Thanksgiving divorce

[Ross]

A man in Phoenix calls his son in New York the day before Thanksgiving and says, I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough.



Pop, what are you talking about? the son screams.



We can't stand the sight of each other any longer, the father says. We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Chicago and tell her.



Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. Like heck they're getting divorced, she shouts, I'll take care of this, She calls Phoenix immediately, and screams at her father, You are NOT getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME? and hangs up.



The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. Okay, he says, they're coming for Thanksgiving and paying their own way.

[ArnZ!]

lol nice one

[Jr ///M5]

Ha,ha, good one Ross!

Happy Thanksgiving to you.

JR

[Tiger]

Lol

[Bo525i]

Hehe..

[Kibokojoe]

Good one

[genphreak]

ROFL. Now all we need in Oz is thanksgiving.

Well we aren't quite religious enough to mandate a holiday just like that.

Besides, we have weekends and barbecues often enough to make up for it, so the justification is not quite there for it.

[Ross]

It's not a religious holiday Nick. Although settlers came here to escape religious persecution at the hands of those same Brits that put your ancestors on boats bound for the Pacific.
It was and still is a feast to give thanks for the bounty and freedom in our country.

Sadly, it also marks the beginning of the worst commercialization of the Christmas season.
News reports this morning tell of stampedes(really) of frenzied shoppers who have waited overnight in lines to buy crap at Wal-Mart.

[whiskychaser]

It's not a religious holiday Nick. Although settlers came here to escape religious persecution at the hands of those same Brits that put your ancestors on boats bound for the Pacific.
It was and still is a feast to give thanks for the bounty and freedom in our country.

Be fair Ross. As far as the US is concerned, it seems to have kicked off with one church in Babworth. I know where it is, but I bet nobody else on this forum does :-) Its in the middle of nowhere even now! They didnt like the way the CofE was doing business so they snaked off to Holland. From there to the States. It was a commercial enterprise and thats fair enough. We put the Bowery Boys on boats cos we hadnt room for all the convicts. Its that bad you could get 'assisted passage' to Australia for USD20 in the 1970s. You will be blaming us for the potato famine next. But I hope you had a great day. Spare a thought for the poor buggers in Bombay (or Mumbai if you prefer)I hope nobody here has friends or family out there

[Kibokojoe]

Yeah they are idiots. Just buy all the crap you need on-line. Much easier