I normally don’t post in the middle of the week, but With Turkey Day right around the corner, I decided to come up with a short post that really captures the spirit of how this great holiday got started.
…and the rest is history.
Now, I think we should all list something that we’re thankful for.
I’ll go first.
I’m thankful that our murderous ancestors brought their campaign of irrational hatred to a peace-loving people so that I can eat myself into a diabetic coma every year. I’m sure they would be proud of me.
The End.
P.S. Wife and I will be out and about this weekend, so you’ll have to get by with this bite-sized post, sorry. Happy Turkey Day!
P.P.S. The underwhelmer does not promote Imperialism and feels very, very sorry about what his forefathers did. Please don’t flood me with hate mail.
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I wish MY country had Thanksgiving …
Me too! I’d first and foremost THANK our dearest and most beloved MADIBA aka Nelson Mandela! Sadly though, his very own people are letting him down so badly with an horrendous amount of corruption and whatever else these $ods can possibly get away with.
Madiba miraculously ‘dissolved’ the entire HORRENDOUS Apartheid era, yet now, this latest bunch of baboons are reintroducing it … and in full scale too! Grrr 😦
So sad! Truly so sad!
KwaZulu Natal ~ South Africa
I would personally like to thank the Orthodox Church for making us believe we will die in hell so often these past centuries
niki
Greece
Your regular food is much better than our Turkey Day food. You’re not missing much. 🙂
OMG, I burst out laughing at work while reading this….I probably shouldn’t be reading blogs at work, but hey – it’s the day before Thanksgiving.
Why not live a little? I hope you had a happy Turkey Day! 🙂
I like the way how you draw up the bottom eyelids of your characters when you want to convey a certain expression 🙂 Kind of reminds me of “scarat” in Ice Age.
Interestingly, I think around 80% of the native population was wiped out by diseases Europeans brought over from their lands – like smallpox etc.
They gave their conquerors syphilis in return.
I’m glad you like my silly drawings. 🙂
Disease: the gift that keeps on giving.
I’m thankful for awesome blogs that make me smile. 🙂
Let me know if you find one. 😉
I hope your Turkey Day was a good one, Megan. 🙂
Rush Limbaugh did a great pro-thanksgiving piece yesterday. I live in Texas and listen to some talk radio for “perspective”. He’d really love your post! I really like the illustrations. Dig the wizard hat or whatever that is. How many beats did the Pilgrim count to himself before he asked the question I wonder.
Mr. Limbaugh and I aren’t on speaking terms after he lost to me in that pie eating contest in Atlanta in 07. He isn’t a gracious loser. 😛
I’m glad you like my little cartoons. The wizard hat is a personal favorite. I think the pilgram waited for about three seconds before he decided it was time to go all colonial.
OMG poor natives. )=
Yeah, they leave that part out in kindergarten.
Fascinating perspective! Don’t most good things come from rotten places……………………..I’m thankful for my family.
Hmm. Good point. I think there’s probably a dark side to any national origin story. I hope you and your family had a good Turkey Day! 🙂
Is it weird that I find this post both thought-provoking and hilarious all at the same time? I mean, I seriously burst out laughing at the pilgrim saying “I don’t like your tone”…does that make me a bad person?? lol!
OMG! You are such an INTELLIGENT blonde!!! 🙂
So ALL those blonde jokes have been fake?
I should’ve guessed it!
Love and light dearest one! 🙂
~South Africa~
Thank you, PCC Advantage. I was going for something that was a lot shorter, but still funny. It doesn’t make you a bad person. It just means you have a good sense of humor and since you’re following this blog, we can assume that you have a great sense of humor. 😉
Very, very funny! You expressed my thoughts exactly. In a much better way, of course. Okay, we’ll maybe they weren’t my thoughts originally, but I’m going to think them now.
I think we’ve all thought about this at some point or another. I remember thinking, “What would I do if a bunch of weird people got off a ship, walked into my house and then started living in my basement?” I certainly wouldn’t show them how to grow corn, that’s for sure. I knew something was up with the kindergarten Turkey Day story. 😛
I’m conflicted because I have ancestors on both sides. Oh well, either way it’s my land. So get off!
“So get off!” … Get off on what exactly? Please be a little more specific here. 🙂
Get off on marijuana, booze, self-indulgence (you know what!), or what precisely? HA HA HA 🙂
Only joking ~ HAPPY, HAPPIEST THANKS GIVING TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE SUCH! Make it an AWESOME one guys! The thought of Bush & Blair going to jail should surely top any previous Thanks Giving??? 🙂
~South Africa~
I know how you feel. I had grandparents on both sides of WWII. It made family reunions a bit awkward.
