Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, Jay. Are you host or guest for T-Day dinner, or potluck? (I’ll be enjoying deep-fried turkey… we will NOT cook the whole bird at once but cut into pieces and fix in the french fry deep fryer.) Please pass along our T-Day wishes to Katy, Kate, both Michaels, et al if they’re not going to post here today (I got Adam and Joe earlier). And Happy T-Day, KT.

Nixon: “Let’s see. Bald. White. Jiggling chin. Wait! Which one is the turkey?”

You should spend a hundred bucks and get THIS baby. No oil to fry – hook it up to a (natural) gas tank and MMM-MMMMMMM! Dem’s good eatin’! (Repubs too I suppose)
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http://www.charbroil.com

Meanwhile, back to the caption….

Little-known fact: The pardoned turkey was named Gerald.

Jay, does your post count as “1000 words” or “500 words”?
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Turkey: “Thanks for the pardon, Mr. Prez, much obliged. But I’d really appreciate it if you remove me from your Enemies List™ too.”
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Nixon: “Great idea. Love the outfit.”
E. Howard Hunt disguised as Turkey: “Knew you’d love it. No one at WaPo will know I get the pardon so they won’t hound your ass.”
Nixon: “Hope so… but who are those girls in the front row staring at us?”
Hunt: “Oh, some chick from Texas named Karen and one named Jane, Jamie, Jaye, Jay, something like that. Said they want to be journalists.”
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Turkey: “Pssst. Mr. Prez, make sure Howard and Gordon tape the door latches vertically, not horizontally. Those Watergate guards can get really picky.”
Nixon: “No need to worry. They know what they’re doing.”
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Turkey: “Thanks for the pardon, Mr. Prez, much obliged, but if you touch my junk, I’ll still have you arrested.”

…and Happy T-Day to all – bloggers, journ-o-listers, conservatives, libruls, etc. etc.

The turkey search turned up giblits.

Happy T-Day, nfl, and thanks for link, will forward to parents and relatives. That Big Easy fryer will make a fabulous present. For me!

Turkey: “Mr. Prez, I hope this pardon is real. Someone wrote “Woodward” and “Bernstein” on my drumsticks. I don’t know what that means but that look in your eyes makes me nervous.”
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Turkey: “Thanks for the pardon, Mr. Prez, much obliged. That young chick named Sarah holding the metal funnel makes me really nervous.”
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Turkey: “Oh man, life sucks. Either wind up on the dinner table or take pardon and live but have to listen to Buchanan’s speeches and tirades….”
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Turkey: “Mr. Prez, congrats on China trip and knocking down shots with Mao. But watch your ass: they’ll wind up taking our jobs and owning all our debt. And keep your eye on N. Korea.”
Nixon: “Nah, you’re just being paranoid. Must be the T-Day holiday getting to you.”

Which Turkey is being pardon here?

Turkey: “Are you sure recording all your conversations is a good idea?”
Nixon: “Oh, hell yeah, by far it’s my best idea yet. It will establish my legacy.”
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Nixon: “Good luck on your flight.”
Turkey: “Thank you, but are you sure that’s a full-body scanner over there? It looks a lot like an oven. Can I just have a patdown instead? I’ll even let you touch my junk.”
Nixon: “Oh, you’ll have both, just to be safe. The screening agent is preparing to rub oil over you to make your patdown more soothing.”
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Turkey: “Take my advice. Burn the tapes. Or chop them up into my feed, I’ll eat them.”
Nixon: “Oh, I’m working on that. We‘ve got 18 1/2 minutes gone already.”
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H.R. Haldeman: “Great idea, pardoning the turkey. That’ll distract the GD liberal media from that Watergate crapola.”
Nixon: “Oh, that wasn’t the idea, but I like it. Actually, I was practicing what to do when Ford pardons me. Or I pardon myself, whatever it takes to save my ass.”

Goble, Goble that CREEP.

