-not. I posted about that BB unit because it is so different from the old propane units that were so horribly dangerous. The BB unit is very different from the old turkey fryers.

145 ugh. I remember the video of a kid on a bike running into a turkey fryer. I don't think the kid lived.

146 Put the turkey in the pot when the oil is below 300 degrees.  Less chance of flare, and the oil will quickly jump up to 350

147 Did anyone see the "official" WH pics of Barry pardoning the turkey? Jesus, even his own family looks appalled by him.

148 happy day £¡thanksgiving day£¡

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