2006-10-16 15:21:15 · 20 answers · asked by wolfmusic 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
i live in south carolina and my grandmother lives in louisiana( which is where i was born and raised) each thanksgiving we have a family reiunion ( my grandma had 13 kids)and she is 102.The total of about 300 show up. and as well we have thanksgiving dinner. well i drove all night to get down home. i arrived there just in time for mawmaw to get up and start fixing her special dishes. we she was banging and clanging those dern pots and pans. and making enough noise to wake Jesus up ,lol.
i jumped up and asked what she was being so noisy for .
she kept saying she was Queen she was Queen ! I sat down and of course she began fixing me breakfast( which i did not mind,i dont get those but once a year ) she sat down with me and started telling me why she was Queen. she said if it wasnt for her my mom would not be her, i said your right, She said if it wasnt for her i would not be here,once again i agreed. She said if it wasnt for her my kids would not be here. i said mawmaw your right, but that dont explain the "im the queen" part. well she said she started the whole thing.
and you know she is right.
well later that day we have to set tables outside to eat on cause there are so many of us. well i went and got her potty chair, and place it in place of her normal chair. i covered it with a sheet. she walked out side and i stood next to her and announced to everyone that mawmaw was Queen and she needed a special chair. i pulled back the sheet and she about feel over laughing,it was her potty chair,HER THRONE!
SHE ACTUALLY SAT THERE AND ATE ! she is a special lady and she is still alive and kicking. she has over 75 great grandchildren. she has burried 9 of her 13 children.
i asked her once how she has stayed so vital and so strong though it all.
she said something that actully made me sit ans think and once agin SHE IS RIGHT.
AND IF WE ALL APPLIED THIS THEROY TO WHAT HAPPENS TO US THOUGH LIFE WE WILL GET TO BE AS OLD AS SHE IS ANS AS STRONG.
"SHE TOLD ME FOR EVERY CHILD SHE HAS BURRIEDSHE HAS TAKEN THIER SOUL INTO HERS AND FOR EVERY THING THAT HAS GONE WRONG WITH HER LIFE, SHE HAS TAKEN IT IN AS STRENGTH NOT DEFEAT. "
WOW MAWMAW THANK YOU FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE ......."YOU"
by the way she is 107 now and my HERO!!!
JAN
2006-10-17 01:25:36 · answer #1 · answered by strwberridreamz 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
My family is pretty gay. About 12 years ago my extended family decided to recreate the First Thanksgiving. Everybody had to dress up as pilgrims and indians and we made butter and ate outside. Somebody tipped off the local news and next thing we knew we were all on TV and in the next mornings newspaper, lookin like a buncha idiots. How embarrassing. I was 13 at the time and was mortified (i was a pilgrim to my dismay).
Last Thanksgiving they decided to do it again, under the premise that nobody would call the local news again, which they didnt, and we were all Thankful for that. We ate at a long handbuilt table outside in the yard. There were Tee-pees set up around a campfire and we all did rain dances and ate Maize. I got to be an Indian this time and things were much cooler since i was able to get wasted to forget how silly we all looked.
2006-10-17 09:10:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My grandparents argue about everything. So one year we were all there at their house for Thanksgiving and my grandma asked me to come out in the kitchen and mash the potatos. I got up and my grandpa yelled at her that I shouldn't have to help. The next thing I know they are face to face arguing over who was going to do it, by the time the fight was over my aunt and I had everything done and on the table. The next thing I know we sit down to dinner and they start fighting over who will make the mashed potatos at Christmas just so that they "didn't have to have this discussion in a few more weeks." Pre-dinner drinks now include bourbon slushes so that we can all get through the evening.
2006-10-16 15:28:35 · answer #3 · answered by GoodJob 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well about 14 years ago my oldest daughter was about 2 well my mom cooked dinner and sat the table and when she put out the plates she did not have enough for everyone so she gave my daughter a small plate that she had cut up some turkey on for the gravy. now we have this thing where we all go around one at a time and say what we are thank-full for or something that we are proud of for that year, well when it was my daughters turn I asked her are you happy about anything? she just started crying like crazy we all did not know why I said whats wrong and she held up her plate that still had a few crumbs on it and said "sombuby ate my food" we have it on video and it is real funny
2006-10-19 08:46:21 · answer #4 · answered by dydy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A few years ago, when I was seven or eight, I was sitting next to my aunt at Thanksgiving dinner. I didn't like the turkey my grandma had made, so when I thought no one was looking, I took a handful of turkey and threw it on my aunt's plate. She just smiled at me, and we went back to eating. Then, I still had some turkey left, so I decided to do it again. This time, as I scooped it up, my mom turned around to tell me something, and saw my hands full of turkey. I got so scared, I jumped, and tossed turkey everywhere. A bunch of it landed in my aunt's lap, and some of it went in her hair and down her shirt! It was pretty hilarious. They still make fun of me.
2006-10-20 07:45:03 · answer #5 · answered by Britt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was a kid, the entire family got together for turkey day. One year my mom and aunt started their day with a few memossas. By noon it progressed to wine. My mom was quite tipsy (& very funny) by the time the bird came out of the oven at which time, it propmptly slid to the floor. A fully cooked, 20# turkey helplessly parked on the kitchen floor with 15 people waiting to eat. She proceeded to pick it up, brush it off and carve the sucker. Damn it was good.
2006-10-17 05:35:15 · answer #6 · answered by Crazymom 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
A few years ago my mom, sister and i stayed up till like 1:00 in the morning fixing the turkey. now this may not seem funny but we were really tired and we had the turkey legs up and was dancing with it and got it all on camera.
2006-10-17 15:39:32 · answer #7 · answered by Miss Understood 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh good grief, if you want a funny Thanksgiving turkey story you should read that part in Children and Fools. I was having a hard time breathing, seriously.
2006-10-17 07:51:51 · answer #8 · answered by Lady Ettejin of Wern 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mind Over Matter. . .
My cousins decided to play a trick on my aunt and gave her Sparkling Apple Cider in a champagne glass and hid the bottle. My aunt refused at first because she can't handle alcoholic beverages. She'd get drunk just by smelling it. My cousins insisted and told her to take just one sip since it's a holiday. She took a sip and ended up liking it so she took a few more sips. Thinking it was alcoholic, my aunt started acting drunk. She was slurring her words and walking funny. After everyone was able to gain composure from laughing so hard, someone showed her the bottle of apple cider. My aunt was so embarrassed.
2006-10-17 11:43:12 · answer #9 · answered by Mimi 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This one time i was in charge of making a thanksgiving dinner for my family. and i went to the store and bought all my food i needed.. first of all i had made stuffing and forgot to put on the heat on.. and my turkey that i was sopose to make, it was chicken.. it was already late about 8:30. i don't even know what i was thinking. so i had to take my family to a wendy's it was so funny..
2006-10-16 15:37:45 · answer #10 · answered by jus nobody 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