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Thanksgiving stories thread

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    Swamp Thot Leader
    Nov. 28, 2019, 10:35 a.m.
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    Howdy Swampers, I know you're trying to avoid speaking with family today because you're here 😉 Gather and share some funny/awful stories of Thanksgivings spent with friends and family.

    I'll start - in college I went down to Oregon with a friend for Thanksgiving because it was too far to fly for just a 4 day break. It was freshman year and I had just realized that I now had the capacity to drink whenever alcohol was supplied. Said friends Aunt and Uncle had us over and offered us some scotch. Of course I said yes, not knowing how to drink it appropriately. We decided to watch a movie and, novice that I was, I coughed all through The Big Lebowski as I attempted to keep the scotch down. Later we got hammered and another friend of ours broke an IKEA table by sitting on it. It was a great time.

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    Swamp Thot Leader
    Nov. 29, 2019, 11:42 a.m.
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    One time my friend spat wine everywhere after I got crumbs on the floor? Something Tobin.

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    Swamp Thot Leader
    Nov. 29, 2019, 12:34 p.m.
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    Deep cut

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    Swampette
    Dec. 1, 2019, 7:03 a.m.
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    Every year my family all gathers at the Silver Legacy in Reno, and we gamble and party the long weekend away. If my dad's brother hits a jackpot, he treats us all to a five-star dinner on the last night we are there. This has happened 9 of the 11 past Thanksgivings, including this one.

    So, we sit down at La Strada, the fanciest joint in the resort. We get a six course meal, he orders two bottles of Ferrari Cadrano, it was glorious.
    I did not know this at the time, but apparently the head waiter and my sister got into a spat about Game of Thrones somewhere at the other side of the table.

    Just as things start winding down for the evening, the head waiter comes over and starts whispering to my uncle. He gets this big, drunken grin on his face and the waiter disappears.

    All of a sudden, an Italian operatic singer and the head waiter emerge with a big slice of tiramisu with a lit candle for my sister. Her birthday is in July. The singer is so loud that all other activity in the restaurant stops, and my "sister's birthday" gets a standing ovation.

    The head waiter doubles down on the prank, and feeds my sister a forkful of tiramisu himself, and whispers:

    "This is from Jon Snow."

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    Certified Good Posterâ„¢
    Dec. 2, 2019, 9:36 a.m.
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    I decorated both my house and grandma's house for Christmas, then bought wedding event insurance for $200. Honestly it was all really good and nice to have a boring Thanksgiving.