It's Thanksgiving! Emilio and Alphonso have gathered all of their friends together for a great Thanksgiving meal. They had all the usual Thanksgiving type food .... roasted turkey, mashed taters, yams, carrots, stuffing, cole slaw, cranberry sauce, pickles, rolls, and scrumptious cheesecake for dessert.
They also added everyone's regular favorites to the meal ... pb & j sandwiches, plain pb sandwiches, pasketti & meatballs, chimmichangas, grapes (peeled), chocolate covered raisins, licorice, fig newtons, crumpets with flies, and for drinks there was milk, cranberry juice, lem onade, cold beer, and gatorade.
Everyone lined up and sat together at the table with wide eyes and drooly mouths. Their noses were sniffing like crazy, what a glorious feast! Gustave was seated at the head of the table. Before they ate he had a request. He wanted them to go down the line and each one say something they're thankful for, then something they would wish for. It started out well, with Emilio saying he was very grateful for all his friends ... his wish would be to have even more friends. UpYours was thankful for his sturdy shell, he wished that they would all be together forever and always. how sweet.
Then things started to go a little askew ...
Alphonso was thankful not to have to sit next to Luigi so he wouldn't get splattered on. He wished for stain repellent and an SOS pad (steel wool).
Lola was thankful that she's so beautiful and wished for bling. Gustave rolled his eyes and went on to the next one.
Ted & Ed were thankful for all the fun and adventure they always have. They wished for more fun and adventure.
Chico and Jorge were both thankful for being so grooooooovy and for their brotha from anotha motha (each other). Chico wished for chimmiCHANGas. Jorge didn't wish for anything, he's happy as he is.
When Gustave asked Luigi what he's thankful for, he said "that's amore!". We're not sure he understood the question. Then he wished for pasketti.
Ned was thankful for books, wished for more books. I get the feeling they thought the wishes were going to be granted by a genie or something.
Fred was thankful for his truck and zamboni, he wished for an airplane. He's unstoppable!
Jed likes the city (remember, he's the hillbilly) and is thankful for cement ponds. He wished he had a toothpick. He currently chews on a piece of straw or grass ... a toothpick wouldn't wilt and die.
Julio/coach was thankful for his whistle. Raoul was thankful he's so soft and fluffy. Neither of them had a wish.
Al doesn't participate in many of the gang's adventures and he's very grateful for that. His wish was "Vegas baby!" or maybe Atlantic city if he's still banned.
Freddy was grateful for dramamine to help him with motion sickness. He wished for health and happiness for everyone. aww, so sweet of him.
Pierre was thankful for his laboratory and wished for the key to the cages so he could release his other "co-workers".
Finally Gustave was just grateful for his wisdom. He's very old and very wise and has seen and learned a lot from life and his many friends. He's thankful for them all. He's very happy and had nothing to wish for.
Once all this jibber-jabber was done with it was time to dig in. Alphonso tied a napkin around his neck and they started passing the food around. For a few minutes it was a lot of "please pass this .... " and "please pass that ..." so everyone got a little bit of everything. Nobody had ever had cranberry sauce or pickles before and they all wanted to try them. It was similar to when they had salt & vinegar chips ... they took a bite, made a sour face, then kept on eating them. Yum yum!
A few minutes into the meal someone noticed some strange marks in the mashed potatos. They almost looked like feetprints. They asked Gustave if he had any help making the dinner and he reluctantly told them that Ed & Ted had volunteered to mash the taters. Apparently they decided the best way to do that and get them all whipped and smooth was to spin around in them like a tornado. They were supposed to sweep out their tracks but must have missed a few. Ed & Ted sat there with big smiles and looked around the group, waiting to see if they did a good job. Everyone agreed that they were the smoothest taters they'd ever had.
When they finished their dinner they went on to the cheesecake for dessert. It was so rich and yummy, between them they ate the whole thing. Then they sat back with full round bellies and took a nap. All far from the sweet yet gassy Lola. Everyone was very full and happy and thankful for each other.
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