A LITTLE LIGHT HUMOR TO GIVE THANKS FROM GARRISON KEILLOR AND RICHARD DWORSKY OF A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
“THANKS”
From Garrison Keillor and Richard Dworsky
A Prairie Home Companion
November 22, 2008
I am thankful for ATM machines
For the smell of coffee beans
For the dishwasher and for the GPS
Thought up by the Pentagon, a great success
That makes it unnecessary for us men
To ever need to ask for directions again.
Thank you thank you thank you thanks a lot
For what we have and for some things that we do not
I am thankful for macaroni and cheese,
Of mac and cheese I have only good memories
Boil water. Put the macaroni in. It’s
A very nice meal in about ten minutes.
And speaking of food of low status,
Thank you for instant mashed potatoes
Which is simply dehydrated potato flakes.
Mashed potatoes in one-tenth the time it takes
To boil one and whip it up nice and smooth.
And if you want to know the absolute truth
That dry organic peanut butter — I hate it.
I like the kind with sugar and fat, saturated.
Thank you thank you thank you and merci
Peanut butter has always been merciful to me.
And for the U.S. Postal Service I say thanks
Delivering mail from Florida to Fairbanks,
I am grateful for blogs and other new media
And of course for the miraculous Wikipedia
Which puts information at your fingertips
An innovation as great as sailing ships,
Or putting a steam engine on the rails,
So thank you Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales.
And thank you Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Who in 1997 launched a search engine
Google, which simply is superb
A noun that quickly became a verb.
Please leave a comment and let us know what you are thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday. We wish you a very happy Thanksgiving!
And, remember…Feed Your Good Dog, so your good dog always wins!
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Happy Thanksgiving to all. I am thankful that my family is relatively healthy and that my son will be with us for Thanksgiving.
Thanks Jan for sharing your gratitude! We wish you and your family and very happy Thanksgiving holiday!
I’m thankful for my best friend, and husband…for my GINORMOUS crazy family and all my wonderful friends. I’m also thankful I have 112 working days left and the “retirement baby!” I’m also thankful to Rose for this beautiful website.
How wonderfully said Micki! I so appreciate you and Frank, and members of your GINORMOUS crazy family that I know and am grateful for you all!! Thanks for sharing!