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And now a message from your imperial overlords...



Prince Domitian reads the Imperial turkey pardon. And wishes everyone in the U.S. a Happy Thanksgiving. Or would if, you know, there were a Thanksgiving or any turkeys in ancient Rome.

(Check the entry previous to this for today's comic :) )

Comments

[oneangryrabbit.livejournal.com]

Hee hee. Super cute! Hope you had a good Turkey Day!

Turkey Day isn't big in the family, but...

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

I drew all morning, learned and mangled the execution of the secret family recipe for high-structural-integrity macncheese, ate, drew some more, watched a lot of Dirty Jobs, felt a little queasy, drew turkeys. And now I intend to sleep about 12 hours straight. This whole "not going to to work" thing is a very odd and novel experience.

You?

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[calloocallay.livejournal.com]

Man cheese???????

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[meritahut.livejournal.com]

Mac-n-cheese.

Goodness me. Hyphens do help with readability.

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[amedia.livejournal.com]

That's how I read it, too!

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[meritahut.livejournal.com]

hyphens! hyphens!

Er... from now on, I think I will spell it out :D

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[kit-the-brave.livejournal.com]

I watched those Dirty Jobs! Well, except when my dad came over for dinner and said that he didn't really want to watch Dirty Jobs right before he ate. Then we had to watch football. Until he left.

Have a good sleep!

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[meritahut.livejournal.com]

I did have to turn away from the screen when Mike Rowe went down into the sewage processing plant ::shudder:: And in fact the turkey insemination wasn't easy to watch, either. But the Dirty Potato Chips segment was just fine :)

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[oneangryrabbit.livejournal.com]

I keep meaning to watch the show, but it has yet to appear when I'm surfing for edumacational teevee. But if they have an episode on potato chips, I may have to check the schedule or sumthing.

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[meritahut.livejournal.com]

Mike Rowe occasionally finds a reason to take his shirt off. For edumacational reasons.

I'm just saying.

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[kit-the-brave.livejournal.com]

Last week he was only wearing a towel. For edumacational reasons.

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[oneangryrabbit.livejournal.com]

I cooked the Thanksgiving dinner - bean sauce turkey stuffed with risotto, mac and cheese with chorizo, watercress salad, cranberry relish and apple crumble. My cousin helped with the turkey and made a corn casserole. It was all rather delicious, and I have a fridge full of leftovers (really the ultimate goal of cooking all that food). Watched a couple of episodes of Dexter and did a half-assed liveblog throughout the day. Crashed for about 9 hours, then turned CNN on to find out about the Mumbai attacks I'd been avoiding yesterday.

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[meritahut.livejournal.com]

Wow, that menu sounds good. I used to have a great recipe for cornbread stuffing (with bacon or sausage, for carnivores), and I've been craving it lately, so I might have to try to recreate it.

After a few hours of nonstop Mumbai coverage I had to take a real long break from it. I guess I should check today and find out the current situation, or maybe just catch up online....

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[oneangryrabbit.livejournal.com]

I actually have a couple boxes of Stove Top that I decided not to make yesterday. I need to pick up some chicken stock today since I already diced the veggies to go with the stuffing.

I'm watching a scary hippo show now...they just dun et some human.

[droolfangrrl.livejournal.com]

OWOWOWO

Anachronism make Baby Jebus cry. Even if in this case Baby Jebus is an anachronism as well.

speaking of turkeys, check out the other turkey species there is

http://www.arkive.org/ocellated-turkey/meleagris-ocellata/

oh my gosh isn't he gorgeous!

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

Shiny! Peacocky!

Much too noble-looking to eat, even, in some of those photos :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_w_o_o_d_/]

I'm pretty sure Domitian would eat them !

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

And instruct his kitchen chefs to decorate the cooked bird with its own iridescent feathers, no doubt!

[droolfangrrl.livejournal.com]

to someone hungry enough, very little is too noble-looking to eat. :)

[kyleen66.livejournal.com]

I LOVE this!

We almost cancelled dinner, but mom decided we had a lot to be thankful for. I helped clean, cook, and ran to the hospital a few times.

I also really DID sleep 12 hours - went to bed at 7:00 ish and got around 7:00 this morning. I feel a THOUSAND times better. Now I just a have to find trivial pursuit and get some breakfast.

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

Hhehe, awesome drawing!!

So, is the soldier chasing away said pardoned turkey, or did he get the wrong order? :D

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

I am envisioning a dozen Praetorians, all running around in the background trying to collect enough birds for Domitian's holiday feast, while the prince reads the pardon. I also envision the turkeys escaping to freedom, except for, of course, there's that age-old problem that turkeys can't fly....

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

oh, but turkeys CAN fly! Just not for a great distance, wings are made for zippy flight and snap-turns to escape predators, but otherwise stay on the ground :D

might depend on the species of turkey?

but I think you're right about Domitian...pardon one turkey but feast on a dozen :P

I suppose if it was Caligula the poor turkey would be dressed up in some crazy costume and made a senator :P

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

I love how each crazy Roman emperor has his own particular, unique brand of the crazy.

[droolfangrrl.livejournal.com]

*thwap!*

Are you a city girl then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X8YEdJ0PCU&feature=related

And for that one, I think you need to be taken on a snipe hunt.

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

It's ye olde WKRP In Cincinnati joke: "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iafzqOCaxA4) I thought that old roasted chestnut had been dragged out enough over the past week or so that everyone would have heard it (or re-heard it, if old enough or a fan of late-night reruns) by now....

ETA: This clip is long enough to include the quote itself (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2ifyi8-lxo&feature=related), at around 4:09 :P

[droolfangrrl.livejournal.com]

*slaps forehead*

I haven't seen that show in forever.

[amedia.livejournal.com]

This is hilarious!

BTW, can this icon be forgiven? If you would really really rather, I can delete it and pretend I never made it.

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

I'm just wondering how many cups of undiluted wine you had to give Felix before you could get him to pose with the red hat on....