of an adult beverage!
At some point over Thanksgiving dinner, Blaska will be challenged to recite those things for which he is thankful. We have been warned not to repeat last year’s party pooping, when Blaska grunted, “Can’t think of a damn thing. Pass the gravy.”
Tomorrow, we’re going to ac-cen-tu-ate the positive and e-lim-i-nate the negative and Mr. In-Between gets the gizzard! We’ve made a list and checked it twice:
Blaska is thankful that:
He is not being held in a tunnel under a hospital in Gaza;
Not hiking through the Darien Gap in search of a better life;
Is not picking rubble in Kharkiv;
Got no fentanyl in his Halloween basket;
Inflation is not 138% like it is in Argentina;
Did not sign his name as a fake elector;
Neither Ilhan Omar nor Matt Gaetz hold the Speakers’ gavel;
No one demands Blaska mask up on the sidewalk like happened three years ago;
Graduated before school taught guilt and victimhood;
Freedom Inc. missed F-bombing my house;
Does not blame Ray Epps;
Loses no sleep over sustainability, local sourcing, indigenous peoples, or union made;
None of his vehicles has been stolen out from his garage so far this year;
Suffered only extensive bruising but no broken bones when that thug from the Rafah Sister City Project shoved him to the ground;
Marked safe from crypto-currency, self-driving automobiles, and artificial intelligence;
Knows not of Kardashians;
Found a pair of pants in back of the closet that still fits;
Can watch the Brewers keep missing the World Series in Milwaukee at least through 2050;
There are two or three people who suck worse at golf;
Children do not run screaming when they encounter Blaska on the sidewalk;
Most of his siblings still speak to him;
It was only basal cell carcinoma;
The Lovely Lisa and Number #1 Son Max seek no restraining orders;
Safe from that human extinction event caused by Global Climate Change for a few more years;
The Constitution protects against self-incrimination;
Can blame incivility on senile dementia;
Don’t live in Illinois.
Blaska’s Bottom Line: Now pass the goddamn gravy!
10 responses to “Blaska’s cup is half full”
Happy to have all you deplorables/vermin/Packers supremacists to converse with.
Might that be taken to mean you’re thankful you’re not a pitiably pathetic Bi-Polar bares fan…?
The Gotch
as bad as they may be we never boo our team. unlike the little snowflakes that show up at Lamebutt field
09/25/2023: Bi-Polar bares BOOED_OFF_FIELD_AT_HALF
09/12/2023: D.J. Moore Shocked midgets of the midway Fans BOO_TEAM_EARLY_IN_2nd QUARTER
Chicago Sun-Times beat writer Mark Potash grades the Bi-Polar bares with a never before STRAIGHT F’s!
Chicago native, Northwestern alum, and (former?) midgets of the midway fan ESPN/PTI’s Michael Wilbon:
“They have the worst offense in the NFL, they have the worst defense in the NFL, they have coaching problems, they have front office problems, they have a Justin Fields problem”
C’mon Wilbon, any area in which they have NO PROBLEMS?
Wilbon: LOSING GAMES
GO PACKERS!!!
The Gotch
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Well, yeah…who the hell are the Kardachiens again?? Nobody knocks me down…I have a cane and I’m willing to use it. I recommend Walgreen’s…they have a colorful selection. Glad you’re a healthy old curmudgeon. HTD to you and yours!
Happy Thanksgiving to Squire and the missus and our merry band of commenters! 🦃🥧
The Gotch is thankful for too many things to mention…but worthy of note:
*His Dear departed Parents taking “Til Death Do Us Part” seriously…70 years/183 days.
*His Dear departed Father being a Friend when Bubba wanted one, and a Father when he needed one.
*His Dear departed Mother ALWAYS being there, returning to complete her degree after raising seven (7) children, and (thank the GOOD LORD!) never having to hear she was a “birthing person.”
*Knowing despite SCIENCY Lefty’s maniacal slobberings, there are only two (2) genders
*The only gal he ever asked agreeing to be his Better Half 263 months ago come tomorrow, and the (future) FIL who granted the request for his daughter’s hand
*Not owing no one** a thin dime, and
*Knowing a double negative** is a NO NO** because he matriculated before The Wokerati/Leftwaffe dumbed down education with Diversity Inclusion Equity, or its far more appropriate acronym DIE…
Happy Thanksgiving!
The Gotch
Where the WESconsin and Mississippi Rivers meet in Crawford County, the inimitable Eric Frydenlund:
My Thanksgiving List Includes Sunsets, Stories, And A Scratch Behind Gil’s Ear
The Gotch
Food For Thought: The DementiaJoK administration slobbers that this Thanksgiving was one of the CHEAPEST EVAH!
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF): “the 2023 average cost for a Thanksgiving meal for ten people is $61.17, down 4.5% from 2022.
So, that’s pretty good, right?
Not exactly.
The fact-based Reality weighs in: The AFBF says that’s UP 14.7% from 2021 and a UP A WHOPPING 25% from 2019.
Cheapest ever, JoKe? That there’s some Fuzzy Lefty Math!
The Gotch