I’ll re-comment:

“Nixon Greets Turkish Ambassador”

(hey, if y’all are gonna post a Nixon-and-Turkey pic each year, I’m gonna use the same caption)

How ’bout:

“Nixon’s turkey was cooked in a few hours…Nixon’s goose was cooked in about eighteen and a half minutes.”

“While continuing to insist that Mr Agnew would be exonerated, the President expressed confidence that his new Vice President would ably perform the functions of the office….”

(“As God as my witness, Henry, I thought turkeys could serve as Vice President”)

I am not a cook!

A bird in the hand is worth two ex-CIA burglars.

After having to shake that turkey’s hand the bird has earned a pardon.

HA!
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Thanks for being aware of all internet traditions, Jay Newton-Small, and putting this post up.

David Broder and his younger brothers congratulate Richard Nixon on his pardon, which The Dean calls a necessary triumph of bipartisanship.

There are too many FTW’s here, judgment must be suspended.

Tammy the Prognosticating Turkey says “I see death and disgrace. For you in particular Dick and for your party. Beware the Tea Bags.”.

Nixon: I’m going to eat you.

Turkey: You’re such a perv. Who do you think you are? David Vitter?

Contrary to the popular saying, *some*times, in Washington, the *turkey* you pardoned is your only friend. But, even that is not a given, Mr. President.

Funny!

“Tell Kissenger we’re sending this turkey to Cambodia.”

Ha! Funniest one yet!

In a cunning move attributed to its raptor ancestry, the turkey managed a power sharing agreement that set maximum oven temperatures at a balmy 72* F. Asked whether the move was made to help alleviate global warming, the turkey said, “Hell no, I need the amps for my jacuzzi and jams.”

Senator: Dick, just a feather is kinky. Using the whole bird is sick.

Ftw.

OT, but my wife wears herself out cooking a huge Thanksgiving dinner. I wanted to order a Chinese take-out feast. She said no. I told her that if she would let me order Chinese for Christmas dinner I’d buy her a laptop for X-Mas. She said she’d seriously consider it because she really wants one. I already have the laptop wrapped and hidden.

Ah, I recycled that one from a couple of years ago.

Actually, it’s the annual photo as well.

Nixon: I’ll pardon this f’ing bird, but there’ll be no mercy for Indochina.

I thought i remembered it. OTOH, many of us here are getting up in years and our memories aren’t what they used to be so it sounds fresh again.

OT again but, since I’ve taken a break from posting I’ve made some decent use of my free time. My Christmas shopping is DONE. I have everything wrapped. My Christmas cards are made out and ready to send. I have two of the trees up and decorated. I’m one happy camper.

Dear Happy Camper:
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Great. You can quit that stupid vigil and get back to posting.
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Think about this you have wrote more stuff than Sarah Palin who has managed to author 2 books and find some nut job publisher to crap a load of money for them yet, some how has never written a slngle page of any of the 2 books. She has a lot to be thankful for.

Treat yourself, Decon – that exactly what I did!

Well Tom Delay just got found guilty.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/25/us/politics/25delay.html?_r=1&hp

Turkey: “So I says to the hunter, I says, ‘look, you don’t like him either so I tells ya what – if you don’t shoot me I’ll go right up to the president and tell him to sock it.’”
Nix: “Sock it to ME???”

Just???

Can he hang that disco ball from DWTS in his jail cell?

http://www.theonion.com/articles/the-clemency-of-cranberry,18510/
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Obama’s decision tree on ethics of pardoning the turkey via The Onion.
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Onion video:
Outlines the President’s moral, philosophical justifications for pardoning the turkey. This is after consulting Republicans and friends of the turkey.
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http://www.theonion.com/video/obama-outlines-moral-philosophical-justifications,18509/

I still love: “i am not a cook.”

Happy Thanksgiving KT.

“Happy Thanksgiving KT”
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Now there’s a sentiment we can rally around.

Great news gunny.
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Guess his return to politics will be Delayed. (thanks, I’ll be here all week)

Happy Thanksgiving indeed, KT.
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You have been missed.

There is justice in this world. Which is why Delay’s former colleagues are hellbent on gutting the House Ethics Committee before justice finds them too.

