The "What are you doing for Thanksgiving 2008?" Thread [Archive]

~Katja~

11-20-2008, 07:23 AM

absolutely nothing. I decided to give my son to his dad so he could spend the holiday with a big family instead of sitting home alone with me. So my plans for the day are to sleep and chill at home for once.
No turkey for me either... unless I make a turkey breast or something.

led37zep

11-20-2008, 07:24 AM

My dad and his wife are flying into the NY this Sunday and we're going to give them a tour of the city.

On Thanksgiving my girl is going to be cooking and eating her first Turkey in a decade (she's a vegetarian), so it should be interesting to see how it all goes down.

boobieman

11-20-2008, 07:29 AM

Spending time with my Wife's family. Sister In law coming up from Florida. Just too many people in a small apartment. About 5 kids and 12 adults. Those little bastards better not interfere with Football. Sucks that the Eagles game is on NFL network..have to figure out a way to watch it.

Wanted to go to parade but it is going to be cold and raining. Will get up and watch it. And of course going to listen the the special Ron & Fez Thanksgiving show..always look forward to it.

SEEYEYAAAAAAAAAA

TheGameHHH

11-20-2008, 07:45 AM

I'm doing ReillyLuck........

then flying up to jersey, chillin with family at home, eating MASSIVE amounts of food and watching football.

reillyluck

11-20-2008, 07:47 AM

I'm doing ReillyLuck........

then flying up to jersey, chillin with family at home, eating MASSIVE amounts of food and watching football.

how can you do me then fly to Jersey when im already in Jersey?

Bossanova

11-20-2008, 07:48 AM

how can you do me then fly to Jersey when im already in Jersey?

Especially when I will have courted you already

Freitag

11-20-2008, 07:49 AM

For the first time in forever, my immediate family lives within 10 miles of each other, so we're going over to my brother's house. Liz and I are bringing pies from Mr. Tod's Pie Factory (www.whybake.com).

Hottub

11-20-2008, 07:49 AM

I'm going to Stugot's.

Freitag

11-20-2008, 07:50 AM

how can you do me then fly to Jersey when im already in Jersey?

Especially since you're in MY basement.

badorties

11-20-2008, 07:51 AM

this is the last year we're doing double duty, we have a 10 month old son and we're gonna split time between the two families

heading home to rockaway beach to listen to alice's resaurant with my mom and help her get dinner ready (and pick at the ham and sweet potatoes)

and when everyone's sitting down for dinner, we're gonna schlep to up tenefly to see my wife's family

next year starts switching off the families every other year ... yippee

Misteriosa

11-20-2008, 07:52 AM

im going over to my uncles place and having thanksgiving there. he's doing all the cooking for a change. we are bringing the turkey, but he gets the mess :tongue:

Hottub

11-20-2008, 07:53 AM

Especially since you're in MY basement.

Matty's been waiting years to say that!

EddieMoscone

11-20-2008, 07:54 AM

A.M. Move TBD (Family Vote Pending), Afternoon feast followed by sleeping on the couch with football on as background noise. Immediate Family only. We've been doing this for about 7 years now.

What should we see?

Freakshow

11-20-2008, 08:00 AM

I'm going to be feelin' Minnesota. Literally.

TheGameHHH

11-20-2008, 08:04 AM

how can you do me then fly to Jersey when im already in Jersey?

damn you and your logic, now i have to re-phrase.....

I'll be flying up to Jersey, doing ReillyLuck, then hanging with my family, eating food and watching football.

Better? I'm still not gonna enjoy doing you, I just have to do it because you changed your hair color

Furtherman

11-20-2008, 08:09 AM

disneyspy

11-20-2008, 08:14 AM

gonna give thanks for gettin to see the florida sun for a few days
and watchin the cowboys kick some ass

badorties

11-20-2008, 08:20 AM

By the way folks, the "traditional" Thanksgiving dinner that is depicted in Pilgrim tales of a feast shared by European newcomers and friendly indians.... never happened.

