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Due April 10

Ahhhhh lyn...I think you're getting kind of excited about being a grandmother after all!! Sweet!!

I'm thankful for all of my family - every wacky, dopey one of them!

My New Parrot

Recently I received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary.
Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.
I tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else I could think of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary.
Finally, I was fed up and I yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. I shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. So, in desperation, I threw up my hands, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer.
For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.
Fearing that I'd hurt the parrot, I quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto my outstretched arm and said, "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and
actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."
I was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As I was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?"

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Hahahahahahaha! I love that, Too.

This will be my 4th Thanksgiving in Alaska as well as the 4th Thanksgiving I have not had to do anything but show up and eat. My daughterinlaw Amy and her sister Jodi alternate having the dinners. Two years ago, it was Jodi's turn. Jodi and Dave have three very active little boys and one very large orange cooncat named Tom. The ten of us had just finished stuffing ourselves and were all kicking back to let things settle before cleaning up so the table still looked like an edible war zone.
Tom, who had been hiding out of reach of small hands, decided to take the opportunity to hop up on the table and check things out. As he was nonchalantly passing by the centerpiece, his big fluffy tail switched over one of the candles and immediately burst into flame. This happened so fast, none of us knew what had happened, (or noticed he was on the table) until Tom let out a loud screech and turned into a flaming rocket propelling himself off the table.
Everything began happening very quickly at that point. 5 very full adults jumped up at once and raced toward Tom. This action, along with the ball of fire on his back end, served to freak Tom out even more. Tom levitated himself so it appeared he was running the walls about 4 feet off the ground, until he hit the dining room window Jodi had opened to let some fresh cool air after all the cooking. In a split second, Tom the flame throwing cat, propelled himself thru the open window to the great outdoors. This elevated the excitement to a whole new level. 5 children jumping up and down yelling at the top of their lungs, the rest of us relieved the house wasn't going to burn down, but very concerned for Tom's welfare, hit the window at the same time.

It ended up Tom is one very smart cat. When he leaped through the window, it was into about 3 feet of snow, which extinguished the fire. No damage done other than his tail looked a bit odd for several months.

Tom hasn't jumped up on the table ever since.

That is just hysterical. It could have turned out differently and that would have been tragic, but under the circumstances, it's funny as all get out.

That story is worth a belly laugh - for sure - although I really do feel so sorry for Tom!! Bless his little heart. At least he's smart enough to stay off the table now!

I'm also thankful that other than the typical aches/pains/complaints that come along with "maturing" - my health is good.

A friend of mine emailed this to me a few days ago so I thought I'd let you see how much you really know about turkey....try this test - let us know how you do....

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Surely someone else besides lyn, LadyD & I have things to be thankful for, stories & jokes to share! Come on everyone!!

I'm thankful that in these tough economic times when so many are out of a job, some are losing their homes, etc. - that I have a good job, a nice place to live & no major financial concerns.

Give the Turkey a brake this year folks, eat Chicken.

POOR TURKEY'S................. :(