Jolly Monday — And Happy Thanksgiving 🦃

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thanksgivingGood Monday morn, my friends!  Come in out of the c-c-cold … just toss your jackets on that chair over there … Jolly will hang them up for you in a minute.  So … how was your weekend?  Did any of you do anything special?  No?  We didn’t either.  I sent daughter Chris out on errands Saturday evening and she picked up some fish ‘n chips from Red Robin, but that was about the height of the excitement around here.  Yesterday was cold, rainy, dark and gloomy, so I’m glad to see the sun out this morning … perhaps it will warm things up a bit.  Since Thursday is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., Joyful and I thought Thanksgiving-themed treats were in order for this morning.  Sorry, guys, I tried but simply could not form a piece of bacon into the shape of either a turkey or a pumpkin!  So, the bacon will be back on the menu next week.  Help yourself to some treats and a warm drink, and then let’s get this week of to a start with a bit of humour, shall we?

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You know how you go to the park and a few dozen pigeons come around to see if perhaps you’ve brought them a treat?  We had a pigeon this summer that was a veritable pig … he would come around back where Ali had put out seed for the other birdies, and he would run them off, then proceed to devour half the food!  Eventually he discovered the sunflowers out front, and stopped eating the other bird’s food, but he sure was a pig.  Anyway, who knew that one single pigeon could be worth nearly $2 million???

pigeon-1New Kim is her name, and she is a two-year-old Belgian-bred racing pigeon.  Who knew pigeons raced?  New Kim broke a world record and became the world’s most expensive pigeon when she was sold at auction for nearly $1.9 million … $1,894,672, to be exact.  Now who in their right mind pays that kind of money for a pigeon???

pigeon-2Turns out the buyer was a Chinese man using the pseudonym Super Duper.  And this isn’t Super Duper’s first foray into idiocy!  He previously set the world record in March 2019, when he paid $1.4 million for a champion racing pigeon named Armando.  I wonder if he plans to breed Armando and New Kim and sell their offspring for some unmentionable sum?

I did some research, and the average lifespan of a pigeon is six years.  Now, New Kim is already two years old, so that means Super Duper is likely to have her for another four years, making his purchase equate to $473,668 per year!  And that doesn’t include food and upkeep!  Damn, what couldn’t I do with that kind of money?

Now, how ‘bout a few ‘toons to bring a chuckle?  I figured that since it is the week of Thanksgiving, I ought to go in search of some Thanksgiving humour …

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And last, but not least, a fun critter video of animals playing in … and enjoying … the snow (it’s coming, folks … winter is upon us)

thanksgiving-2And that’s a wrap for this Jolly Monday before Thanksgiving.  Joyful, Jolly and I wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving.  It’s a tough time for people everywhere but remember … there is always something to be thankful for … friends, family, a place to live and food to eat.  When we think about it, despite our troubles, despite the pandemic, despite governments overrun by corruption, we are still pretty lucky compared to so many.  Love ‘n hugs from Filosofa, Jolly & Joyful!

53 thoughts on “Jolly Monday — And Happy Thanksgiving 🦃”

  1. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones.

    “The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time.” — Douglas Wood

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  10. As usual, no video. What is it with American law, you are not able to send videos of happy animals across the internatonal border? How the hell does the border patrol stop it? Do they have virtual BP officers with remote control tasers? “Sorry, you cannot be happy in Canada.”

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    • I’m so sorry! I have no way of knowing until I hear from you or someone else outside the U.S. that it wouldn’t play. It seems to be happening more and more of late … I don’t know if it’s something YouTube is doing, or what.

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  14. Same here as Tidalscribe said…. But the Turkey cartoons really, really made me smile (bigly!).
    I am thankful every single day for all the good things and events happening to me – Thankfulness is never wrong, is it?!

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    • I am SO happy to know you found something to smile about here! That is the only purpose of my Jolly Monday posts … to step back from the troubles of the world and find humour, smile, chuckle, and for a few minutes … be happy.

      No, my friend, thankfulness is never wrong, and more of us should try to take a minute each day to remember all the things we DO have to be thankful for. It’s hard sometimes, to remember.

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  15. Even though we don’t have Thanksgiving I love seeing the jokes ( again ) every year. Racing pigeons used to be the working man’s sport so how did it get into the hands of the super rich – shouldn’t they stick to horses?

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    • I’m so glad you enjoyed the jokes and started your week with a chuckle! As for the racing pigeons … I have to ask how one races pigeons??? I mean, how do they know where the finish line is? With horses, there is a track to follow, but pigeons … they fly … through the air! The sky is the limit … literally! But yes, somewhere along the line it became a big-money sport … much like everything else.

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      • They should be called homing pigeons – they find their way home to their loft – from anywhere! I don’t know how they do it, but I have seen the big lorry arrive stacked with boxes of birds, then they are all released and off they fly back home. The owner waiting nervously for their safe return. How owners prove the time of arrival I am not sure.

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        • What an odd sport!!! Humans must find ways to entertain themselves, I suppose, but the price that is paid for one of these birds … wow! I’m thinking how many children could be fed for a week … a month … for that amount of money!

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