The Turkey and the Rock
The cult British television show Doctor Who had its 50th anniversary this week; it is amazing to think that it debuted on the very day President Kennedy was assassinated - I would not say that I am an obsessive Doctor Who fan though; I have the same number of fridge magnets as everyone else!
This week also saw Thanksgiving, a time when Americans all over the country gave thanks and praise for all the things they have in life (and then left Wal-Mart looking like the opening 30 minutes of Saving Private Ryan the following day - in the violent quest to gain more things to be thankful for). I participated in the festivities fully by eating the customary plate of brown and beige food and by answering questions about how we celebrate Thanksgiving in Britain (we are a bit thin on Native Americans so we pass on this).
This year brought a new and more intriguing statement though: "Isn’t it an amazing coincidence that the Mayflower left Britain and then landed at Plymouth Rock (Plymouth being the name of a harbor they left behind on the south coast of England) – what are the chances of that happening!" I had to inform the orator of this statement that it was just a rock they landed on and they called it Plymouth Rock retrospectively - in remembrance of the harbor and city they had left behind (a bit like the chicken and egg scenario I guess).
You know you are bad at gardening when you manage to kill the stones in your rock garden!
The cult British television show Doctor Who had its 50th anniversary this week; it is amazing to think that it debuted on the very day President Kennedy was assassinated - I would not say that I am an obsessive Doctor Who fan though; I have the same number of fridge magnets as everyone else!
This week also saw Thanksgiving, a time when Americans all over the country gave thanks and praise for all the things they have in life (and then left Wal-Mart looking like the opening 30 minutes of Saving Private Ryan the following day - in the violent quest to gain more things to be thankful for). I participated in the festivities fully by eating the customary plate of brown and beige food and by answering questions about how we celebrate Thanksgiving in Britain (we are a bit thin on Native Americans so we pass on this).
This year brought a new and more intriguing statement though: "Isn’t it an amazing coincidence that the Mayflower left Britain and then landed at Plymouth Rock (Plymouth being the name of a harbor they left behind on the south coast of England) – what are the chances of that happening!" I had to inform the orator of this statement that it was just a rock they landed on and they called it Plymouth Rock retrospectively - in remembrance of the harbor and city they had left behind (a bit like the chicken and egg scenario I guess).
You know you are bad at gardening when you manage to kill the stones in your rock garden!
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