tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post3397350062048573537..comments2023-09-27T11:13:44.435-04:00Comments on The Polygon: ThankstakingPatriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885426575922045330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-74931814598770082942013-11-30T03:22:25.770-05:002013-11-30T03:22:25.770-05:00New Zealand doesn't do Thanksgiving. There is ...New Zealand doesn't do Thanksgiving. There is no "gee, thanks for helping us out; now we're gonna take your land" commemoration day. They do have a Waitangi Day, which was the date in history on which a representative of The Crown (aka: an English guy) managed to get a bunch of Maori tribal chiefs and elders to sign a treaty but that observance arises in February and is regarded as the starting date for the country, sort of a 4th of July but really not so much - and there is hardly a soul on either side who is really thankful for it. But that is a story best told elsewhere. Anyway, here's hoping your Friday wasn't too black after Thanksgiving..Mister Orneryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13037797785076725160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-17895732446870435452013-11-28T20:13:43.285-05:002013-11-28T20:13:43.285-05:00Happy Thanksgiving,Sarge and Kirk. Sarge, I know h...Happy Thanksgiving,Sarge and Kirk. Sarge, I know how fond you are of the ladies, I hope your boycott (girlcott?) isn't too much of a burden. <br />Kirk, I need to brush up on my Mark Twain. I am thankful for all of you. Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885426575922045330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-86652978797192105662013-11-28T18:51:55.141-05:002013-11-28T18:51:55.141-05:00Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in N...<br /><br />Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for -- annually, not oftener -- if they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, during the previous twelve months instead of getting exterminated by their neighbors, the Indians. Thanksgiving Day became a habit, for the reason that in the course of time, as the years drifted on, it was perceived that the exterminating had ceased to be mutual and was all on the white man's side, consequently on the Lord's side; hence it was proper to thank the Lord for it and extend the usual annual compliments.<br /><br /> - Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume TwoKirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701557141086131669.post-21892966281183819382013-11-28T16:59:20.012-05:002013-11-28T16:59:20.012-05:00Pat,
Hooters is open today from 4-10 PM.
I am boyc...Pat,<br />Hooters is open today from 4-10 PM.<br />I am boycotting the place today.<br /><br /><br />Sarge<br /><br />Sargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892211119418623595noreply@blogger.com