Which Bush? And if you mean Blair from the 80’s show “The Facts of Life”, don’t you think she’s suffered enough? I mean, she had to share a room with Jo/Joe and she/he had both female/male sexual organs/pianos!
Life would be better if it was a sitcom, that’s for sure. Well, except for the laugh track that is. 🙂
Awesome name choice by the way.
I’m thankful I found this blog. Nuff said.
Thank you, Miss D. 🙂 It’s always a pleasure. I hope you had a happy Turkey Day too.
Me too!
And the Brits call us barbaric…….
Hmmmm….wonder where they got that idea from?
Hope you have a great Thanksgiving!
(love the cartoons!)
Thank you. I hope your Turkey Day went well too. 🙂
The pause in the second panel is perfect. Great illustrations!
Well spotted. Cartoon bloggers always have an eye for detail. 😉
I’m really quite fond of your style. Your characters are instantly recognized at a glance and your color choice is very striking. I see wide-scale distribution for you in the future. 🙂
Very kind words! One can always dream, right? Always looking forward to the next update here. Keep ’em coming!
-MB
Fantastic! I’m thankful that my Puritan ancestors came over… not so thankful about what they did to the natives… but I am doubley thankful for “bucking” their system of Puritanical Denial! 😀
Thanks. This reminds me of the reference in Eurotrip where they mention that America was started by a bunch of prudes. Having lived in Europe for the past three years, I can say that there’s a nugget of truth in that. 🙂
It’s like a funny version of “Don’t Drink the Water”
Ha ha! I’m glad you liked it. I hope your Turkey Day went well. 🙂
hahaha. Happy thanks giving too.
Thank you, Monica. I’m still regretting all the food I ate over the weekend though. 😦
At first I read “diabolical coma,” which seems like a particularly bad supervillain scheme. “And once I’m in a coma, no one will be able to stop me!”
I think you might have something there. I love the idea of incompetent supervillains.
“…and then once the moon is over the western hemisphere, my death ray will… Terry! TERRY! Get the damn boom mic out of the shot! You’re making us look like a bunch of ass clowns! Ahem… where was I?”
“I don’t like your tone…” It’s funny how you can make something so sad so funny.
Of course, the natives got back at the white man by teaching him how to smoke.
Let’s not forget about Peyote too. 🙂
This post made my day; have a happy Turkey day and weekend!
Thank you, yawriterinthemaking! I ate myself into a coma, so I’d say that it was a pretty successful Turkey Day. 😛
It’s so true. XD I’ve always wondered if the ‘First Thanksgiving’ our teachers harp on so much actually existed, and if it included smallpox infested blankets.
I think it was there, but I was too busy making my hand turkey to care. That and I was really focused on determining the different flavors of glue. 😛
Cynical. Hilarious, but cynical. And also true, but we won’t go there. Happy Thanksgiving!
Wife uses those two words to describe me to others. 😛 I think you’re pretty spot-on. 😉
I loved this! The simplicity and the quick change of tone was hilarious. I thoroughly enjoy your wit. Thanks for the laugh!
Thank you, CallMeMsCrissi. 🙂 I was going for somehting a little shorter than what I normally do. I’m glad you liked it.
Mmm. Diabetic comas are the best kind of coma.
High-five!
Who says you can have too much of a good thing? Those people clearly haven’t eaten themselves unconscious before. 😉
Wow. You’ve got the nicest blog ever for me in WordPress. You attract and make others laugh like crazy at their seats. I hope I’ll get an idea that will attract people and at least help me from my problems. HA! There’s no turkey day in the Philippines, only turkeys. And it’s expensive here.
Aw, thanks! I’m really glad that you like my little blog. 🙂 I don’t think you’re missing much with Turkey Day. We just eat a bunch of food and feel bad about it afterward.
Too funny – and I don’t even come from where Thanksgiving is celebrated!
Well, thanks! You’re not missing a whole lot. It always seems like a good idea at the time, but I always regret Turkey Day afterward. 🙂
LOL!! “I don’t like your tone…” good one 🙂 🙂 🙂
I couldn’t think of anything that would fit the frame better. Glad you like it. 🙂
lol!! you’re hilarious!