Just a fact you might want to bring up at the table this Thanksgiving. Makes a great conversation piece.

this might be the one thanksgiving where the converstion starters are not needed ... i know with the two houses i'm visiting -- obama, taxes and bloomberg will be debated endlessly and needlessly

Judge Smails

11-20-2008, 08:29 AM

Apparently, I'll be freezing my ass off and jostling with some slack-jawed hayseeds. (http://ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=74430&highlight=parade)

~Katja~

11-20-2008, 08:29 AM

I'm going to Stugot's.

is he inviting people? cause I have nowhere to be.... just saying ;)

reillyluck

11-20-2008, 08:32 AM

damn you and your logic, now i have to re-phrase.....

I'll be flying up to Jersey, doing ReillyLuck, then hanging with my family, eating food and watching football.

Better? I'm still not gonna enjoy doing you, I just have to do it because you changed your hair color

ahhhhhhhhhh.

disneyspy

11-20-2008, 08:35 AM

is he inviting people? cause I have nowhere to be.... just saying ;)

WANNA GO TO DENNY WORLD? :devil2:

Freitag

11-20-2008, 08:41 AM

If the word "Obama" is even uttered at my Thanksgiving Table, WWIII will commence.

JustJon

11-20-2008, 08:51 AM

If the word "Obama" is even uttered at my Thanksgiving Table, WWIII will commence.

I will pay Sheepy to say Obama once every half hour at the table.

And I'm doing the family thing at my parents' house.

jennysmurf

11-20-2008, 08:54 AM

I'm not sure yet. I just moved to California in June, so I'm thinking a mini-trip for my 4 day weekend. I can't afford the giganto airfare to go home, so it'll be me and the road. Romantic huh? :happy:

reillyluck

11-20-2008, 09:01 AM

I will pay Sheepy to say Obama once every half hour at the table.

And I'm doing the family thing at my parents' house.

i'll chip in!!!

Furtherman

11-20-2008, 09:06 AM

Can we get Gvac to show up too? I'd pay for that.

Friday

11-20-2008, 09:08 AM

Going to Vegas to spend the week with my Dad and family.
It will be the first time I have seen him in a year and I am positive I will cry when I see him at the airport... happy!

Judge Smails

11-20-2008, 09:10 AM

Can we get Gvac to show up too? I'd pay for that.

Put an Ashley Madison t-shirt on him and I'll chip in a C note.

patsopinion

11-20-2008, 10:08 AM

driving around trying to find Alice's restaurant

lllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiieeeenger lllllllonger

AKA

11-20-2008, 10:22 AM

I'll be going to a state that lives, breathes and dies by the real "Friday Night Lights"...

I'll be going where the soldiers were cutting us down - where this summer I heard the drummin - where we're finally on our own...

I'll be going to the home state of Drew Carrey, Marilyn Manson, and Orville Wright...

I'll be going where the pretty countryside has been paved down the middle by a government that had no pride - where the farms had been replaced by shopping malls and muzak filled the air...

JustJon

11-20-2008, 10:22 AM

Put an Ashley Madison t-shirt on him and I'll chip in a C note.

I wonder if they'll sponsor this too.

I think we're really bringing the holiday spirit.

drjoek

11-20-2008, 10:29 AM

Going to my brothers house. Then my daughter runs a big Footlocker race saturday with a chance to qualify for nationals in San Diego. Sunday Jets game.

drusilla

11-20-2008, 10:39 AM

If the word "Obama" is even uttered at my Thanksgiving Table, WWIII will commence.

i have a feeling mine would turn out that way too. my sister-in-law is an anti-semite & a racist. which is great considering that she married a jew.

on wednesday night i'm taking my mom to see tina turner at the prudential center in jersey. should be interesting trying to get there by train without getting shot. then on thursday its off to my brothers house for dinner.

my boyfriend & i always split up for the holidays. it's been 6 years. i wonder if thats ever gonna stop.

joethebartender

11-20-2008, 10:55 AM

Flying to Myrtle Beach to visit my in-laws. There will be beer.

razorboy

11-20-2008, 10:56 AM

I am having some of my family and some of my employees, whose families don't live in the area, come over for dinner and booze.

boobieman

11-20-2008, 12:00 PM

Going to Vegas to spend the week with my Dad and family.
It will be the first time I have seen him in a year and I am positive I will cry when I see him at the airport... happy!