“Great. You can quit that stupid vigil and get back to posting.”
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Busted. It hasn’t really been a vigil though. I just had a few fun projects that I’ve been meaning to do for years and never found the time to do. I have thousands of hours of things on vhs that I’ve been meaning to convert to dvd but never got around to. “Disco Beaver From Outer Space”, tv coverage of Lennon’s murder, earthquake coverage, the NCAA final between Bird and Magic, presidental debates going back to Carter/Reagan and tons of other stuff. I haven’t made a dent in it, but I’ve at least put a scratch in it. I’d meant to just get them started and then do other things. I wound up watching them all the way through. I’ve watched so much tv that I’m stupid now. I finish up in the morning and then I’m off for two weeks. Another few days and then I’m going to take a break from taking a break.
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I did go 9 whole days without even turning on my computer during one stretch. I was jonesing so bad I thought I’d have to shoot up a mouse.

KT, click your heels together three times and say “There’s no place like home”. We miss you. Bring troll repellent. We’re infested now.

Ok, I admit that schadenfreude isn’t very nice, but right now I can’t help grinning as much as a Tom Delay mug shot (link).

Speaking of nice to see you again…
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Welcome back sacred!

Nice to hear from you again, Karen…Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Turkey – “Hey, my name’s checkers. That’s good, right?

Nixon – “Screw that. I had that mangy mutt put down five minutes after i gave that speech. You keep your mouth shut or you go the same way as those other turkeys Dean, Haldeman and Erlichman..”

Happy Thanksgiving KT! And everyone else!
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We miss you.
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And, of course, glad to see Sacred too and I raise you a video and two tickets to the Trans Siberian Orchestra.
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You know which one…

Happy Thanksgiving, KT, so glad you could drop by!

Thanks Pnnto and 53_3. I had to laugh at the TSO comment. It’s in my truck now. I’ve been playing the sh!t out of Christmas music.

What a happy thread!! What a pleasure, KT and sacredh, who have been absent, especially. Happy Thanksgiving to All. Thank you.

Ginger/Cranberry martini…prepped

Garlic soup…made
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Shrimp…marinading
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Pear/Pinot Gris sorbet…made
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Rack of lamb…marinating
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Brussel Sprouts….nothing to prep
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No knead bread…incubating
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Molten chocolate cupcakes…done
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Ready for Thanksgiving!

Heigh ho, heigh ho. It’s off to work i go. Good night and happy Thanksgiving folks.
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P.S. Tom, practice those rectal stretching exercises. You’re not Tom anymore. Your new name is b!tch.

Re/ “P.S.”
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I’m anti-turkey but daaaaang sacred’s “love” is meaner than my “hate”.

Take care; great to have you around again.

Happy Thanksgiving KT. I loved “I am not a cook” too.

Happy Thankgiving everyone!

Woke up to good news about the DeLay verdict, then greetings to the Swamp from KT and sacred returns. Good times!

Going out to dinner with American friends (in addition to the one I’m staying with) but no turkey on the menu. No football either, although we watched Man United in the other football last night.

Cheers, I

Like fellow time-zone exile Ivy, I’ll make my Thanksgiving wishes to everyone now. Have a great holiday.

And if you’re not in the spirit yet watch this from the
ultimate TG film

White Turkey? Yes, thank you.

I want to thank you for your vote, Tom.
You helped us redefine democracy, and I’ll soon ask that you become the new symbol of our proud party.

Thank you SZ and Ivy_B. I was in a good mood when I left for work last night. It was my last night before 2 weeks off and it was a double time night. I stopped at the gas station on the way in and hit $250 on a $5 scratch-off. I tipped the cashier $25 for selling me the ticket and bought $5 more worth of tickets. I hit another $50 on a $2 ticket. It rained like hell all night but I was still in a great mood. There was a flyer in the newspaper at work for a one day sale so I went out this morning and bought 2 blu-ray dvd players (with free three pack blu-ray Christmas specials for each) and still gave my better half $100 when I got home.
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The cashier last night tried to talk me into buying more tickets but I quit while I was ahead. After I gave my wife her share this morning I still had within $2 of what I left with last night.

