Happy Thanksgiving

November 24, 2005 9:09 AM

Happy Thanksgiving. I am thankful for the MetaCommunity, the ideas, the humor, the fun. Oh yeah.
posted by The Jesse Helms to MetaFilter-Related at 9:09 AM (57 comments total)

No, thank you!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:19 AM on November 24, 2005

I find this call-out pointless and rude.

Oh, wait -- never mind.

Happy Turkey day, too, should you celebrate that holiday. If not, well, carry on.
posted by teece at 9:26 AM on November 24, 2005

I meant to post a "What are you Thankful For post" on AskMe. but I wasted my chance with my Stairway covers thread. Seems like this is the right thread to ask, What are you thankful for?
posted by wheelieman at 9:40 AM on November 24, 2005

I'm thankful that I'm Canadian and got to have my turkey six weeks ago.
posted by S.C. at 9:44 AM on November 24, 2005

A holiday in the middle of the week? Whatever!
posted by furtive at 9:57 AM on November 24, 2005

It snowed last night in DC. It was pretty.
posted by bardic at 10:14 AM on November 24, 2005

Of the many things I am thankful for, MetaFilter is certainly one, especially for its bottomless, unquenchable curiosity about the world.
posted by caddis at 10:18 AM on November 24, 2005

I am thankful that, at this moment, I do not have a hangnail.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 10:23 AM on November 24, 2005

I'm thankful for universal healthcare. AskMe has revealed to me all the problems that people face when they don't have it. Those stories have helped me appreciate it much more.
posted by raedyn at 10:33 AM on November 24, 2005

None of you are WASPy enough to be celebrating this holiday. For shame!
posted by geoff. at 10:37 AM on November 24, 2005

Last minute invite to all: some friends and I will be cooking two big turkeys (etc) in downtown manhattan. Probably be serving in shifts from 5 to 8.

If you want to pop by email me.
posted by StickyCarpet at 10:38 AM on November 24, 2005

Why are you over a month late with this?

But yes, thank you MetaFilter for giving me a new web site to check obsessively all day long.
posted by GuyZero at 10:41 AM on November 24, 2005

I am thankful that in a mere 7 hours I will be finished with the cooking and the dishes and this whole thing will be a distant memory as I veg on the couch.
posted by leftcoastbob at 10:44 AM on November 24, 2005

Thanks for making me feel jealous about not having this particular holiday.
posted by Lotto at 11:13 AM on November 24, 2005

I'm thankful for grumblebee's magnum opus, "Big Pizza," sung to the tune of The Munsters.
posted by Alt F4 at 11:41 AM on November 24, 2005

Thankful for lots of stuff--this place and its people included. : >
posted by amberglow at 11:51 AM on November 24, 2005

fuck columbus
posted by cmonkey at 12:37 PM on November 24, 2005

What The Jesse Helms said.
posted by scarabic at 12:38 PM on November 24, 2005

I am thankful that dinner is not at my house, and that the pies I am taking are baked, wrapped and ready to go. I shall be happy to see all the family elements gathered, and sad that not everyone lives in Portland. A toast to absent friends and relatives.
posted by Cranberry at 12:40 PM on November 24, 2005

I'm thankful for the mid week quietness around here.

raedyn writes "AskMe has revealed to me all the problems that people face when they don't have it. Those stories have helped me appreciate it much more."

No kidding, the Health category should be required reading for all those fools that support privatizing healthcare.
posted by Mitheral at 12:48 PM on November 24, 2005

Thanks for the indigenous peoples ("Indians") who so conveniently died so that we could build a great nation, a veritable New Jerusalem, on the backs on forcibly imported agricultural workers ("Negro slaves").

Praise Jesus!

(And praise Jack Abramoff, for insisting that any "Indians" who paid him off got full sovereign rights to build casinos.)
posted by orthogonality at 12:52 PM on November 24, 2005

What Cmonkey said. And I am thankful for people who inspire me every day. Its those people who keeps me going.
posted by wheelieman at 1:01 PM on November 24, 2005

While the whole Puritan/Indian thing is annoying, I do think that it's a good day for reflection- I was visiting with old friends last night, and we had one of those conversations that ran from W and the ridiculous state of the U.S., to carbon-fiber nanotubes and their potential role in fighting certain types of cancer, to the untruth in advertising re: iPod and .mp3 player storage, with religious, pop cultural, and all sorts of other topics thrown in.

I am thankful for intelligent conversations, the fact that I still have food to eat, and that I'm still surviving.

Oh, and MeFi is pretty cool too. [haven't been here in a while- I moved in August, and I still have no internet access. (posting from a friends' house).]
posted by exlotuseater at 1:51 PM on November 24, 2005

A big "thank you" to our long-deceased amphibious ancestors. If it hadn't been for them, metafilter would be a very different place.
posted by sfenders at 1:57 PM on November 24, 2005

I'm just grateful.
posted by grateful at 3:09 PM on November 24, 2005

I'm thankful for Drano, which saved my Thanksgiving at 10:00 this morning.
posted by SashaPT at 3:27 PM on November 24, 2005

"fuck columbus"

This isn't "Columbus Day" and at least the mythos of this holiday is that the Pilgrims feasted in harmony with the Indians.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 3:32 PM on November 24, 2005

Thanks Matt, and MeFites all.

