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Thank Goodness It's Only Once a Year

Turkey so dry that I can’t speak Brussel sprouts boiled for a week Roast potatoes burnt to a crisp Lumpy gravy I feel Sick Jan Allison 26th October Inspired by Andrea’s contest but not written for it!

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Liam Mcdaid

Date: 10/27/2014 2:58:00 PM

just made me hungry jan beautifully crafted piece dear friend

Jan Allison
Date: 10/27/2014 4:05:00 PM

LOL Liam this is my least favourite sort of meal - just a bit of light hearted humour:-) hugs Jan xxx

Brenda Meier-Hans

Date: 10/26/2014 2:52:00 PM

Bahaha. Yum yum! When's dinner? Besides just your Witt should be enough for your guests.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/26/2014 2:56:00 PM

lol Brenda it was a fun write I quite down this morning so did sad poem then did happy one:-) Hugs Jan xxx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/26/2014 12:26:00 PM

Now you definitely cannot use it in the contest because I want to see a super delicious one.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/26/2014 12:29:00 PM

I will try my best to please:-) hugs jan xx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/26/2014 12:25:00 PM

jan, LOVE the spoof you did of this form. I have never had the misfortune of eating a thanksgiving dinner like this one. LOVE your humor here. I'm faving THIS one You were very clever here.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/26/2014 12:28:00 PM

I didn't actually follow any form it was simply a fun write to lighten my heavy heart and it did the trick:-) hugs Jan xxx

Jack Horne

Date: 10/26/2014 10:40:00 AM

LOL, you've been to my house for dinner then? Witty write, as always from you, my friend

Jan Allison
Date: 10/26/2014 11:14:00 AM

Shhhhhh Jack I was trying to keep our friendship quiet! Hugs jan xxx

Sebastian Aaron Baez

Date: 10/26/2014 10:04:00 AM

I guess it's time for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches! Don't have to worry about screwing that up. :)

Jan Allison
Date: 10/26/2014 11:14:00 AM

Peanut butter sandwiches I love - but with jelly - ewwww no! Hugs jan xxx

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 10/26/2014 9:46:00 AM

Bonne appetite, dear Jan! Enjoy it for you have to... wait for a year to have such a meal! Hugs xxx. Excellently funny

Jan Allison
Date: 10/26/2014 11:13:00 AM

It's a meal i think i will miss Demetrios lol Hugs jan xxx

Cupids Arrow

Date: 10/26/2014 9:19:00 AM

Hahaha.I do miss not having thanksgiving day where I live.I wish to start that tradition one day.Its beautiful to thank God for blessings with a moist or dry turkey : ).Lovely! CT

Jan Allison
Date: 10/26/2014 9:25:00 AM

Thanks so much for dropping by:-) I do love your collaborations my friends:-) Hugs Jan xxx

Jerry T Curtis

Date: 10/26/2014 8:31:00 AM

I do the Turkey---but sprouts are out

Jan Allison
Date: 10/26/2014 8:38:00 AM

LOL Jerry - I'm not a turkey fan so at Christmas it's beef for us:-) hugs Jan xx

Tim Smith

Date: 10/26/2014 8:24:00 AM

I used to look forward to my Mothers cooking on Thanksgiving now that she is much older it just isn't the same...I know where you are coming from Jan...hugs Tim

Tim Smith
Date: 10/26/2014 8:31:00 AM

I figured that part out :) .... hugs Tim

Jan Allison
Date: 10/26/2014 8:28:00 AM

I just wrote it for fun Tim not personal experience - we always have beef on Christmas day and I do the cooking - the sprouts bit was about mum who used to cook them to death lol Hugs Jan xxx