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Happy Thanksgiving

I'm tired, I've been up all night. Now I get to drive up north for a couple hours, spend the day in Fostoria and drive home tonight.

So what are your plans?

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Hold Da Motha Fuckin Salad.

Me my girl and her son are going to enjoy a relaxing day here at home and cook up a fine Thanksgiving Day turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Play some computer games, watch Detroit lose again and squeeze a few movies in. Plus some (more) adult fun later this evening all in all I perfect day for me!

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I will be going to my parents and my in-laws house for thanksgiving. I will be watching the Cowboys rock Seahawks world. Eat a crapload of stuff and then enjoy the rest of the day.

sob story coming.....

my 10 day thanxgiving vacation and how its going....

day 1...sat - spent the day trying to find a friends files...no complaints there...a few beers and a few laughs

day 2...sun - next friend comes over and makes shrimp risotto...nice

day 3...mon - knee surgery...orthoscopic for an injury i had years ago...by the time i get home that afternoon the whole house comes down with the flu...i have to limp around the house and to the car to get medicine and play nursemaid all day...so much for recovery time

day 4...tues - same story

day 5...wed - house feels better but i have spend hours fixing a pipe burst in the kitchen...many trips up and down stairs...ouch

DAY 6 - HAPPY THANXGIVING FLU DAY....my turn...mother fucker

cant wait to see whats in store for the next few days

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looter n. : someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: plunderer, pillager, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter]

Day 7 - Discovered unsightly lump on neck, called Doctor.

Day 8 - Doctor advises that unsightly lump was my head.

Day 9 - Left punk band to form a Barry Manilow tribute act. Band members elated, they finally employ that quadriplegic epileptic tourettes-suffering drummer they always wanted.

Day 10 - Invaded Poland... Knee still hurts.

Thanksgiving wasn't so "Happy" for at least one Wal-Mart employee
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap...xuziLgD94O3NN00

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NEW YORK (AP) — A worker was killed in the crush Friday after a throng of shoppers eager for post-Thanksgiving bargains burst through the doors at a suburban Wal-Mart, authorities said.

At least four other people were injured, and the store in Valley Stream on Long Island was closed.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., called the incident a "tragic situation" and said the employee came from a temporary agency and was doing maintenance work at the store.

"He was bum-rushed by 200 people," co-worker Jimmy Overby, 43, told the Daily News. "They took the doors off the hinges. He was trampled and killed in front of me. They took me down too. ... I literally had to fight people off my back."

Nassau County police said the 34-year-old worker was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at about 6 a.m. The man's name was not released and the cause of death was not immediately known.

A police statement said shortly after the store's 5 a.m. opening time, shoppers "physically broke down the doors, knocking (the worker) to the ground."

A metal portion of the door was crumpled like an accordion.

Shoppers around the country lined up early outside stores in the annual bargain hunting ritual known as Black Friday. Many stores open early and stay open late, and some of the most dramatic bargains are available in limited quantities.

Among the bargains offered by Wal-Mart for Friday were Samsung 50-inch high definition Plasma TVs for less than $800.

Witnesses told the Daily News that before the store was closed, eager shoppers streamed past emergency crews as they worked furiously to save the worker's life.

"They were working on him, but you could see he was dead," said Halcyon Alexander, 29. "People were still coming through."

A 28-year-old pregnant woman was taken to a hospital for observation, and she and the unborn baby were both reported to be OK, said Sgt. Anthony Repalone, a Nassau County police spokesman. Four or five other people suffered minor injuries, he said.

Ellen Davis, a spokeswoman at National Retail Federation, said the group knew of no other incident where a retail employee has died working on the day after Thanksgiving.

Wal-Mart is working closely with police, company spokesman Dan Fogleman said.

"The safety and security of our customers and associates is our top priority," Fogleman said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with them and their families at this difficult time."

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holy shit that isn't far from me at all, how did I not hear about this

that's the kind of crazy fuckers you have to deal with here out on the island, don't mind the gangs, beware of bargain hunting soccer moms.

Sounds like the January sales at NEXT. I went last year just to watch everyone scrambling over eachother to get at the bargains. Bought myself a starbucks coffee and watched from a bench next to the shop. It was like watching starving Ethiopians fight over bags of grain being thrown to them from the back of UN truck. They were mostly black and asian but it wasn't grain they were fighting over, it was smart casual clothing and generic home furnishings.

I don't understand why people would put themselves through all that just to save a few quid. I don't like crowds and I don't like shopping, put the 2 together and i'm a walking talking, red faced, sweaty, ticking timebomb of rage. If I was forced to actually go in and try and buy something in one of these sales, I guarantee there would be more than 1 fatality.

^Yup, I've seen the Next January sale - seems to be the kids clothes that most people are there for. I've endured it once cos my ex wanted some kids stuff, luckily for me though I'm fairly big so I just shoulder-barged all the fighting single chav mums out of the way.

It simply isn't worth it though, especially as 90% of the time you'll find a better deal online (doesn't really apply to Next cos they make their own shit but you catch my drift).