Who else is hiding out on Thanksgiving?

[graywarrior]

We actually told people we were going away that week so we don't have to attend any dysfunctional family get togethers. Sleep, nap, sleep, nap. That's my plan.

[gratuitous]

1. Running far, far away

Nobody's finding me and Mrs. gratuitous this year at Thanksgiving in our west coast motel room. Oops, I've said too much!

[graywarrior]

2. Holiday isolation is the best.

[Ikonoklast]

3. Working, so our Thanksgiving is this Sunday.

I always do the turkey and everything, so if I don't do it while I'm home this weekend, the kids will be SOL.

And I won't get any turkey, either, if I don't do the cooking.

[OhioChick]

4. Hiding out from work and the family...

Just the thought makes me smile....:D

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

5. I'm not hiding

I have nobody to celebrate it with here. Too much effort to cook for two people and I can't get anything I need for it other than a turkey. WHHHHHAAAAA. Have fun hiding out Gray.

[Call Me Wesley]

12. Celebrate with your HerrHerr. ;)

That's usually what we do; Thanksgiving for two. Without turkey, though. ;)

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

13. what do you guys make?

I would do the little game hens and my sister sent me a recipe for sweet potato pie instead of pumpkin. Do you guys do an all out dinner?

[Call Me Wesley]

17. Usually a ham,

but we just had one, so we'll see. No big deal here, so no big dinner either. Perhaps I make some seafood stuff. ;)

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

18. We'll be there by 6

Don't forget whites go especially well with seafood. We'll bring a few bottles and some costumes.

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[Call Me Wesley]

22. No vin du pays!!!!111!!!111!!!!

I already have the right stuff, as you know ...



I save it for the special occasion of your arrival! How cool is that?

And costumes? What costumes? That ain't no Halloween, that is Thanksgiving!

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

24. It's your party dude

you want to serve Austrian wine instead of classic French, more power to you. I'll bring a flask....:rofl:

I'll be wearing a traditional Native American costume to celebrate my heritage and HerrHerr will be wearing a pair of 3 dollar Buffalo Bills cosy pants we bought for him at the outlet stores when we were last in America.

Since we don't celebrate Halloween or Thanksgiving over here, we are combining the two to maximize our happiness. Hope you don't mind.

[graywarrior]

26. A bowl of cereal and a nap. Heaven.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

I hear Call Me Wesley suggests

Captain Crunch or better yet Crunch Berries. Good shit man.

[graywarrior]

35. Dry shredded wheat is better than dining with lunatics

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

36. I'll have to take some with me when we go to Call Me Wesley's

house in a few days. I'll be sure to give him and Heidi a few bowl fulls :rofl:

[graywarrior]

38. If ever there were a couple of lunatics. . .

[Frosty1]

44. You've got that right

:hide:

Happy Birthday!
:party:

[JonLP24]

6. I don't hide

No reason to as I don't celebrate Thanksgiving or any holidays for that matter.

[Moondog]

7. Hiding in plain sight.

No family from which to hide. Makes it easy.

[graywarrior]

27. My family are experts in hiding in plain site.

we've been doing it for years.

[shanti]

56. sounds like mine

:eyes:

[Nuclear Unicorn]

8. Me and BF have dinner at my dad's on T-day but....

...have to put appearance at BF's folk's house on Saturday.

That's the part that fills me with dread. They're ultra-fundies. The dad is a deacon--whatever the hell that is--and mom is a "homemaker" straight out of the Sarah Palin/Dr Laura Feed 'em and Fuck 'em Guide to Good House-Wifing. I know they are very much against sex outside of marriage which me and BF have lots of...cuz its good...and I swear every time the woman looks at me I hear the word "slattern" echoing in my head.

Paradoxically, they gush about his time in the Army (nevermind how that fucked-up his head) but they also blame it for his "chasing hard drink and easy women". What the hell did they think soldiers do, have quilting bees?

Whatever. In an hour I'm going to be drunk and easy.

[graywarrior]

29. Sounds delightful!

[Nuclear Unicorn]

41. I know, right?

Come on over and join us for a few hours. I'm sure they'd love to have another liberal running around their house.

[azmouse]

9. I moved 2500 miles away from my family so

I wouldn't have to deal with them. It's so peaceful on Thanksgiving.

[elocs]

10. Not going anywhere, not doing anything as far as I know now.

Besides I have to work on Friday.

[Call Me Wesley]

11. Better, invite them all,

but make sure that you tell them that you'll provide (before turkey-eating) a PowerPoint presentation of a certain 'thread that never dies,' with some footnotes on every single post made in there, and some thesis on why someone posted in there and what it means regarding climate change, poverty rates, Marxist-Leninist theory and Carrie Prejean, using Wikipedia entries. Get a bright laser pointer. Make it fun.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

16. LOL

:thumbsup:

[graywarrior]

31. And make them read my DU essay, lol!

[Raffi Ella]

14. lol, I used to do that too.