*shambles off to put away leftovers and then nap*
posted by loquacious at 3:42 PM on November 24, 2005

I'm grateful we had Thanksgiving back in October.
posted by five fresh fish at 5:01 PM on November 24, 2005

Also, a good number of you make up nearly my entire social community, for whatever shameful revelation that makes about me.
posted by five fresh fish at 5:01 PM on November 24, 2005

I love you guys! You've all shown me so much. Thanks for being you :-D
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 5:38 PM on November 24, 2005 [1 favorite]

I'm thankful that I can come here and discuss topics like genocide that my real family thinks are inappropriate topics for discourse over the dead turkey and jellied cranberries.
posted by leftcoastbob at 6:34 PM on November 24, 2005

I'm thankful that I managed to find a four-pak of Guiness pints in the basement fridge of mrs.mc's relatives. (they're not big drinkers). boozeless family functions are unthinkable.
posted by jonmc at 6:39 PM on November 24, 2005

*burp*
posted by AwkwardPause at 6:46 PM on November 24, 2005

I'm thankful for all you bastards and the fact that I got the chance to see my many neices and nephews.
posted by Carbolic at 8:10 PM on November 24, 2005

I'm thankful that the first t.A.T.u album is only 5.99 on iTunes.
posted by The Jesse Helms at 8:48 PM on November 24, 2005

The birth of my son, early yesterday morning.
posted by boo_radley at 8:58 PM on November 24, 2005

congrats, boo_radley.
posted by jonmc at 8:59 PM on November 24, 2005

boo_radley tops us all! Special time. Congratulations and good luck ( as the father of two sons).
posted by Carbolic at 9:04 PM on November 24, 2005

Congrats boo_radley! Hugs to you all and thank you to Matt. A toast to far-flung family in the wet northwest. As I sit here, post-prandially meditating and perusing MeFi, I'm grateful to have the means to provide and make a grand feast, the health to prepare it and enjoy it and that my daughter's fiance is a fanatic about doing the dishes whenever he eats there.
posted by Lynsey at 9:14 PM on November 24, 2005

mazel tov, boo!!! : >
posted by amberglow at 9:44 PM on November 24, 2005

Happiness to you and Mrs. boo_radley.
posted by Cranberry at 9:47 PM on November 24, 2005

boo_radley! That's wonderful! I am thankful that you shared the news.
posted by puddinghead at 10:09 PM on November 24, 2005

Congratulations, boo_radley!! What's his name? Picture?
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 10:17 PM on November 24, 2005

Yay boo_radley and family!
posted by firstdrop at 10:44 PM on November 24, 2005

Congrats to the newest Radley! I'll leave some treasures in the knothole of the old tree in your honor.
posted by maryh at 10:44 PM on November 24, 2005

I'm thankful that, having moved to a new country four weeks ago, I spent this holiday with wonderful fellow expats who cooked a great fucking turkey, with brilliant stuffing inside. And that I didn't have to choose option B: hanging out with an ex (2 years ago), her mother, and her new boyfriend, all of whom happen to be in this country right now.

That and boo_radley's newest addition. Congrats!
posted by donpedro at 11:16 PM on November 24, 2005

The last time I made a team-building MeTa post it was deleted. Yes I am bitter about it. I fit in much better now.

Stuff your turkey.
posted by nthdegx at 11:32 PM on November 24, 2005

Yay, boo_radley! I'm thankful for AskMe in particular, and for the use name "COBRA!". It cracks me up every time I see it. Thanks.
posted by tristeza at 12:01 AM on November 25, 2005

Well done, boo.
posted by metaculpa at 12:32 AM on November 25, 2005

yes, thanks for mefi. and for mefites breeding. :)
posted by todbot at 1:07 AM on November 25, 2005

New Zealand is still Nuclear Free. Even though it made America so angry she stopped being our good friend - seemingly forgetting the fact that we're both members of the same exclusive little English speaking democracy club.

Also, I had Korean BBQ for dinner. Cultural diversity rules!
posted by The Monkey at 2:03 AM on November 25, 2005

I am thankful that I no longer live in the US so I don't have to fend of the well-intentioned but misguided people who insist on inviting me over to their wife's parents' friend's aunt's house so 'I wouldn't spend thanksgiving alone' as if the date had any special meaning to me in the first place so I wind up driving around looking for someplace to eat but everything is closed except for some skanky chinese restaurant where I'm the only patron and I can see why.
posted by signal at 4:43 AM on November 25, 2005

Mazel tov, boo_radley! I've been staying at my sister's place with her cat who is named Boo Radley. Auspicious?

Thanks to everyone for not wrecking the place while Matt and I were mostly away. I'm thankful for my health and my family and the fact that MetaFilter lets me have [usually] intelligent and interesting interactions with a huge range of local and distant folks even as I live in rural noplace USA.
posted by jessamyn at 6:44 AM on November 25, 2005

I'm thankful that even though the experimental homemade saitan sucked, everything else was really good. Also for five years of marriage (yesterday was our anniversary too).
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 6:45 AM on November 25, 2005

******claps for all the good news******

Now that the big day is over, I'm thankful:

The house is so squeaky clean and I can rest on my ass laurels for awhile.

The food all came out perfectly but I didn't stuff myself.

I didn't drink too much.

I only have to see my in-laws about 6 times a year.

I never once said "cock-sucking, motherfucking son-of-a-bitch."

I have the kindest, most thoughtful, non-sports watching husband in the world who neither ate too much, nor drank too much, and happily dissed his family while rubbing my feet in bed.

Oh, and you guys too. I'm thankful for you all.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 8:02 AM on November 25, 2005

fuck columbus

cmonkey is just burnt because Chris borrowed the Pinta and didn't fill up the tank afterwards

happy belated thx you crazy people
posted by cortex at 9:41 AM on November 25, 2005