What sort of bullshit is this? Prayer for a turkey?

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

Seriously?

Eat Thanksgiving meal and offer a prayer for a turkey who gave his life for us? Gave his life for us? Come on, now.

He didn't give shit for us. He suffered a miserable life and was snuffed out. That's it. I must say, I was sniggering with the family right wingers on this one. If it's criminal to eat a factory-raised turkey (and it is, and I didn't), then just don't do it. Don't say a stupid-ass prayer for the hormone-infested bird. Just eat it. Quit trying to make an ugly situation holy. Why is my family so ass-backwards?

For fuck's sake.

Amen.

[whistler162]

1. Might I suggest laying off the alcohol!

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

2. Yeah, I wish.

But maybe for my cousin who said the prayer. Yeah, probably.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

3. I pray to the Turkey.

Just to be safe.

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

4. I had not considered this.

Thank you.

[Dreamer Tatum]

5. Odd how every single solitary poster not only has scads of RW relations

but they break bread with them every single solitary Thanksgiving.

Odd.

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

8. Odd.

Not sure what you're implying, but I know what conclusions I can draw from your post.

In this post, the person offering the prayer would be right at home at DU. I was mocking her, not the right wingers. She's an idiot. So are they, but for different reasons.

Maybe read a little more closely next time--unless most right-wingers you know offer prayers for turkeys.

I was simply lamenting my Thanksgiving. Perhaps ungrateful, I know, fine. At least I don't have cancer. But good lord.

[Mojorabbit]

28. What is odd about it?

A quarter of my family are right wingers. The rest are not. We are family and love each other nevertheless. We have made it a rule to not talk politics at the table after several ugly events and it is working out for us.

[NuclearDem]

29. Not odd for me. With the exception of me, one of my cousins and her boyfriend,

my family is full of hard core right wingers. However, I love them to death.

I know that's not the same for every family. I'm just lucky that way.

[Archae]

32. I don't have any RW relatives anymore...

I have two relatives that are simply assholes.

[Kingofalldems]

33. Every single solitary poster you say?

Of course that is BS. Don't think you like DUers at all. Odd.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

6. like antisemitism, this OP is wrong. Thanks to you there is a religion called Turkeyism on the rise

With a little yeast your wifes' buns will rise too!

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

17. A little yeast in my wife's buns . . .

yes, you must be God since you know my prayers.

Or maybe you know something I don't since you wrote, wifes'.

The wife would be most displeased.

[Lex]

7. How about you do your thing

and everyone else does theirs? And less hissy-fits.

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

11. She prayed for a turkey who did nothing but suffer.

For her consumption.

And then she ate it. With a shitty, holy smile on her face.

Ugh.

And that should be "fewer" hissy fits. Just sayin'.

[Lex]

16. I can tell you are a joy

to have around at the holidays. Just sayin'.

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

18. Yes, well, at least my relatives

can have a cogent conversation. They may not like what I have to say, but at least it makes sense.

Lex. With eagle face.

Sad.

[dionysus]

19. u mad bro.

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

21. Not at all.

Amused rather.

[pintobean]

9. Those who prayed

and those who just accepted the prayer as something some people do, probably had a much better day than those who found it outrageous. Some people just look for reasons to be outraged.

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

13. Yes, acquisecence usualy ends well.

Just let it all be.

I'm not outraged. I'm simply defining a perplexing moment today. In fact, I would have felt better had I been outraged. I was imply dumbfounded by the myopia.

Where I come from prayer ought to mean something. You may like people praying for their own prosperity or praying that we overcome the terrorists or praying that Murika be prosperous; I find this all rather stupid--not prayer in general but these prayers in particular. So I guess we disagree. You go pray on that.

[pintobean]

14. I don't pray

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

15. That may be a good policy.

Unfortunately, I do.

Ah, well.

[pintobean]

20. Try the serenity prayer

You may find it useful.

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

22. Serenity now, serenity now.

Is that it? We all know how that it ends. Don't we, Lloyd Braun?

But thanks.

[pintobean]

23. Who needs wisdom

when we can have humor?

Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

(Although known most widely in its abbreviated form above,
the entire prayer reads as follows...)

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

24. Forgive me, I was simply being sarcastic.

I love Niebuhr and fully comprehend all the good AA has done.

I meant nothing more.

My weakness at this board is assuming that we're all on the same side and have only minor differences. I see here I was wrong. We are really talking the same thing. I harbor no resentment towards my family and lover her dearly and yet still think her prayer is stupid beyond belief. I try to hold two thoughts in my mind at the same time. I realize not all can do that, so that when I'm being irascible but playful only the negative comes out. Maybe it's just the medium.

But your shaming device has worked wonders. Thank you, sir. Can I have some more?

[BlueStreak]

10. Will we meet the turkey again in heaven? And will he have his head back?

[eridani]

12. I think that thanking the plants and animals that feed us is a wonderful custom.

God's infinite after all, so it's no skin of His ass.

[Journeyman]

25. A "Bloom County" Prayer for a Turkey. . .

http://thefishmongersplace.blogspot.com/2006/11/milos-thanksgiving-dinner-prayer.html

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

26. Amen.

Thank you.

[Fuddnik]

27. I was looking for that classic.

[Art_from_Ark]

31. Bloom County helped me make it through the Reagan era

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. Well, if you are very religious (and curious about ancient religions)

offering a prayer for the animal that gave his or her life for you to eat is proper. I am talking well before the Age of Bronze here. So I guess your relatives are following pre-Christian mores.

That is what I call irony on steroids.