"wine pilegrims", eh?

My grandfather used to raise pigeons and he and his friends would race them. He had an entire coop built in his backyard for his beloved birds. In New Jersey...

Surely there are better, less invasive ways to take one's temperature. How about a device like a heat sensitive band-aid? Works like a mood ring. When the patch turns a certain color then the fever is gone.
I sure as heck don't want that plastic barbed turkey pop-up timer stuck into me. No how, no way!

I think it's a sacrilege to serve turkey w/o gravy. Cranberry sauce, are you kidding me? Whenever I put on a Thanksgiving spread the ONLY ONE who reached for the cranberry gelatinous mass was my dad and he had dementia.
Turkey can be sooo dry - just listen to these peoples' comments about it being dry! Drench the bird in gravy, also the mashed potatoes, please.

I love this! My son is a nurse and for many years he worked at Dementia/Alzheimer facilities and he would take our 2 dogs to work with him for the folks to interact with. Angel was a black Lab/Spaniel mix - a real love sponge - and Meggy was a black Cockerpoo with a fake grumpy attitude. They loved going to see the people and the people just could not get enough of the dogs. Animals have the ability to reach through to ailing people in a way that mere humans cannot achieve. I know these people's lives were enriched by these weekly visits. GOD bless the animals. They give so much and ask for so little in return.

My son and his family live in Chengdu. If you ever go there the Panda Research Center is wonderful. Worth the price of the airline tickets just for that. Just take note that the air pollution is very bad there so people who are sensitive to smog and such should take precautions.

I have wondered from time to time where the expression "blowing smoke up someone's ass" came from. Now I know! Thanks, Neatorama. I am so much smarter now.

That made me laugh. Thanks!