Pen Name (Photo credit: diverter)
I seem to be on a Thanksgiving roll this week, so to continue the tradition, I have decided to quote a source that seems to have endless things to say. Unknown and his brother Anonymous are so prolific~I seriously do not know how they found the time to comment on everything under the sun. Real soup to nuts guys.
I assume Anonymous and Unknown are male because they probably said a few things that their wives would not have approved of, and could not come up with a nom de plume or pen name fast enough to cover their (mis)steps.
In honour of Thanksgiving, Author Unknown had this little ditty up his sleeve and produced it I am sure to much fanfare. I hear Anonymous was jealous that he did not come up with it first. Without further ado:
Thanksgiving Dinner (Photo credit: The Vault DFW)
May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey be plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
and your pies take the prize,
and may your Thanksgiving dinner
stay off your thighs!
I understand that these words have no equals in the annals of literature, and should be praised as bon mots–but I do find the last line a bit of a cruel way to go into this season of feasting.
I would like to challenge you, dear readers, to coming up with a less cruel way to end Unknown’s little poem, and I will include them in a post on this blog tomorrow.
I am ominous
but not anonymous
Oh that was really lame – sorry!
It was not lame, but I love lame as a general rule
It’s taking me later and later into each year to lose the weight I gained during the last holiday season. Don’t tell me the holidays are about to start again.
ha ha
May your thanksgiving dinner delight your heart…even though mine usually goes to my thighs
. This might be the year of victory lol.
good one – like this one –
May your yams be delicious
and your pies take the prize,
May your feast on the table
Be one for your eyes.
There – a low calorie way of ending that isn’t cruel.
I love it – well done! and it bypassed cruelty by a mile
May your yams be delicious
and your pies take the prize,
and may your Thanksgiving dinner
receive a round of high-fives
Excellent – you caught the spirit of it really well –I like this–adds a bit of a modern note!
I aim to please!
I was tossing up between that and:
And may your Thanksgiving dinner be monstrous in size.
have to say I like the second one too –
Huzzah!
May your Thanksgiving gravy not drip on your ties..
very good –but I thought that was what ties were for–oh, you were rhyming! ha ha
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Be all you surmised….. Diane
good one Diane — as long as no one surmises mine is going to be bad! but if they do, maybe I will surprise them
May your yams be delicious,
And your pies take the prize,
May you loosen your belt after dinner,
With a big satisfied sigh.
now that is the perfect ending to a Thanksgiving dinner!
“May your Thanksgiving Dinner stretch your Levi’s”
This is probably just as mean as the one you stated. So maybe…
“May your Thanksgiving Dinner mesmerize!”
“May your Thanksgiving Dinner last till sunrise!”
May your Thanksgiving Dinner create family ties!”
As you can see I had way too much fun with this
Lovely Poem!
Adieu, scribbler
I love all your endings, even the Levis one — each one of them is fun or happy or memory making
Thank you!
Adieu, Scribbler
May your yams be delicious
and your pies take the prize,
May your Thanksgiving Dinner
Be as delicious as the expression in your eyes.
now that is just so sweet–I love it, and it is so beyond insulting
and may your Thanksgiving dinner be full of cute guys
now there is a different take –I like it!
be a feast for your eyes!
and I’ll see what else I can come up with
that was good — and kind
bring you lots of allies
or
bring contented sighs
Enjoy it whatever!
I really like “bring contented sighs”
Me too!