Fucking Thanksgiving Dinner

[FallingToFly]

At the last minute, everyone bailed.

I now have a 20lb turkey, masses of food, six pies, and no one to eat them.

WTF????

Give me a little bit of warning. Like- BEFORE I START COOKING FOR ALLOF YOU!!!

 

[blackhaus7]

At the last minute, everyone bailed.

I now have a 20lb turkey, masses of food, six pies, and no one to eat them.

WTF????

Give me a little bit of warning. Like- BEFORE I START COOKING FOR ALLOF YOU!!!

So you don't do the same the next meal. Make for about a fourth. Then when they all show up....................complain and bitch like hell.

 

[FallingToFly]

So you don't do the same the next meal. Make for about a fourth. Then when they all show up....................complain and bitch like hell.

No, I'm entitled this year...

I called on Sunday and confirmed everyone's presence. I called on Tuesday too, to firm up a few things- who was bringing beverages, and who was bringing movies, games, etc.

Everyone confirmed.

Today, ten people vanished from the list.

*growls* I'm elbow deep in pie, stuffing, turkey guts, and sweet potatoes.

I have baked TEN FUCKING PIES this week.

*growling louder*

I spent three hours prepping the FUCKING TURKEY!

And NOW they cancel?

*explodes into something large, scaly, red and flame-throwing*

I am going to fucking KILL THEM!

 

[scriptordelecto]

At the last minute, everyone bailed.

I now have a 20lb turkey, masses of food, six pies, and no one to eat them.

WTF????

Give me a little bit of warning. Like- BEFORE I START COOKING FOR ALLOF YOU!!!

Damn that sucks! Hugs FTF.

 

[FallingToFly]

Damn that sucks! Hugs FTF.

I'll live. Anyone want to come over for pie? I still have another hour before I can go to bed.

 

[tanyachrs]

That's terrible. Really bad manners, sheesh. Thanksgiving isn't something you change your mind about. Sorry.

 

[FallingToFly]

That's terrible. Really bad manners, sheesh. Thanksgiving isn't something you change your mind about. Sorry.

I'm just ranting... I'm mad, but I'll just do what I always do and freeze the leftovers to use as ammunition the next time I get the urge to throw something at one of them.

At least three people do this every year. This year just got a little out of hand.

 

[3113]

Ten people canceled the NIGHT BEFORE Thanksgiving???

Outrageous! Unfucking believable! Who are these people? If they're not related to you (i.e., friends), I think you oughta drop them and get new friends. I mean really. People who do that, without a REAL emergency for doing it, they ain't your friends. Don't ever invite them to anything again. You can't trust them.

As for all that food....If you let us know where you live, those of us near by can drop in for a piece of pie maybe? Take home some turkey left overs?

And next year...ask your guests to contribute side dishes and pies. That way, all you have to make is turkey, gravy and stuffing.

 

[Stella_Omega]

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And next year...ask your guests to contribute side dishes and pies. That way, all you have to make is turkey, gravy and stuffing.

The problem then is that when people bail you're left without the pie...

I hope you have REALLY good aim, FTF!

 

[Guest]

Ten people canceled the NIGHT BEFORE Thanksgiving???

Outrageous! Unfucking believable! Who are these people? If they're not related to you (i.e., friends), I think you oughta drop them and get new friends. I mean really. People who do that, without a REAL emergency for doing it, they ain't your friends. Don't ever invite them to anything again. You can't trust them.

As for all that food....If you let us know where you live, those of us near by can drop in for a piece of pie maybe? Take home some turkey left overs?

And next year...ask your guests to contribute side dishes and pies. That way, all you have to make is turkey, gravy and stuffing.

I completely agree.

Do you have good freezer space?

Cut turkey, store, freeze pies for later, etc. Take one to a neighbor who is in need. Don't invite the idiots for next year -

 

[3113]

The problem then is that when people bail you're left without the pie...

True, but pie is the one thing that can be picked up at almost any store (including cheap, 24 hour places) at the last minute--especially this time of year. So if they call the night before and no pie bringers are coming, THEN you can either buy one, or make one in the morning.

And if that many are not coming, you probably only need one pie.

FTF: I assume some folk are coming? Send each one home with a gift bag that includes a pound of turkey and a pie

 

[FallingToFly]

six people are coming.

three of them are my kids, and a fourth is myself.

Half of the ten who cancelled are family members, the other half are adopted family members. kind of hard to cut them off.

