Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for November 16, 2019
November 15, 2019
November 17, 2019
Transcript:
historic thanksgiving highlights we all know the first thanksgiving was in 1621. but there's more 1645 - 1st intrusion of christmas commercialism. barrels all kinds! pre-xmas sale at the 24th thanksgiving euphasia pewfiller advertises his pre-xmas barrel-making crazy days sale. he is hanged forthwith. 1689 - 1st person to get "creative" with stuffing. priddygood churchlywife unveils her maize & truffle surprise stuffing. she is transported back to engalnd & forcibly converted to catholicism. 1781 - 1st cranbery relish that retains the shape of its can. invented by benjamin franklin, it is decried as "an abomination" and "of ungodly resiliency." but eventually it catches on. 12,000 b.c. - 1st handprint turkey. astoundingly, cave painters employed this artistic device 13,621 years before the first thanksgiving!
well-i-never over 4 years ago
And that’s why even today it’s nearly impossible to find a good deal on a barrel after Labor Day. Usually you have to wait until the Valentine’s Day gift shopping season.
J Quest over 4 years ago
Well, Franklin did say “He that lives upon hope will die fasting.” Eat the dang cranberry abomination!
DCBakerEsq over 4 years ago
If it ain’t shaped like a can, then I don’t eat it. #CranberryBliss
WCraft Premium Member over 4 years ago
I’ll go along with the canned cranberry roll as “an abomination!”
fuzzybritches over 4 years ago
Cranberry space goo!
SpammersAreScum over 4 years ago
“… hanged forthwith.” Sometimes, the Old Ways are the best.
Sisyphos over 4 years ago
History is so informative! I may never think of Thanksgiving in the same way again….