# Pssst: All the Americans are away eating turkey **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968 "2011-11-24T14:15:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/41 "2011-11-24T20:03:05Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > - God save our gracious Queen, > Long live our noble Queen, > God save the Queen: > Send her victorious, > Happy and glorious, > Long to reign over us: > God save the Queen. \* You forgot the second verse! Thy choicest gifts in store On her be pleased to pour, Long may she reign. May she defend our laws, And give us ever cause, To sing with heart and voice, God save the Queen. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/42 "2011-11-24T20:13:50Z")
> [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](#): > > \ > > Take it all, just promise to start with Bachmann and Gingrich. No way, man! You grew 'em, you keep 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/43 "2011-11-24T20:30:35Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > The furriners are coming? 'Kay. Come on in and watch some _real_ football. Well I’ve given it a go and although watching a group of rather heavy-set chaps running into each other while wearing polished motorcycle helmets is undoubtedly diverting, so far only two of them appear to have used their feet. Have they perhaps misunderstood the point of the game? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/44 "2011-11-24T20:30:42Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > You forgot the second verse! > > Thy choicest gifts in store > On her be pleased to pour, > Long may she reign. > May she defend our laws, > And give us ever cause, > To sing with heart and voice, > God save the Queen. No, that’s not sung until Black Friday, at the top of our lungs as we\* invade your\* border towns for cheap electronic goods. \*This is a wee bit over-the-top, since I’m dual, but I did honestly forget that it was American Thanksgiving today. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/45 "2011-11-24T20:40:27Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [Nickelback responds to NFL petition.](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/5166240802/nickelback-responds-to-NFL-petition) (NSFW for language.) Oh that was fun. I don’t get all the nickelback hate. I like them. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/46 "2011-11-24T20:42:11Z")
> [@Wallenstein](#): > > Well I’ve given it a go and although watching a group of rather heavy-set chaps running into each other while wearing polished motorcycle helmets is undoubtedly diverting, so far only two of them appear to have used their feet. > > Have they perhaps misunderstood the point of the game? Well, when you don’t have access to football, all the upper padding on the dudes in handegg makes their butts look cute! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/47 "2011-11-24T20:46:13Z")
"To ANACREON in Heav’n, where he sat in full Glee, A few Sons of Harmony sent a Petition, That He their Inspirer and Patron wou’d be; When this Answer arriv’d from the JOLLY OLD GRECIAN "Voice, Fiddle, and Flute, "No longer be mute, "I’ll lend you my Name and inspire you to boot, "And, besides, I’ll instruct you like me, to intwine "The Myrtle of VENUS with BACCHUS’s Vine. " Wonder if anyone will be able to recycle this old tune into some sort of anthem? 😉 Have a great Thanksgiving Day, Americans. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/48 "2011-11-24T22:05:43Z")
I love American Thanksgiving! While our company is in the Great White North, most of our clients are in the states. I have spent the whole day doing all the things I haven’t had time for in weeks. I have closed off so many things, my boss’ head will probably explode. Tomorrow is likely to be more of the same. Whoo-hoo! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/49 "2011-11-24T22:31:27Z")
The one day of the year the oil rich nations of the Earth can rest easy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jaguars](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaguars/32/5879_2.png) [@Jaguars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaguars)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/50 "2011-11-24T22:49:22Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > The furriners are coming? 'Kay. Come on in and watch some _real_ football. > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’ve head people say that CFL football is _better_ than NFL football. Just sayin’. 🙂 Thats why I brought a rugby ball. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/51 "2011-11-24T22:59:55Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > The furriners are coming? 'Kay. Come on in and watch some _real_ football. Man City or Man United? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/52 "2011-11-24T23:39:53Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > You and your metric system can go kilogram sand! > > :eek: My god … I’m too late … Shouldn’t that be 453 gm sand? ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/53 "2011-11-25T00:26:11Z")
If you unpack that crate over there with the redbacks and funnelwebs, I’ll get this crate with the brown snakes and taipan’s, and the sloshing sound is the tanks with the blue ringed octopi, Great Whites, and Box Jellyfish. That’ll make this place feel much more like home! I hope the turkey doesn’t weigh the USAian’s down too much when they get back and have to run from the DropBears. 😃 😛 And the Rugby League prop’s will be along shortly to demonstrate the tackling techniques of our local ‘real’ football. Sorry but we don’t use pads in League! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/54 "2011-11-25T01:31:37Z")
Sorry about that one box of funnelwebs; I knocked it over while wrangling the snow snakes. They’ll turn up eventually; they always do. (Snow snakes are notoriously cranky if woken up before the snow is on the ground. And they always know, even in a windowless room.) ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/55 "2011-11-26T00:31:06Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > …handegg… … ? … ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/56 "2011-11-26T00:33:56Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > And the Rugby League prop’s will be along shortly to demonstrate the tackling techniques of our local ‘real’ football. Sorry but we don’t use pads in League! OK. Gotta hand it to you there. I watched the All Blacks win the championship, and, yes, that’s some fierce, manly shit. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/57 "2011-11-26T03:24:02Z")
> [@Wallenstein](#): > > Well I’ve given it a go and although watching a group of rather heavy-set chaps running into each other while wearing polished motorcycle helmets is undoubtedly diverting, so far only two of them appear to have used their feet. > > Have they perhaps misunderstood the point of the game? George Will once wrote, “Football combines two of the least pleasant aspects of American culture: violence and committee meetings.” Happy (Day After American) Thanksgiving, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Cara\_mel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@Cara\_mel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cara_mel)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/58 "2011-11-26T04:34:23Z")
Is it safe to come out of lurderdom? JK - we love youse guys, or, we love all y’all, or something. ---
**Author:** ![spotthegerbil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@spotthegerbil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spotthegerbil)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/59 "2011-11-26T09:43:59Z")
I’m going to go for a drive, and I’ll be doing it in my little Skoda at 55mpg. And I’ll fill the tank with petrol. > [@Baker](#): > > You forgot the second verse! > > Thy choicest gifts in store > On her be pleased to pour, > Long may she reign. > May she defend our laws, > And give us ever cause, > To sing with heart and voice, > God save the Queen. We don’t get much use out of the following verse north of Gretna. ``` Lord, grant that Marshal Wade, May by thy mighty aid, Victory bring. May he sedition hush, and like a torrent rush, Rebellious Scots to crush, God save the King. ``` ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968/60 "2011-11-27T01:27:21Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > Well, when you don’t have access to football, all the upper padding on the dudes in handegg makes their butts look cute! > [@Rysdad](#): > > … ? … An American [football](http://images.free-extras.com/pics/r/rawlings_football-955.jpg) is vaguely egg-shaped and is thrown by the quarterback or carried by a runner the majority of the time. It is only kicked during specific situations, such as kicking off to the opposing team or trying to score points by kicking it over the goal post. Therefore, “handegg” seems to be a more appropriate name for the game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pssst-all-the-americans-are-away-eating-turkey/603968.md?page=4)