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| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 26 Nov 2009 : 13:41:00
'Tis Thanksgiving in the US. A day to gather with friends and family and then stuff yourselves silly with turkey, stuffing, some form of cranberries, and whatever else your family loves!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!  |
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| The Sage |
Posted - 03 Dec 2009 : 04:24:44
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
American football has cheerleaders. Nuff said! 
Something sorely missing from Australian Rules Football.  |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 03 Dec 2009 : 03:12:28
American football has cheerleaders. Nuff said!
As I understand it, it's a Thanksgiving tradition for the Detriot Lions to lose. |
| Sandro |
Posted - 03 Dec 2009 : 00:33:00
Baseball's exciting if you're actually interested in the sport, watching what pitches the pitcher's throwing, seeing how batters respond to it, watching the fielders make great plays, etc. It's not something you can really watch passively and be entertained, though. |
| swifty |
Posted - 02 Dec 2009 : 19:08:47
baseball i dont mind.and ice hockey.not keen on basketball though.seems to be just one end to the other for the whole game. |
| Ashe Ravenheart |
Posted - 02 Dec 2009 : 18:29:59
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Originally posted by Kajehase
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Originally posted by swifty
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
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Originally posted by swifty
we dont have thanksgiving.
Well, you could still celebrate. Just eat until you pass out and watch the Lions lose. 
i honestly couldnt sit through american football.too much stop start.give me the most popular sport in the world anyday.real football.
American Football - brilliant for films, usless for watching in real life - but it's still a hundred times more entertaining than baseball and cricket - not to mention golf .
Some words of advice: American Football is best to watch on HDTV. If you attend the game, it sucks because you spend the entire time looking at the JumboTron TV to see what happened.
On the flip side, baseball is much better in person. Just the overall atmosphere. On TV, it's a boring as paint drying. |
| Kajehase |
Posted - 02 Dec 2009 : 15:35:56
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Originally posted by swifty
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
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Originally posted by swifty
we dont have thanksgiving.
Well, you could still celebrate. Just eat until you pass out and watch the Lions lose.
i honestly couldnt sit through american football.too much stop start.give me the most popular sport in the world anyday.real football.
American Football - brilliant for films, usless for watching in real life - but it's still a hundred times more entertaining than baseball and cricket - not to mention golf. |
| swifty |
Posted - 02 Dec 2009 : 12:40:36
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
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Originally posted by swifty
we dont have thanksgiving.
Well, you could still celebrate. Just eat until you pass out and watch the Lions lose.
i honestly couldnt sit through american football.too much stop start.give me the most popular sport in the world anyday.real football. |
| Sandro |
Posted - 01 Dec 2009 : 03:24:49
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
One of my favorite memories re: turkey day was talking about Thanksgiving to a British friend of mine who was interested in the American tradition. I asked if he'd ever celebrated something like that and he said, I quote:
"I'm British. What have *I* got to be thankful for?"
Classic.
Cheers
P.S. And a somewhat off-color observation about tofurkey: http://eriksdb.livejournal.com/225449.html
Classic, both of those.  |
| Sian |
Posted - 30 Nov 2009 : 20:44:15
Keep in mind that Santa Lucia is predominantly a Swedish Tradition and there aren't anything quite like it in the other scandinavian countries as of my knowlegde (Danish)
On the other hand we all have a tradition called Julefrokest / Julbord, which is a feast held either with Family, friends or Work. Either starting allready at Lunch time (Family or Friends usually) or shortly after end of work. This feast is going on for several hours with a big assortment of courses (Smörgåsbord, Nordic way of serving not quite unsimilar to Buffet, but less formal) with big ammounts of Beer (Either a Strong Pilsener, called Julebryg, or a dark 'sweet' beer made from white Malt, which is commonly served to children due to the low abv, at highest <2% but usally less, called Nisseøl, which could get freely translated into Gnome Beer) and Snaps (Akvavit, basicly the Scandinavian equilent to Whiskey or Vodka) and/or Glögg (Mulled Wine).
This Feast is usually held over several times in several different association groups from early/mid November to mid/late January |
| Erik Scott de Bie |
Posted - 30 Nov 2009 : 20:19:38
One of my favorite memories re: turkey day was talking about Thanksgiving to a British friend of mine who was interested in the American tradition. I asked if he'd ever celebrated something like that and he said, I quote:
"I'm British. What have *I* got to be thankful for?"
Classic.
Cheers
P.S. And a somewhat off-color observation about tofurkey: http://eriksdb.livejournal.com/225449.html |
| Hoondatha |
Posted - 30 Nov 2009 : 17:20:59
Kajehase, that's fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
One of the things I like about Thanksgiving is that it's the only major American holiday that hasn't been massively commercialized. It's like Halloween and Christmas are these two guardian out-riders, flanking it before and after, leaving it free to remain mostly untouched. It's a quiet sort of holiday (provided you don't work at an airport!). |
| Asgetrion |
Posted - 30 Nov 2009 : 02:21:37
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Originally posted by Kajehase
We thought Curre Lindström deserved a gold medal, so we threw the game. And if you don't believe me, you still have to note that you needed a Swedish coach to win
Yes, we loved Curre, and he completely revised the coaching philosophy here in Finland! He truly deserved the medal, but it didn't seem to me like you guys just gave up the fight...
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I said games that count for something, not that silly let's-annoy-the-hell-out-of-the-club-coaches thing they call the Euro Hockey Tour.
HA! Isn't that what they call the World Championships in US and Canada?
