Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for May 14, 2021
May 13, 2021
May 15, 2021
Transcript:
historic thanksgiving highlights we all know the first thanksgiving was in 1621. but there's more 1645 - 1st intrusion of christmas commercialism. barrels all kinds! pre-xmas sale at the 24th thanksgiving euphasia pewfiller advertises his pre-xmas barrel-making crazy days sale. he is hanged forthwith. 1689 - 1st person to get "creative" with stuffing. priddygood churchlywife unveils her maize & truffel surprise stuffing. she is transported back to england & forcibly converted to catholicism. 1781 - 1st cranberry relish that retains the shape of its can. invented by benjamin franklin, it is decried as "an abomination" and "of ungodly resiliency." but eventually it catches on. 12,000 b.c. - 1st handprint turkey. astoundingly, cave painters employed this artistic device 13,621 years before the first thanksgiving!
Cpeckbourlioux over 3 years ago
Love it. And Priddygood Churchlywife? Hilarious.
kesting over 3 years ago
Maybe if they would have quartered the advertising guy or at least tortured him before they hung him then maybe it would deterred other pre Christmas advertisement. Nice try but they didn’t go far enough.
Teto85 Premium Member over 3 years ago
One of my favourites.
gbars70 over 3 years ago
I kinda agree about the ungodly resiliency thing…
SpammersAreScum over 3 years ago
Euphasia Pewfiller doesn’t seem to age much between the 5th and 24th ones (see next strip).