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Happy Thanksgiving

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The first time I heard this song in full was on the way back to Massachusetts. It was the day before Thanksgiving and it was snowing. Driving through Stockbridge, I came upon a cop who had pulled over a car full of hippy looking degenerates. I stopped and offered to help him beat the hippies. He was more than happy to let me join in on the fun. Before long there was a whole gang of us, beating hippies and enjoying good fellowship. There’s really nothing like the holiday season to bring out the best in people.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

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27 Comments

Ace Rimmer #48047 November 23, 2017 8:36 am 14
I’m thankful for a story at KHOU. Funny how somebody trying to blow up the Governor of Texas is something i’m just now hearing about. But, anyway, here’s the thing that made my day. It’s like you wrote it, Z.Some cat lady is mad about not collecting from her ex, so last October she mails bombs to the Governor of Texas, Pres. Obama, and the Social Security head guy. They then tracked her down and proved the crime by matching cat hair found in the box with one of her cats.Fodder for a future podcast? Only time will tell.
Severian #48050 November 23, 2017 10:02 am 9
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well. Thanks for the always-stimulating content, and here’s hoping you have a restful vacation.
David Wright #48054 November 23, 2017 11:02 am 8
Happy Thanksgiving to all. Thanks Zman for all the hard work and excellent blogging.
TBoone #48055 November 23, 2017 11:07 am 6
The Hippie Beatings shall continue until Morale improves…. And my Morale always improves given Hippies to beat… Happy Thanksgiving to one & all. Zman, thanks for sharing your blog with us!!
Herrman #48052 November 23, 2017 10:19 am 5
Hey I was one of those hippies! I enjoyed it too 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving Z-Man!
James LePore #48051 November 23, 2017 10:02 am 5
The fates lead the willing and drag the unwilling. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Karl McHungus #48074 November 23, 2017 9:41 pm 4
NFL served up another steaming plate of crap today. Why anyone would go to the trouble and cost to attend one of these shitefests on Thanksgiving is a real mystery.
YIH #48076 November 23, 2017 10:33 pm 2
The Vikings – Lions game was good, the Chargers beating the crap out of the Cowboys, not so much. Listened to that one on radio, at the start of the 4th the attendance was announced as 23k – in a stadium that seats 80k for football. That’s because those that were there were heading for the exits.
Alzaebo #48082 November 24, 2017 9:10 am 2
Somebody played football today?
Thud #48068 November 23, 2017 4:46 pm 4
Have a great day zman.
Jimmy #48067 November 23, 2017 3:48 pm 4
And to you zman. I listen to your podcast early Saturday morning (7ish) when i do my weeks grocery shopping. I love the ritual, listening and laughing along to my samizdat. One of the cool things about this whole scene is the genuinely subversive and counter cultural nature of it. I feel that thrill at no time more than my Saturday shop. Thank you for making it my favourite time of the week. You’re doing something very important here…at least to me. Thank you again.
Eskyman #48065 November 23, 2017 3:22 pm 4
Just be careful which bench you sit on, some of them have father-rapers! Father-rapers, on the Group W bench! (That Al Frankenstein looks like he could be one….) Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and hope you enjoy your pickle. I’d rather ride my motorsickle!
Karl McHungus #48056 November 23, 2017 11:16 am 4
Going to be 91 degrees where I am, just have to leave the turkey out in Sun to cook 🙂 Personally I kind of like hippies; they are pretty harmless and the chicks don’t wear bras (and were not usually fat).
Tax Slave #48061 November 23, 2017 12:41 pm 2
If you enjoy lots of armpit hair and flesh that hasn’t touched soap and water for months.
Karl McHungus #48064 November 23, 2017 1:55 pm 6
You can wash a hippie, but fat is forever.
bad guest #48081 November 24, 2017 6:30 am 2
Hippie chicks were groovy, smelled like patchouli, and their only hairy parts were in the nether regions, which were natural, of course, back in the day when weed was weak and free love flowed freely.
pam1500 #48053 November 23, 2017 10:57 am 4
Happy Thanksgiving, Mr. Zman!
Tax Slave #48059 November 23, 2017 12:38 pm 0
wrong reply. Sorry.
Cloudswrest #48079 November 24, 2017 1:51 am 3
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/a-look-back-at-the-original-eagle-story-about-arlo-guthries-arrest,525331
YIH #48075 November 23, 2017 10:23 pm 3
In Orlando rock stations would play that song in it’s entirety at noon on Thanksgiving day. From about 1980 to ’10 when the last rock station converted to news/talk radio.
Eclectic Esoteric #48070 November 23, 2017 5:58 pm 3
Ah, the memories. Back in my hippie days, I was at a NOW rally in Lafayette Park in DC. Arlo and some bandmates joined us. He tried to convince me to return to his hotel with him, but I refused.
Karl McHungus #48072 November 23, 2017 7:31 pm 3
Did he offer to introduce you to “woodie”?
Eclectic Esoteric #48078 November 24, 2017 12:07 am 1
They were gathering chicks for a party. I didn’t think it was a smart idea to put myself in a situation like that, considering the lifestyle of the party givers.
Jim Don Bob #48066 November 23, 2017 3:26 pm 2
I thought that song sucked when it first came out and it still sucks.
Saml Adams #48062 November 23, 2017 1:18 pm 2
Just had to check between cooking shifts…so much for staying off your keyboard. “…and we had to pay $50 and pick up the garbage…” Happy Thanksgiving!
sirlancelot #48124 November 24, 2017 9:52 pm 0
WBCN Boston used to play that song every Thanksgiving for years.
Sam J. #48123 November 24, 2017 9:02 pm 0
I like Hippies. Hippies weren’t groveling at the feet of the Man. Hippies didn’t spend their lives in a cubical. Hippies didn’t worship the NFL. Hippie chicks liked sex.

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