# What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375 "2006-11-22T01:39:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/21 "2006-11-22T17:43:31Z")
Okay, I’m thankful I don’t have an obstructed bowel. I’m enormously grateful that my faucet continues to give me water instead of rancid soup. I’m so appreciative that others have lived before me and have done stupid things like trying to french kiss the electric outlet, so I now know better. A shoutout to gravity–I’m so disorganized, I’m sure I’d literally never find things if they kept flying off into space all the time. I’m thankful that orgasms aren’t accompanied all the time by raging fevers lasting weeks at a time. I’m glad that the Boogeyman stays underneath my bed and rarely ventures out to grab my legs when I go to sleep. That feels so much better now, so thanks for reminding me to list all the things I’m grateful for. ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/22 "2006-11-22T18:02:33Z")
Last year, the week before Thanksgiving, my brother was severely hurt while working in the Peace Corps. He was flown to a hospital in South Africa, and it was very touch and go there for a while. I am extremely thankful that, while he will be probably be disabled permanently, he is alive. In fact, he just moved in with my wife and I, and I’m loving having him around all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/23 "2006-11-22T18:12:27Z")
[QUOTE=pseudotriton ruber ruber] Okay, I’m thankful I don’t have an obstructed bowel. I’m enormously grateful that my faucet continues to give me water instead of rancid soup. I’m so appreciative that others have lived before me and have done stupid things like trying to french kiss the electric outlet, so I now know better. A shoutout to gravity–I’m so disorganized, I’m sure I’d literally never find things if they kept flying off into space all the time. I’m thankful that orgasms aren’t accompanied all the time by raging fevers lasting weeks at a time. I’m glad that the Boogeyman stays underneath my bed and rarely ventures out to grab my legs when I go to sleep. That feels so much better now, so thanks for reminding me to list all the things I’m grateful for. [/QUOTE] Now see…I’d just be “appreciative” of those things. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/24 "2006-11-22T18:26:05Z")
[QUOTE=pseudotriton ruber ruber] That feels so much better now, so thanks for reminding me to list all the things I’m grateful for. [/QUOTE] We’re here for ya, pal. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/25 "2006-11-22T18:44:38Z")
I’m thankful for my healthy, intelligent children. Out there somewhere in this world there is a couple of families that received our real children and We got theirs and I’d like to say, HA HA! I am thankful that my 11 year old dog is still with us. She’s so awesome, but I’ll spare you pages of gushingness over her yellowy goodness. I am thankful for my nearly 5 month old kitty has almost stopped attacking our feet as we walk by. The biting has almost stopped too and the ramps about the bedroom all night long have settled down into sleeping next to the begrudging aging dog. I am thankful that I was able to find a brain dead job 8 minutes from home ( no stop lights or traffic. Dirt roads all the way, baby) to help supplement the income which needs it more now than ever with the way Michigan’s economy is in the crapper. I am grateful that Dick DeVos did not get into office here. Anything connected with Scamway is BAD. ( Of course, I’m not real happy with Granholm either, but she is slightly less evil than Dick.) I’m thankful for the health of my family. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/26 "2006-11-22T18:47:13Z")
Sometimes I think we need to do this 'round the calendar year, not just on Thanksgiving. I’m thankful for the best gift I’ve ever gotten - my three-month-old son, who thinks I’m the funniest person he’s ever met. I’m thankful for my husband, who also thinks I’m funny and watches Battlestaar Galactica with me, and I’m thankful for his new job, which seems to be a good opportunity for him. I’m thankful that the birth of my son has turned my father-in-law into a new person, one that I barely recognize. I’m thankful that everyone in my family is still healthy and alive, and that we’ve had three new babies in the last year to remind us to appreciate each other. I’m also thankful for snark. Because without snark and reading snark, days like today would pass awfully slowly :D. E. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/27 "2006-11-22T19:09:51Z")
**Necros** – Happy Thanksgiving to you and your whole family! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/28 "2006-11-22T19:23:19Z")
The same things I’m always thankful for: a beautiful wife, a comfortable life, a job I enjoy, roof over our heads, generally good health, and family that loves us. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/29 "2006-11-22T19:28:15Z")
