We are thankful that this girl (above) doesn't understand how turkeys are born. [Nerissa Hawkinson]
Obama's daughters appeared less than enthused about the annual turkey pardon, and one GOP staffer publicly shamed them for it. [Gawker]
This guy covered his roommate's entire bedroom in tin foil while he was away for the holiday. Because that's what (sociopathic) friends do. [TheTrubadour44]
Less people shopped Black Friday this year, but that didn't stop them from tearing each other apart for TVs [The Street Fights]
Amid the Thanksgiving travel chaos, US Airways determined that pigs can't fly [CNN]
Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley mysteriously claims the band was "screwed over" by Macy's at this year's parade. But it was actually Gene Simmons' tongue that didn't get the air time it deserved. [Rolling Stone]
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Warning: Graphic turkey violence.
Did you ever wonder how they choose which turkey gets pardoned by the president?
A bloody farm fight to death obviously.
"Gobble Games" - featuring a "cameo' by Obama - imagines a world where tribute turkeys need to tear each other apart for their freedom.
Remember their sacrifice as you're stuffing yourself with them this week.
Cameron Diaz hosted SNL on Saturday for its Thanksgiving episode, and this might be the best skit of the night.
With the help of Diaz, the women on the cast performed a song about being back home with your parents for the holiday, and - you know - mooching, napping and eating way too much food out of bowls.
Remember that family that rapped about their Christmas pajamas last year? Don't want to remember that?
Well either way, they are back again and jumping on the Meghan Trainor parody bandwagon, with a song about basting turkeys.
Warning: Very SFW.
In Wallingford, Connecticut, the turkeys eat YOU for dinner.
"Fred" and "Ethel" have been spotted chasing cars and causing havoc in the streets nearly every morning by commuters.
Either way, these turkeys won't be going in an oven without a fight!
The winds were so strong in Manhattan during the annual parade, that the people walking with the Barney float lost control. The giant balloon swayed into a street light, puncturing a giant hole in Barney's side.
Black Friday is here. With all of the great deals our favorite retailers will be offering, there is always some shopping madness. Here is a video that's compiled Black Fridays past... hopefully this will be a good reminder to take it easy this year... maybe.
The Thanksgiving Day meal is perhaps the one time of year where your mom insists on bringing out the fine china and table cloths to not just have a tasty supper, but to also practice your refined table manners that she insisted upon throughout your childhood. Some may have nailed it, and some have failed it.
In celebration of Thanksgiving, the world's most prominent search has posted this animated greeting on their home page.
Mental Floss brings you 25 things about the history of Thanksgiving that you never knew. Or maybe you did...either way, it's fascinating.
Given that Thanksgiving is right around the corner, I imagine that some of you have procrastinated in picking up the hero of the annual meal. In case your local market is out of the fully prepped birds, you can always go the natural route and hunt one down yourself. This morning talk show advises you on what equipment you'll need and how NOT to use it.
Believe it or not, people have been cooking all kinds of savory meats in their dish washers since the 1970's. Reknowned chef, David Burke, says that can even include the star of your holiday feast! Sealing the bird tightly in a number of Tupperware containers and running it for a few cycles will apparently do the trick. It probably isn't the best way to get that classic golden sheen, but it will definitely be a conversation starter around the dinner table!
Click here for the full recipe.
Making the rounds on Tumblr right now is this photograph of a woman casually treating herself to some Thanksgiving turkey in the New York City subway. Could this be a sequel to Bettina Banayan's onion-chopping public stunt from earlier this year?
Not a Single Damn of the Day is a feature series that celebrates some of the most laid back animals and carefree people in our everyday lives.
Several attendees at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade allegedly found shredded confetti strips made from confidential documents belonging to New York City's Nassau County Police Department, according to the local TV station WPIX. Ethan Finklestein, a Tuft University freshman and one of the several parade-goers who noticed, says that he found legible imprints of phone numbers, addresses, social security numbers and police incident reports on the confetti strips, including an arrest log that read "At 4:30 A.M. a pipe bomb was thrown at a house in the Kings Grant' area." The Nassau County officials told the station that they will be launching an investigation and reviewing the department's procedures for the disposal of sensitive documents.