Hope you have a great time..and can you do me a favor..go into any casino..walk over to the first roulette table..closest to the entrance and put $20 on 28 black.

It hits we split.

Have fun.

SEEYYAYAYAAAA

Whiskeyportal

11-20-2008, 12:15 PM

Going to the future in-laws, eck. Damn hill billies.

skyscraper

11-20-2008, 12:19 PM

Going to the future in-laws, eck. Damn hill billies.

Is this your future father-in-law?

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/2103/pdvd0431jm.png

EliSnow

11-20-2008, 12:24 PM

My family will be going to my brother-in-law's house. I'm not looking forward to it. First, my brother in law works on Wall Street and things are pretty tough for him.

Second, his wife's parents will be there, and they are some of the most racist and dumb people I know. Given Obama's election, I expect to hear some dumb racist shit, which really gets to me.

However, I've pledged to my wife that I will excercise all restraint and not respond to what's said. If I can't deal with it, I'll leave the room.

RoseBlood

11-20-2008, 12:29 PM

My number one priority will be to keep my dad sane. He's a bit lost and confused without my mother around. We'll have company over, everyone's cooking (myself included) and everyone's bringing food :smile: Afterwards, we're all going to visit my mother at rehab and bring her our yummy homemade food :happy: It should be fun and I'm looking forward to it.

drjoek

11-20-2008, 12:35 PM

I will of course be listening to the Ron and Fex show part live part taped later on. You can get anything you want at Alices Restaurant.....

Whiskeyportal

11-20-2008, 12:35 PM

Is this your future father-in-law?

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/2103/pdvd0431jm.png

minus the shirt and tooth :help:

Freitag

11-20-2008, 12:35 PM

Put an Ashley Madison t-shirt on him and I'll chip in a C note.

Do you really want that drumstick? "No, but I DO want those mashed potatoes."

Freitag

11-20-2008, 12:37 PM

I will pay Sheepy to say Obama once every half hour at the table.

And I'm doing the family thing at my parents' house.

...who says he was invited?

grlNIN

11-20-2008, 12:39 PM

My boyfriend and i are going to go to breakfast with my parents, then do dinner at his house.

Then we leave for Montreal for our anniversary.

Geeeee.

Freitag

11-20-2008, 12:43 PM

i have a feeling mine would turn out that way too. my sister-in-law is an anti-semite & a racist. which is great considering that she married a jew.

on wednesday night i'm taking my mom to see tina turner at the prudential center in jersey. should be interesting trying to get there by train without getting shot. then on thursday its off to my brothers house for dinner.

my boyfriend & i always split up for the holidays. it's been 6 years. i wonder if thats ever gonna stop.

It's not so much that my family is racist, it's just they are hardcore republicans. I've had to lie to my mother and father about who I voted for (I said Ron Paul as a write-in) because I caught tons of craps from them over me volunteering for the Clinton campaign in 1992.

My dad doesn't like Obama because of his policies, plain and simple. When I tried a counter about Palin's policies, they flipped out, so I dropped the subject.

As for you and your boyfriend splitting up...

Sometimes, the other side of the family can be very disconcerting. Some people adjust well, some people have tougher times. Maybe Dino is uncomfortable and you should talk about it.

I have a story that is kind of fresh in my head about personal in-law quirks, but I'll get to that later.

ahhdurr

11-20-2008, 12:45 PM

Scheduled to work... boooooo!

EddieMoscone

11-20-2008, 02:39 PM

Scheduled to work... boooooo!

Working in hotels, there was an advantage to working holidays. Time and a half plus holiday pay (really making it double time and a half). Guests bring you all sort of food and treats and the tips seem to be bigger because they feel sorry for you since you got stuck working on a holiday.

