But seriously, we should stop denigrating our pioneer ancestors, because as a group (in which there are always some bad examples) our White Christian forebears have nothing we need apologize for.
And by the way, the 1621 Thanksgiving Day feast shared by the Pilgrams and Wampanoag tribe was NOT the first Thanksgiving Day in America.
The settlers in Virginia declared an official Thanksgiving Day on 04 December 1619, to be observed, not with feasting, but with fasting and prayer, because they were so grateful to still be alive after crossing that notoriously stormy North Atlantic Ocean in one of those little bitty sailing ships.
@John Robert Mallernee- Sorry about any offense. The intent here wasn't to mock the actual pioneer ancestors, but rather this contemporary couple's very bad take on the holiday.
The first recorded 'Thanksgiving Dinner' in 'America' featuring European settlers and Natives was in 1605 at what is now Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada, although there's a very good chance there was an equivalent at Fort Charlesbourg Royal in Quebec in 1541. That's why we celebrate our Thanksgiving in October, long before y'all do ;)
Stilt, "Bad take" As in syphilis was a disease of American natives passed on to Euro settlers? To be fair, the Euros passed along some powerful Old World diseases (e.g. smallpox) which more than served as revenge
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Don't eat it yet, Johnny! She could have crazy ideas about revenge!
Don't forget that you can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant. Cept'n Alice.
Rumor has it her husband is smallpox in the blankets.
@Kent:
A man and a woman were getting hot and heavy. The man takes off his socks and the woman notices that his toes are deformed and curled under.
She asks: “What happened?”
The man answers: “I had toe-lio as a child.”
The man next takes off his pants and his knees are shriveled up.
The woman again asks: “What happened?”
The man answers: “I had knee-monia as a child.”
The man moves to take off his underwear – but the woman stops him: “Please don’t tell me you had smallcox…”
Ba Dum Tsssssss
Looks to me that this woman is the comedic queen of STD's... Syphilis Diller.
Stay away from the clamydia dip.....
A joke is a joke, and we all enjoy a good laugh.
But seriously, we should stop denigrating our pioneer ancestors, because as a group (in which there are always some bad examples) our White Christian forebears have nothing we need apologize for.
And by the way, the 1621 Thanksgiving Day feast shared by the Pilgrams and Wampanoag tribe was NOT the first Thanksgiving Day in America.
The settlers in Virginia declared an official Thanksgiving Day on 04 December 1619, to be observed, not with feasting, but with fasting and prayer, because they were so grateful to still be alive after crossing that notoriously stormy North Atlantic Ocean in one of those little bitty sailing ships.
@John Robert Mallernee- Sorry about any offense. The intent here wasn't to mock the actual pioneer ancestors, but rather this contemporary couple's very bad take on the holiday.
The first recorded 'Thanksgiving Dinner' in 'America' featuring European settlers and Natives was in 1605 at what is now Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada, although there's a very good chance there was an equivalent at Fort Charlesbourg Royal in Quebec in 1541.
That's why we celebrate our Thanksgiving in October, long before y'all do ;)
Merci beau coup, Old Armourer!
It's good to learn new pertinent information.
I'm guessing that Canada probably has an earlier harvest to celebrate because it gets winter weather earlier than the United States.
Dr. Jarlsberg,
I apologize for jumping the gun and not realizing the full context of the joke, which certainly does befit the "politically correct" crowd.
I'm not offended by anything you publish, unless a comic strip is too risque for me to share with others, which is not very often.
Stilt,
"Bad take"
As in syphilis was a disease of American natives passed on to Euro settlers?
To be fair, the Euros passed along some powerful Old World diseases (e.g. smallpox) which more than served as revenge
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