I don't mind cooking large amounts, but if I had known I was only feeding six of the original twenty on the list, I would have bought a smaller turkey, less yams, and only made two or three pies.

On the bright side, I do know that we'll have the usual moochers who stop by. People like my mom's contractors, who were drooling while I was making my last minute shopping list for this morning. One of them offered to trade me venison for a pumpkin pie, he gets a pie, lol. Our farrier and vets sometimes show up randomly as well, and I always send big heaping plates of food to the shut-in with agoraphobia and a serious paranoid issue across the way. The cats will get the bones.

Still... damn. I'[m in the N. Florida/Tallahassee area.. anyone wants to stop over for food, just drop me a PM. Gods know I will have PLENTY left over!

Stella- I do have good aim. On top of that... I just started learning what will become a chain whip form. Next year, I will have cast-iron guarantees of attendance, or I will strip th eskin off their bones in retaliation.

 

[scriptordelecto]

Still... damn. I'[m in the N. Florida/Tallahassee area.. anyone wants to stop over for food, just drop me a PM. Gods know I will have PLENTY left over!

Damn! Too far away. I'm in SC.

 

[Weird Harold]

Next year, I will have cast-iron guarantees of attendance, or I will strip the skin off their bones in retaliation.

I'd start the planning for next year with, "so who's cooking this year, 'cause I'm sure as hell not after everyone bailed at the last minute."

As for this year, I think a pie in the face the next time the jerks come within range would be appropriate -- and I don't think I'd bother to thaw it out, either.

 

[3113]

I hope you have REALLY good aim, FTF!

Stella, loan her your gun! It'll be the great, Thanksgiving, Tallahassee family massacre.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Stella, loan her your gun! It'll be the great, Thanksgiving, Tallahassee family massacre.

Annie, come an' get it...
I had a computer guy in the house today. He said something about going to a bar tommorrow, adn I invited him to come eat turkey with us, instead.

I'd misunderstood him- his family all come to his house, but he isn't speaking to one group of cousins, so he goes off to a bar while they are in the house, and they are not allowed to stay long... I didn't pry any further.

 

[slyc_willie]

No Thanks

They better really fucking hook you up at Christmas, that's all I got to say.

 

[Antfarmer77]

*growls* I'm elbow deep in pie, stuffing, turkey guts, and sweet potatoes.

Sorry for your inconvience...but that quote is kinda 9 1/2 Weeks hot.

 

[rgraham666]

Crap. Sorry to hear that, Falling.

If you've got that much spare pie, I'm thinking, there might be a homeless shelter nearby who might find some use for it. Or a local church might be feeding people and they could use them.

 

[FallingToFly]

The nearest one is about an hour away in Tallahassee proper.

I have been awake for two and a half hours, and I am now sitting here naked wondering if maybe, just maybe, it is feasible to have a hangover based purely on exhaustion and a single shot of peppermint schnapps.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

At the last minute, everyone bailed.

I now have a 20lb turkey, masses of food, six pies, and no one to eat them.

WTF????

Give me a little bit of warning. Like- BEFORE I START COOKING FOR ALLOF YOU!!!

Oh that's bullshit! I'd load all that shit in my car and drive to wherever they were, pop the trunk and start wailing on the horn yelling, "Free Food!"

Or you could do something noble and take it to a local shelter or soup kitchen.

 

[JustaJerk]

Still... damn. I'[m in the N. Florida/Tallahassee area.. anyone wants to stop over for food, just drop me a PM. Gods know I will have PLENTY left over!

Dang. Wished I lived a lot closer. I have a brood of five I could bring. But the two boys eat for three each.

Every year it's a question of who's house we go to for Thanksgiving. Usually, it's, "we went to my mom's last year. This year we go to yours."
"No, we're going to your moms."

Ahh... Family.

Still, wish I lived closer. Complete strangers can't be as strange as my family.

Justa

 

[Trinique_Fire]

The nearest one is about an hour away in Tallahassee proper.

I have been awake for two and a half hours, and I am now sitting here naked wondering if maybe, just maybe, it is feasible to have a hangover based purely on exhaustion and a single shot of peppermint schnapps.

I think it's a good way to go crazy.

 

[Aurora Black]

Bring it here! I don't feel like cooking today.

 

[FallingToFly]

Bring it here! I don't feel like cooking today.

I would in a heartbeat. Stop by and scoop up Trini, my Pyxie, a couple bottles of good wine, and just show up.

But damn the fares are expensive... ad they won't let me bring the food. :S