YAS TATER YAS TOT

Introducing Tater and Tot, the 2016 National #Thanksgiving Turkeys: https://t.co/wTcdWKlWAM #WHTurkeyPardon pic.twitter.com/H3NjsU6YNT

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) November 22, 2016

YAS LIZZO

AMERICA👏🏿IS👏🏿REALLY👏🏿GONNA👏🏿FRONT👏🏿AND👏🏿CELEBRATE👏🏿"THANKSGIVING"👏🏿LIKE👏🏿THEY👏🏿ARENT👏🏿TERRORIZING👏🏿NATIVE👏🏿AMERICANS👏🏿RIGHT👏🏿NOW?! #NoDAPL

— |L I Z Z O| (@lizzo) November 23, 2016

ima still eat that turkey tho.

holy moly watch out

Two people have been injured in Turkey after huge chunks of snow fell off a roof and hit passers-by.
The snow had piled up on the roof of a mosque in the city of Rize.
The incident was captured on CCTV, and shows pedestrians trying to free those who were buried by the snow.
Two women were taken to hospital for treatment.

are you #teamcaramel or #teampopcorn

This is the White House version of the Hunger Games. President Obama will only pardon one turkey.

#TeamPopcorn or #TeamCaramel? Learn more & cast your ballot for this year’s National Thanksgiving Turkey: http://t.co/4XK5ybSWCj #TheGobble

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) November 26, 2013

VOTE

brb: outside, PORTLAND, OR

 I went to visit my family for some pre-holiday holiday. We made a feast!

 Babies have terrible taste in television. This one's mother would not let me introduce RHONJ into the household...

 This is Sparky. She's an old crank, but can be downright sweet if she feels like it. She wasn't feeling like it when i took this one.

 She loves snoozing in this spot by the window. look at that smile!

They threw a Rudolf nose on this deer. Ceeute! You'll just have to take my word for it.








Portland, Oregon: 11 Biscuits!

gchatz with melissa

in response to her gstatus: "breakfast FAIL"

turbaconepic

thanks jameson.

what's for lunch?????

my lunch is kind of outstanding today, not that i need a reason to tell you about it. it is:

turkey + cheese with mayo on wheat, a pickle, cashews, trail mix, and grapes!!! and a sprite, because i'm a little hungover from celebrating my nycbearsary last night.

jelly?!!?

what are you having for lunch?

why is an American bird called a Turkey?

Centuries ago, Constantinople was an important hub of international trade, where merchants sold goods from Africa and the Far East to distributors in Europe. These products, instead of retaining a sense of their origin, often became known by the nationality of the exporters. For example, Persian rugs sold wholesale by Turkish vendors were called "Turkish rugs." In turn, one popular type of bird shipped from Africa, called a Guinea fowl, became known as "Turkey cock" throughout England.

And, when British settlers arrived in the New World and encountered a large woodland bird that looked a bit like the Guinea fowl fowl they'd grown fond of eating back in England -- perhaps out of confusion that the two were the same species, or maybe in longing for something familiar so far from home -- they ended up referring to this bird as a "Turkey cock" too. Later, it was shortened to simply 'turkey'.

Another factor that helped perpetuate this unusual choice of names occurred when these new North American birds became a popular commodity throughout the world -- sure enough, mostly by way of Turkish merchants.

Ironically, the name of turkeys in the Turkish language is even more geographically off base; their called Hindi, short for "bird from India." The Turks, better than anyone, knew the birds weren't from their homeland, but may have originally thought they came from India -- thanks to a little miscalculation by Columbus.

so, enjoy your turkey cock, folks! source.

oh yeah.

WELCOME TO FALL EVERYONE!!!

your daily boat.

welcome back to our exciting new blog feature! today's boat is...

the YASA CEYHAN!!

how OLD is she? only 8 months old

how FAST is she? 10.1 knots (11.6 mph)!

what does she have in her tummy? chemicals and oil, too!

forever home: turkey

fun facts:

it only takes 20 people to drive her.

look at this awesome marine traffic map!

your obligatory (but ExCiTiNg!!!) thanksgiving post.

omg thanksgiving is tomorrow!!! and while i sit here autoCAD-ing with crossed fingers, hoping that this office will close up shop early and let me outta here, i wanted to build a bit of buzz for this often overlooked holiday. jk, obvi. people love thanksgiving! and why wouldn't they? here's a few turkey-day-related items from the internet and beyond:

emily shared this recipe for cranberry butter rolls, which she claims were a big hit last year. they look pretty delicious.

here's some liberal hippie shit from PETA trying to convince people not to eat turkey on thanksgiving. gmafb, am i right? g.animalz sent me that, and i think that she secretly believes in it.

some people get really excited about the macy's thanksgiving day parade. there's no arguing that its one of new york's longest running and most nostalgic traditions. but who has time to go uptown and stand in the middle of child-ridden crowds when you've got a freshly-humiliated turkey (see above) to prepare!

as an alternative, go up to central park west tonight, and watch them blow up the parade balloons. i hear it's just great. how many years do you think it will be before we get a twilight balloon? i hope not many.

and speaking of nostalgia, don't miss a charlie brown thanksgiving, airing on abc at 8/7c tomorrow.

2Pz wishes you all a fulfilling and filling holiday. be sure to send us some photos of your turkey day highlights, including meals, grandparents, pets, tryptophan comas, etc.

squawk!

to get to the other side

what's for lunch?????

turkey and swiss on wheat
with sliced apple and mayo
on a bed of goldfish
washed down by a tall cool glass of crystal light peach tea!

jelly?!?!

bees attack turkey crash victims

the only thing worse than being in a bus crash in turkey... crashing into a lorry carrying hives full of angry stinging bees.

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