Don Stugots

11-20-2008, 02:45 PM

Scheduled to work... boooooo!

i ALMOST had to work. i played it perfectly.

Don Stugots

11-20-2008, 02:47 PM

It's not so much that my family is racist, it's just they are hardcore republicans. I've had to lie to my mother and father about who I voted for (I said Ron Paul as a write-in) because I caught tons of craps from them over me volunteering for the Clinton campaign in 1992.

my family is racist. it is something that i just ignore or make a joke out of. they vote how they want to and i vote for who i want to. if they dont want to hear it, they wont ask. i do know people our age that lie to their parents about stuff just to make them happy. i go out of my way to disappoint them.

cougarjake13

11-20-2008, 03:32 PM

wifes cooking a few small things for just me and her

Piuki

11-20-2008, 03:53 PM

The Bandits are hosting. Beer, Jr. will be a whopping 17 days old on Thanksgiving, so we invited over all the grandparents; but they have to do the cooking. We're providing the turkey (deep-fried) and a few of the trimmings but most of the food is coming in with the fam. There will be football. There will be R&F. There will be political arguments aplenty. Should be good times.

OGC

11-20-2008, 04:24 PM

For the first time in my life we will be eating out for Thanksgiving. I will miss the leftovers but I told my wife that she can cook a turkey after the holiday to give us all of those hot turkey sandwiches.

Gvac

11-20-2008, 04:31 PM

It's gonna be awesome; talk will eventually turn to politics, my father will refer to Obama as either the anti-christ or the n-word, my sister will scream at him, a fight will erupt, and everyone will be miserable.

Standard fare, actually.

On second thought, maybe I'll stay home and eat peanut butter and preserves sandwiches.

EddieMoscone

11-20-2008, 04:46 PM

peanut butter and preserves sandwiches.

Like a real man.

Missed GVAC's food arguments. Jelly is for fags 4 LIFE.

biggestmexi

11-20-2008, 05:51 PM

:huh:

Just wondering what you think of it.

Buncha pricks!

PapaBear

11-20-2008, 06:19 PM

Same thing I almost always do. Sleep all day, because I'm alone.

IamFogHat

11-20-2008, 06:23 PM

I'm taking my parents to my nana and poppy's house, just the five of us, making perhaps the first weekend of a break from my sister and her two insane children (who we love) but we all need a nice calm break from.

sr71blackbird

11-20-2008, 06:27 PM

I heard that my sister is going to be doing Thanksgiving this year and I wish she was not, because she keeps a very messy house and it skeeves me out whenever I go there. I keep thinking of the filth and it turns my stomach. Her bathrooms have no locks on the doors and that compounds my anxiety. I wish there was a way to avoid going without offending her and alienating my family. If I said anything to her about it, she would flip out bad.

Westley

11-20-2008, 06:32 PM

im going to my aunts house in indiana. she has so many people over but her table and room are to small and every one is all mushed up together then we have to stay over and leave the nex t day

IamFogHat

11-20-2008, 06:34 PM

im going to my aunts house in indiana. she has so many people over but her table and room are to small and every one is all mushed up together then we have to stay over and leave the nex t day

Oh my god, will you ever not get better?

Slumbag

11-20-2008, 06:38 PM

Working in hotels, there was an advantage to working holidays. Time and a half plus holiday pay (really making it double time and a half). Guests bring you all sort of food and treats and the tips seem to be bigger because they feel sorry for you since you got stuck working on a holiday.

Wow. You nailed exactly what I am going to be doing.
Except guests never bring food and stuff.

Or tips:down:

Chip196

11-20-2008, 06:49 PM

We're making the 4 hour drive to my folks ... we haven't seen them since we announced our pregnancy. We'll stop at my in-laws on Saturday on the way back and I will hunt with my father-in-law. Good times, looking forward to it.

smiler grogan

11-20-2008, 06:54 PM

I'm hosting family from both sides. I've been doing this for 5 yrs. now and really enjoy it.