And, Euro Hockey Tour is important for trying out different kinds of players and line-ups. But, whatever makes you feel better...  |
| Kajehase |
Posted - 28 Nov 2009 : 15:39:42
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Originally posted by Hoondatha
While I won't dive into the actually more-than-somewhat dark origins of American Thanksgiving, I will ask if Scandinavia has any sort of fall harvest festivals? Granted, the differences between, say, Bavaria's Oktoberfest and American Thanksgiving are rather, umm, stark, but the idea is (commonly held) to be the same. No love for the harvest in the far north?
I'm sure back in our days as an agrarian society (which isn't that long ago, pretty much everyone above the age of 30 that I know has at least two grandparents who grew up on a farm) there were harvest-celebrations, but the big feasts for eating a lot of food, drink hard liquor, and argue with our family members in at least Sweden are the Midsummer and Midwinter, which has sort of been split into two - "Lucia" on December 13, and Jul, which is celebrated on the 24th here (we didn't bother to change the name when we became christian, and now that we're going secular we're bloody well not going to do it). |
| Kajehase |
Posted - 28 Nov 2009 : 15:33:02
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originally posted by AsgetrionWe beat the **** out of you back in '95, didn't we?
We thought Curre Lindström deserved a gold medal, so we threw the game. And if you don't believe me, you still have to note that you needed a Swedish coach to win
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Furthermore, I thought we won the last game something like 6-0?
I said games that count for something, not that silly let's-annoy-the-hell-out-of-the-club-coaches thing they call the Euro Hockey Tour. |
| Hoondatha |
Posted - 28 Nov 2009 : 01:44:30
While I won't dive into the actually more-than-somewhat dark origins of American Thanksgiving, I will ask if Scandinavia has any sort of fall harvest festivals? Granted, the differences between, say, Bavaria's Oktoberfest and American Thanksgiving are rather, umm, stark, but the idea is (commonly held) to be the same. No love for the harvest in the far north? |
| Asgetrion |
Posted - 28 Nov 2009 : 00:15:00
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Originally posted by Kajehase
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
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Originally posted by swifty
we dont have thanksgiving.
Well, you could still celebrate. Just eat until you pass out and watch the Lions lose.
*can't recall any Sweden v. Finland ice-hockey game going on at the moment, and is thus confused* (though the Lions would lose that game if it meant something)
We beat the **** out of you back in '95, didn't we?
Furthermore, I thought we won the last game something like 6-0?
ANYWAY, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I know I'm a bit late to the discussion, but we don't have Thanksgiving around here at all... |
| Kajehase |
Posted - 27 Nov 2009 : 08:59:35
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
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Originally posted by swifty
we dont have thanksgiving.
Well, you could still celebrate. Just eat until you pass out and watch the Lions lose.
*can't recall any Sweden v. Finland ice-hockey game going on at the moment, and is thus confused* (though the Lions would lose that game if it meant something) |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 27 Nov 2009 : 04:38:25
For the first time, I was subjected to tofurkey. My mother-in-law is a vegan, and this year, we did Thanksgiving with her. She's cool about it in that if you go out to eat with her, she won't give any indications of disapproval if you dig into a dead animal in front of her -- but that doesn't change the fact that I was dreading dinner, this year.
Much to my surprise, the tofurkey was actually kind of tasty!
We also spent some time outside, because it's finally cooled off here in Florida. We sat out back, listened to Elliot goofing off on his guitar, watched a trio of manatees swim by, and checked out a couple of bioluminescent jellyfish in the water.
It was a good day.
Oh, and despite the tofurkey being a pleasant surprise, I'm still thankful that my parents are also in the area: we went to their house on Tuesday for turkey and the works. |
| MrHedgehog |
Posted - 27 Nov 2009 : 00:07:17
My thanksgiving was a month ago.
I think Canada should have thanksgiving TWICE. Cause I want more yummy foodz
and you should all just start celebrating it...then make the government where you live give you the day after off someday! = P |
| Sandro |
Posted - 26 Nov 2009 : 21:57:44
Aye, Happy Turkey Day to all you Americans. |
| Joran Nobleheart |
Posted - 26 Nov 2009 : 18:09:02
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I hope that your day is going as well as mine is. |
| Hoondatha |
Posted - 26 Nov 2009 : 17:27:48
I normally root for the Lions on Thanksgiving, mainly because they're such a woebegone team. But in reality I'm a Packers fan, which means they darn well better lose this year! |
| Faraer |
Posted - 26 Nov 2009 : 16:48:31
I'm drinking cranberry juice. Thank you, Solomon Kane! |
| Ashe Ravenheart |
Posted - 26 Nov 2009 : 16:01:03
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Originally posted by swifty
we dont have thanksgiving.
Well, you could still celebrate. Just eat until you pass out and watch the Lions lose. |
| Kajehase |
Posted - 26 Nov 2009 : 15:48:50
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Originally posted by swifty
we dont have thanksgiving.
And seeing as how the pilgrims were a bunch of humourless religious fanatics, we really should have it. Or maybe good-riddance-day |
| Hoondatha |
Posted - 26 Nov 2009 : 15:23:04
Indeed, Happy Thanksgiving everyone. My apartment is filled with the smell of baking bread (my sister is bringing the pies!), and it's misting and atmospheric outside. It's going to be a great day. |
| Alisttair |
Posted - 26 Nov 2009 : 14:53:36
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Originally posted by swifty
we dont have thanksgiving.
We had ours in October. I think it was only my 2nd or 3rd Thanksgiving where I actually ate turkey. |
| swifty |
Posted - 26 Nov 2009 : 14:12:42
we dont have thanksgiving. |
| Brimstone |
Posted - 26 Nov 2009 : 13:42:48
Happy Thanksgiving fellow Scribes! |