I got caught once when my brother and his family showed up at my Moms house unannounced. It was awkward.

No need for that now as I'm estranged from most of my Family.

[AsahinaKimi]

15. for me

T-day will be like most other days. Maybe I will make a Turkey Sandwich, maybe I will slide down to Chinatown for a roast duck. Maybe I will just sit home and munch on crackers and dr. pepper will surfin the net.

[Iggo]

19. I waited til my family's usual BS hit the fan....

...then said, "I can't hang out with you guys when you're fighting."

I'm gonna sit home, watch football, broil a steak, and watch some more football.

Thanksgiving. Nice.

[Haole Girl]

20. Oh how I wish

:-(

[Rosie1223]

43. +1

my in-laws are fucking nuts.

[blueamy66]

21. My fiance and I are hiding out.

We're gonna grill 2 Cornish hens and have some sides....light a fire and watch football all day long!

Oh, and the cell phones are gonna be turned OFF.

PARADISE!

[gmoney]

23. I'll be in the attic while daddy sets the shiny balloon loose...

[graywarrior]

32. !

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[liberaltrucker]

25. Once the L-tryptophan kicks in I won't give a fuck

Oh, did I mention the beer?

:toast:

[graywarrior]

34. Heroin wouldn't help with my family.

[old mark]

28. Spending the day with the dog, making a few sandwitches and pies,

doing some art, playing some music, maybe watching a football game. Doing the huge dinner thing on Friday.

mark

[TK421]

30. No, I'll be going to my sisters house to get stuffed and sent home with a

weeks worth of leftovers....it's my favorite meal of the year

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[abbeyco]

37. If hiding amongst 76K football fans counts...

then I'll be hiding at the Bronco game Thanksgiving night. We'll be doing our first ever, white trash, parking lot turkey fry during our family tailgate party during the afternoon prior to the game.

Hope we don't catch anything on fire.....

[KatyaR]

39. That's always my plan--

this year I'll be chillin' with my new puppy. I can't wait.

[rurallib]

40. We uns. If the kids go to their other side, we try to disappear

had enough of the idiots goading 'the librul.' It's movies for us.

[mopinko]

42. hiding from the extended family,

just the kids for turkey.
had enough of the jesus cult.

[sarge43]

45. Family? What is this family of which you speak?

I think it's about time to follow the bear's example and look for a place to hibernate until the end of March.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

46. I am going so high up the mountains and so deep into the woods

that nobody will be able to find me :thumbsup:

[graywarrior]

50. Best place to be!

[Dangerously Amused]

47. Me too.

The last few years I've ditched my dysfunctional family to spend Thanksgiving volunteering at a soup kitchen, and spend Christmas with people who would otherwise be alone. Then I sneak off to spend the rest of the day hanging with friends. Wish I had thought of this years ago. Best holidays EVAR.

[JTG of the PRB]

48. I'll be hiding out with a big pile of turkey, mashed potatoes, veggies, hot rolls, and gravy

And by "hiding out with" I actually mean "eating." :9

[arcadian]

49. We are.

Gonna hit some museums in D.C. Just the two of us.

[texanwitch]

51. We are having a big meal with neighbors and friends, really big.

The rest of the weekend is mine.

I will visit my Aunt on the weekend in the country, help out on the farm.

We will have Thanksgiving on Saturday again.

I like turkey.

[Dogtown]

52. Great plan!

Mine: smoke>snack>nap. Might watch the Mythbuster marathon on Thursdays.

:smoke:


I sure miss MST3K "Turkeyday" marathons, fogey that I am.

[hippywife]

53. That's our plan for

December 25th. Figured we wouldn't get away with it twice so we picked the one we'd least like to be forced into participating in.

:hi:

[Jade Fox]

54. I'm moving. Does that count?

I move the day before, and plan to spend the day unpacking.

Happy Holidays!

[shanti]

55. totally understand and i'm debating it too...

have invites from 2 of my sons and their respective partners' large extended families. one is in SoCal, the other is local.

what to do....:(

[Robeson]

57. Thankfully, our family has never done Thanksgiving on that day....

...we just get together when we all can - usually at a restaurant - and just eat and get drunk together. Besides, no way I'd let the family interfere with my football on that day... :hi:

[graywarrior]

58. We decided to have haddock on that day.

Haddock and pressure cooked rice. And naps.

[murielm99]

59. All my kids have other things going on that day.

That is fine. They should live their own lives.

Last year, my oldest daughter wanted to make Thanksgiving for us. She was living in her own house for the first time and it was important to her. We had a great time.

This year, we are eating out at a Thanksgiving buffet. I am so relieved not to have to do anything but eat out with my husband and go home.

We told my mother that we have plans. (It's true). I don't spend any more time around her than necessary. She would ruin the day.