One of our most important holidays is Thanksgiving Day, known in France as le Jour de Merci Donnant.
Le Jour de Merci Donnant was first started by a group of Pilgrims (Pelerins) who fled from l’Angleterre before the McCarran Act to found a colony in the New World (le Nouveau Monde) where they could shoot Indians (les Peaux-Rouges) and eat turkey (dinde) to their hearts’ content.
They landed at a place called Plymouth (now a famous voiture Americaine ) in a wooden sailing ship called the Mayflower (or Fleur de Mai ) in 1620. But while the Pelerins were killing the dindes, the Peaux-Rouges were killing the Pelerins, and there were several hard winters ahead for both of them. The only way the Peaux-Rouges helped the Pelerins was when they taught them to grow corn (mais). The reason they did this was because they liked corn with their Pelerins.
In 1623, after another harsh year, the Pelerins’ crops were so good that they decided to have a celebration and give thanks because more mais was raised by the Pelerins than Pelerins were killed by Peaux-Rouges.
Every year on the Jour de Merci Donnant, parents tell their children an amusing story about the first celebration.
It concerns a brave capitaine named Miles Standish (known in France as Kilometres Deboutish) and a young, shy lieutenant named Jean Alden. Both of them were in love with a flower of Plymouth called Priscilla Mullens (no translation). The vieux capitaine said to the jeune lieutenant :
“Go to the damsel Priscilla ( allez tres vite chez Priscilla), the loveliest maiden of Plymouth ( la plus jolie demoiselle de Plymouth). Say that a blunt old captain, a man not of words but of action (un vieux Fanfan la Tulipe), offers his hand and his heart, the hand and heart of a soldier. Not in these words, you know, but this, in short, is my meaning.
“I am a maker of war (je suis un fabricant de la guerre) and not a maker of phrases. You, bred as a scholar (vous, qui tes pain comme un tudiant), can say it in elegant
seanfear 19 days ago
seems you won’t be having anything this year
rekam Premium Member 19 days ago
Was thinking hotdogs, but no better. How about scrambled eggs?
C 19 days ago
Hog wash
snsurone76 19 days ago
Will a vegan Thanksgiving arouse the Monstrous Poison Ivy??
diazch408 19 days ago
Hogstra? This kid has a vivid imagination.
sergioandrade Premium Member 19 days ago
Carefull I think Hogzilla may be cooyrighted. (I’ve seen at least one comic book featuring Hogzilla.)
mccollunsky 19 days ago
The first Thanksgiving was their last, wow.
nosirrom 19 days ago
So no meat this year. But then they’ll have to worry about Tofurah.
arolarson Premium Member 19 days ago
So maybe stick with the mashed potatoes and the cornbread.
mourdac Premium Member 19 days ago
Radioactive giant turkey, Hogstra, what else has the educational system failed to teach about the Pilgrims, a giant mutant pumpkin? … /s
jcwrocks69 19 days ago
Kind of a short short story. Where is the screaming? The mayhem? Where is the blood, gore, and guts?
DawnQuinn1 19 days ago
And there was really NO turkey at the first Thanksgiving. And they didn’t wear tall hats with buckles on them. Did anyone even show up?
kaystari Premium Member 19 days ago
Think I missed a few pages of the story…
royq27 19 days ago
Chinese!
baskate_2000 19 days ago
Again, Wow, dark!
nsaber 19 days ago
Pilgrims were like herpes – despite turkeyzilla they kept coming back….
The Duke 19 days ago
That’s why I am a Vegan.
heathcliff2 19 days ago
I demand censorship. Only this once.
oboy97403 19 days ago
And don’t even think of enraging Cowabunga!
Twelve Badgers in a Suit Premium Member 19 days ago
Does this take place on Roanoke Island?
wildlandwaters 19 days ago
best to play it safe and have tofurkey…
eb110americana 19 days ago
Turkey Kaiju Stuffing:
First gather 700,000,000 bread…
KEA 19 days ago
I’m sure the Hogfather would not be amused.
bike2sac 19 days ago
One of our most important holidays is Thanksgiving Day, known in France as le Jour de Merci Donnant.
Le Jour de Merci Donnant was first started by a group of Pilgrims (Pelerins) who fled from l’Angleterre before the McCarran Act to found a colony in the New World (le Nouveau Monde) where they could shoot Indians (les Peaux-Rouges) and eat turkey (dinde) to their hearts’ content.
They landed at a place called Plymouth (now a famous voiture Americaine ) in a wooden sailing ship called the Mayflower (or Fleur de Mai ) in 1620. But while the Pelerins were killing the dindes, the Peaux-Rouges were killing the Pelerins, and there were several hard winters ahead for both of them. The only way the Peaux-Rouges helped the Pelerins was when they taught them to grow corn (mais). The reason they did this was because they liked corn with their Pelerins.
In 1623, after another harsh year, the Pelerins’ crops were so good that they decided to have a celebration and give thanks because more mais was raised by the Pelerins than Pelerins were killed by Peaux-Rouges.
Every year on the Jour de Merci Donnant, parents tell their children an amusing story about the first celebration.
It concerns a brave capitaine named Miles Standish (known in France as Kilometres Deboutish) and a young, shy lieutenant named Jean Alden. Both of them were in love with a flower of Plymouth called Priscilla Mullens (no translation). The vieux capitaine said to the jeune lieutenant :
“Go to the damsel Priscilla ( allez tres vite chez Priscilla), the loveliest maiden of Plymouth ( la plus jolie demoiselle de Plymouth). Say that a blunt old captain, a man not of words but of action (un vieux Fanfan la Tulipe), offers his hand and his heart, the hand and heart of a soldier. Not in these words, you know, but this, in short, is my meaning.
“I am a maker of war (je suis un fabricant de la guerre) and not a maker of phrases. You, bred as a scholar (vous, qui tes pain comme un tudiant), can say it in elegant
Smeagol 19 days ago
Javelina the Horrible.
SNVBD 15 days ago
Just go vegan