Jughead

11-20-2008, 06:55 PM

We are closed and I going over and hand out business cards.....You know before the big shopping day....Its ok I have had a lot of food this year:sad:

drusilla

11-20-2008, 08:36 PM

It's not so much that my family is racist, it's just they are hardcore republicans.

ah, my sister-in-law is 100%. on election night she was just "disgusted" after it was announced that obama won & she just went to bed while my brother uncharacteristically stayed up late (he's usually in bed by 9) to watch the speech.

for you and your boyfriend splitting up...

Sometimes, the other side of the family can be very disconcerting. Some people adjust well, some people have tougher times. Maybe Dino is uncomfortable and you should talk about it.

I have a story that is kind of fresh in my head about personal in-law quirks, but I'll get to that later.

i think it may be me that's more bothered by his family than he is at mine. he gets along really well with my mother & my brother & sister in law love him. maybe its because they just see dollar signs when they look at him but who knows. she's really nice to him. i think she likes him better than me. i go to my brothers cause i like spending time with him & the kids. & my sister-in-law can make a pretty decent turkey. she can't make mashed potatoes for shit though & i always have to make those. he goes to his brothers just cause he doesn't get to see him that often & likes spending time with him watching football. he doesn't get along with his mom very well. they fight constantly & just recently went 2 months without speaking. his mom is nice to me & all but being around his family is soo exhausting mentally for me.

jennysmurf

11-20-2008, 08:53 PM

Same thing I almost always do. Sleep all day, because I'm alone.

Awwwww...I wish I had known sooner. You could've spent the day with me! How far is it to Vagina?

jennysmurf

11-20-2008, 08:54 PM

my family is racist. it is something that i just ignore or make a joke out of. they vote how they want to and i vote for who i want to. if they dont want to hear it, they wont ask. i do know people our age that lie to their parents about stuff just to make them happy. i go out of my way to disappoint them.

You disappoint me every day.:dry:

PapaBear

11-20-2008, 08:58 PM

Awwwww...I wish I had known sooner. You could've spent the day with me! How far is it to Vagina?
I'm not sure how far vagina is, but vagina is quite large.

jennysmurf

11-20-2008, 09:00 PM

I'm not sure how far vagina is, but vagina is quite large.

How does that make you feel?

PapaBear

11-20-2008, 09:06 PM

How does that make you feel?
All I know is, Vagina is for lovers.

jennysmurf

11-20-2008, 09:08 PM

All I know is, Vagina is for lovers.

Oh, so that's why you're there.:wink:

Chip Vaughn

11-22-2008, 10:39 AM

I hope to see some of these next wednesday

http://www.championguide.com/images/pheasant4a.jpg

Don Stugots

11-22-2008, 10:40 AM

I hope to see some of these next wednesday

http://www.championguide.com/images/pheasant4a.jpg

a bird shitting on your table?

Heather 8

11-22-2008, 11:01 AM

I'm working.

Fuck retail.

Kris10

11-22-2008, 11:20 AM

Oh, so that's why you're there.:wink:

That's why most of the guys are here.

SatCam

11-22-2008, 02:46 PM

working then reheating what's left of the turkey

Lady Resin

11-22-2008, 02:58 PM

Cooking for hubby and cellar dweller.

Annie Waits

11-22-2008, 06:25 PM

eating Chuckwagoncook's delicious turkey and listening to ron and fezzzzz

A.J.

11-23-2008, 12:46 AM

Hopefully, I'll be spending most of the day at the pool. Or the beach. I haven't decided yet.

flipper21

11-23-2008, 03:38 AM

We'll be celebrating the 10 year anniversary of blowing off all family by once again going away for Thanksgiving. Just me, my wife and daughter. Driving up to Boston T-day morning, having dinner someplace and hanging at a nice hotel for a couple of days. Prolly do some touristy stuff for the 8 year old.

Farmer Dave

11-23-2008, 03:57 AM

We will be taking the one mile trek to my Mom's. My brother and sister and their families will be there as well.

~Katja~ ever been to Iowa? There's always room for one more.

Foster

11-23-2008, 04:27 AM

My friend Sean and his family were kind enough to invite me to thanksgiving dinner.