First of all, a job. Being employed is always good! At this job, I am in a new department working for a manager I respect and like (who respects and likes me also), and with whom I can work well. This time last year I was in a department working for a manager I didn’t like, didn’t respect (who didn’t treat me with one iota of respect), and with whom I could not work well at all. I’m SO thankful for my job! I’m thankful for the health and happiness of my family and friends. I’m thankful for my wonderful SO who gives me and does for me probably more than I deserve at times. I’m thankful for my own health and happiness. I’m thankful for my dog, Joey, who is my faithful companion. And I’m hopeful that the world will somehow be better in 2007… ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/30 "2006-11-22T19:29:06Z")
I’m thankful that I’m\* not \* a … TURKEY! * * * Now I’m off to **gobble** up some food! * * * True Blue Jack ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/31 "2006-11-22T19:48:07Z")
What am I thankful for? My boss just sent us home early! Woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/32 "2006-11-22T19:52:27Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] **Necros** – Happy Thanksgiving to you and your whole family! [/QUOTE] Thanks, **twickster**! Likewise! And, hey, we just got notice about leaving early, too! So, make that two things to be thankful for. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/33 "2006-11-22T20:06:10Z")
I’m thankfull that I won’t live forever 🙂 It’s been a mother so far . ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/34 "2006-11-22T20:22:14Z")
Well, I’m glad that nobody I’m close to has died this year (although we did come rather close during the summer). ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/35 "2006-11-22T21:16:12Z")
A couple of years ago I found myself resisting a strong urge to give in to bitterness. I felt old and alone, living a mediocre existence. Tomorrow I can offer gratitude that I met a beautiful woman some time back, who recently became my wife; my work is challenging, if not always fulfilling; and after six years my band is still together, stretching my attempts at being creative to new lengths; I feel great physically; my children are all well and have become successful adults. We’ll have a decent roof over our heads, a turkey in the oven, and a few bucks in the bank. Yeah, I’m thankful. ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/36 "2006-11-22T23:51:28Z")
My health is good. I have a place to live. I have a job and am capable of supporting myself. I eat every day. I have the basic essentials. Am I thankful? I don’t think I fully understand what that means. I only have myself to thank for getting up in the morning and going to work so I can have a place to live and food to eat. I guess I should be thankful that I live in a society that allows such a condition to exist, but don’t most if not all societies center around that basic idea (aside from communism, maybe). My health is good, but that’s as much dumb luck as anything, so I don’t know why I should be “thankful” over that. I exercise daily and take basic care of myself, so at least, in part I can take some credit there too. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/37 "2006-11-22T23:59:07Z")
One more: I just finished a poker game in the money for the first time since May. _May_! I am very, very thankful to the players who contributed to my winnings. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![annanate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@annanate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annanate)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/38 "2006-11-23T00:04:39Z")
I’m thankful for reading this thread to remind me that everything doesn’t truly suck. (Been in a bit of a funk lately with the Holiday’s approaching.) I’ve got a good job, a roof over my head, and plenty to eat. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/39 "2006-11-23T03:36:21Z")
1.) Good health 2.) Great friends 3.) Interesting (if not overtly loving) family 4.) Cool apartment 5.) Fun job with weird coworkers who like that I’m weird too 6.) Oysters and champagne and pigs-in-the-blanket (best appetizers in the world, kids!) ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375/40 "2006-11-23T06:42:46Z")
I’ve unexpectedly reconnected with several old friends from college days (almost forty-five years ago) and have found their companionship as warm and fun as it was then. They feel like comfortable old shoes. I am grateful for old friends who have shown up again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-thankful-for-this-thanksgiving/381375.md?page=3)