What Will Your Wishbone Wish Be?

Years of Tradition | 11/27/2019 | blueunicorn6

[blueunicorn6]

One of my favorite family traditions on Thanksgiving is the morning Crap Game. No....wait....that’s Halloween. On Thanksgiving we break the bones of the old bird. Grandma can’t be with us this year as she’s in India hunting tigers or something, so we’ll probably just break Uncle Steve’s little finger instead.

Just kidding.

We’ll break his index finger.

No. We will pull apart the turkey’s wishbone.

I am told that this tradition originated with the Romans. They would sit around trying to guess what was under each other’s togas. Contrary to current thought, there were only two choices......a sword or a turkey.

Well, while putting a turkey in your toga was loads of fun, the game could get old pretty quick. I mean, once you’ve shown everyone your turkey, you can’t just tuck it back into your toga and hope that nobody notices or remembers.

And those Romans had good memories.

“Remember the ides Of March!” They would tell each other.

Or maybe it was “Remember the Avis Car!”.

I can’t remember. I guess I wouldn’t make a very good Roman. But I bet I’d be a dang good gladiator. I’d have a fish net and that long pokey thing. I’d be fighting some big guy and I’d pull a flounder out of my fish net and whap him across the face with the flounder. And then I’d give him a jab with that pokey thing. What do they call those three pronged things? Dentyne?

But I digress.

Pulling the wishbone.

Yes.

We take the wishbone and the oldest person grabs one end and the youngest person takes the other end. Then, they both make wishes. Usually they wish that the other person hasn’t filled their pants, but sometimes you get some odd wishes.

One year, my sister wished to meet a nice doctor, and wouldn’t you know it, she got a bad case of diarrhea. I know what you’re thinking. What a crappy way to meet a doctor.

So the two people pull on the wishbone until it cracks. Whoever has the largest piece of bone gets their wish.

I feel that people shouldn’t just be pulling wishes out of the air. That’s how the Democrats come up with policy.

Wishes should be thought out. You should be prepared before you grab that wishbone. So, in preparation, I have started this thread where you can post your Thanksgiving Wishbone Wish.

And don’t be wishing for Marie Osmond because that Wish has already been taken.

[_Jim]

‘Whirled peas’. Always.

[Songcraft]

And, that being the case, you would also probably have a second, “pre-wishbone-breaking” wish, wishing that you don’t end up with the short end of the stick (so to speak).

[Veto!]

Well played, sir. Well played.

Thanks for the kudos. But I'm not "sir." Veto! (The Girl)

[Two Kids' Dad]

This is still America, right???

I wish for Marie Osmond!

[dljordan]

To crush your enemies — See them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women!

[oldasrocks]

That my wife will let me finally have a live in massage therapist.

[Redcitizen]

You need to be more specific as to the age of your live in massage therapist. Otherwise your wife may specify one that is older than rocks. ;)

[Redcitizen]

I’ll wish for the Miss Universe second place winner. That way I can console her for losing the title.

[blueunicorn6]

A thousand pardons!

How could I have been so foolish?

If you ever met my Dad you would know. Foolish doesn’t just run in my family....it sprints!

[blueunicorn6]

Oh look!

She’s gone to Switzerland.

If you hurry, you can still catch a boat to get there!

[blueunicorn6]

So, basically, the same as Valentines Day.

[blueunicorn6]

The old John Nash, A Beautiful Mind, trick.

He won a Nobel Prize for that.

That or inventing cupcake sprinkles. I can never remember. I guess I have an ugly mind.

[Redcitizen]

Guess I’ll have to watch a beautiful mind now. BTW, I have a mind that works like lightning. A flash of brilliance, then darkness.

[Big Red Badger]

I wish I’d have
Kept my old job.
.
But it’s still work
and work Sucks.
.
How about a Trip
To
Disney Land!
Two Weeks
All inclusive
Luxury Suites with
Those little bottles
Of booze that just
Fit right in
You’re hand!

[Viking2002]

I'm behind schedule due to being on injured reserve the last year. I wuz out getting everything staged and prepped for tomorrow, and I found last year's wishbone in a bowl on top of the microwave. I get a twofer. And since I didn't make it home last Christmas to see my side of the family due to a cracked up back, I'd already had some Christmas shopping done and the gifts are still in the closet. So I'm ahead of the game here. Man, if my luck would just hold the next five weeks........nah.