SHould be fun, his son is about two, and always tries to show off for me by doing headstands and other livingroom gymnastics

Thebazile78

11-23-2008, 06:10 PM

...

on wednesday night i'm taking my mom to see tina turner at the prudential center in jersey. should be interesting trying to get there by train without getting shot. ....

They have extra police, including mounties, on duty as well as brand-new halogen street lamps. (Doesn't change the fact that it's Newark, but the city has been trying to make it safer.)

Just stay on Market Street until you get to Mulberry Street. It's about 2.5 blocks from Newark-Penn to The Rock. Wear comfy shoes because it's a slight uphill and dress warmly because the wind is nasty.

Don Stugots

11-23-2008, 06:25 PM

holy shit there is still a lot to do.

King Hippos Bandaid

11-23-2008, 06:51 PM

eating turkey with my dysfunctional family

being told by my mom that she wishes I wasn't born a good 4 or 5 times

watching football

the same ole shit

Gvac

11-23-2008, 06:55 PM

eating Chuckwagoncook's delicious turkey and listening to ron and fezzzzz

This sounds like a perfect day.

Can I come?

~Katja~

11-23-2008, 07:02 PM

We will be taking the one mile trek to my Mom's. My brother and sister and their families will be there as well.

~Katja~ ever been to Iowa? There's always room for one more.

aaaw, actually my friends in South Jersey invited me now, I know they consider me part of their family, but now that I send my son to his dad I feel guilty if I go, cause he loves them so much, it would be like stealing that day away from him...I guess I am just listening to the show and whatever else happens that day.

Gvac

11-23-2008, 07:03 PM

I guess I am just listening to the show and whatever else happens that day.

Sounds like a perfect day.

Can I come?

~Katja~

11-23-2008, 07:05 PM

Sounds like a perfect day.

Can I come?

wouldn't you rather be invited to a place with a big bird on the table?

Gvac

11-23-2008, 07:07 PM

What's gonna be on your table?

~Katja~

11-23-2008, 07:28 PM

What's gonna be on your table?

a bottle of wine and my laptop ;)

Gvac

11-23-2008, 07:28 PM

a bottle of wine and my laptop ;)

Perfect.

What time should I get there?

CHUCKWAGONCOOK

11-23-2008, 07:41 PM

I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I received a invite by Fezzie to join him at the St.Pete Turkey Trot. (http://tampabay.com/turkeytrot/) It's a race/walk that he and his family do every year. YES!!!

http://tampabay.com/turkeytrot/images2/home_r1_c4_f2.gif

jennysmurf

11-23-2008, 07:41 PM

eating turkey with my dysfunctional family

being told by my mom that she wishes I wasn't born a good 4 or 5 times

watching football

the same ole shit

I'm glad you were born, Hippo. :wub:

Gvac

11-23-2008, 07:54 PM

BlackSpider

11-23-2008, 07:56 PM

Please be careful.

It could be a trap.

like this:

Perfect.

What time should I get there?

~Katja~

11-23-2008, 07:58 PM

like this:

:laugh::laugh: :lol:

Contra

11-26-2008, 09:36 PM

Yeah fez could be lying, he's known to do that

Dougie Brootal

11-26-2008, 09:37 PM

fucking myself in the face

Alice S. Fuzzybutt

11-26-2008, 09:41 PM

Sleeping in. Having a quiet dinner. Then attending a friend's party.

Reephdweller

11-26-2008, 09:51 PM

Having turkey with my family...after that I will be crashing Stugots thanksgiving (unbeknownst to him), and then I will head over to see Amy.

Death Metal Moe

11-27-2008, 04:43 AM

I always do the small Thanksgiving with the family. My mother, father grandmother and myself. Then I usually invite a friend of mine to come over if he doesn't have anything better to do and an old family friend of ours is always invited even if he doesn't show.

So tops it's 6 people.

Eventually I'll roll out of bed here and start making the deviled eggs, candied yams and a salad most likely. Everything else this year is coming from a catering place, which is fucking sweet. Less prep work and less clean up.