What do you mean “her share?”

Have a great Thanksgiving formerlyjames. We’ve already had 1 3/4 inches of rain since last night and we’re supposed to get over another inch today. If it changes to snow this evening, we’re going to watch “The Polar Express” with the Christmas tree lights on. We’ve also got a kick-ass bottle of homemade wine with our names on it for the movie. It will be a perfect day if my back starts to hurt so that I have an excuse to pop a couple of muscle relaxers for dessert.
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On second thought…f**k it. They’re history regardless of how I feel.

That’s really what Chicago looked like, so long ago, JC.

SZ, I always try to give her half of what I win. She has some kind of ability that knows if I’ve I hit a good one the second I walk in the door. Really, it’s just a sh!t eating grin that I lack the ability to hide. It makes her happy when I give her money (strange huh?) and I know it’s a defense for when I torture her mom. But honnnney…wouldn’t you rather me torture her than you?

We’re having honey glazed ham/pineapple/cherries, turkey breast, smashed potatoes/gravy, homemade biscuits, BBQ baked beans, corn on the cob, sweet potatoes/marshmallows and walnuts, asparagus/sauce and homemade pickled beets. For dessert we’re having pumpkin pie and deep dish apple pie. To top the evening off we’re having homemade wine/muscle relaxers.
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I wish we had a slide for me to get downstairs instead of steps. I’d feel much safer.

They’re making dumplings too but I can’t even look at them without gagging.

Go ahead. Pull my finger. Dick.

I swear to God that my wife must be a witch or a psychic. The desserts are down here in the downstairs refrigerator. She’s upstairs in the kitchen. There’s no way on earth she could possibly hear me down here. I have music playing and she just opened the door and yelled that I had better not be getting into the pies just as I opened the refrigerator door with a fork in my hand.

3xfire3, I don’t know if you’re reading the threads but I’m releasing you from our bet. It’s only another week and it is the holidays. If you’re reading, come on back. I think it was you that had another bet with patricksartor. Maybe you could release him too from his obligation a little early? I think the obligation has been fulfilled in spirit if not in actual details.

Nixon laughs as he snaps another claw on the turkey.

Turkey: OK! OK! OK! I’ll talk! Ted killed Mary Jo because she gave his wife a case of whiskey and Julie is banging that Eisenhower kid!

Turkey: Psssst! Dick! I know why you wrapped the hamster in duct tape. You did it so it wouldn’t explode when you screwed it.

Yeah, I know I’m bored. I’m not allowed upstairs until dinner is ready. We’re eating at 1 because my son has to go to work at 2 so we’re eating early. The smells from upstairs are driving me crazy. I’m starved.

Turkey: Who needs stuffing when we have all of those crackers behind us?

“This is an abuse of power. It’s a miscarriage of justice. I still maintain that I am innocent, that the criminalization of politics undermines our very system.”
TOM DeLAY, after being found guilty of money-laundering to assist the election of GOP candidates by a Texas jury

Wait until all the investigations of Obama start with the new congress. It won’t be the “criminalization of politics” then. It will be real Americans “protecting” the political system.

Anybody want to bet that I’m not going to stay on topic today?

“wine/muscle relaxers”
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Cool, if I remember my After School Specials 1+1= at least 3. Make sure MIL has some.

I love those warning labels on the pill bottle. “Alcohol may intensify this effect”. It’s not a warning. It’s a helpful hint. They might as well put a smiley face beside it.
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That plan went down the tubes when I got the ads in the paper today. They have blue-ray dvds for $5 and $10 starting at midnight. I’m going to run out and buy a bunch. They’re also selling some season series of a few shows my wife likes for $12. I hate Wal-Mart but I’m going anyway. The weather forecast was wrong as usual. It was supposed to be headed for snow this evening. It’s 50 out and raining so we’re not watching Polar Express tonight. Everyone else in the house is asleep in the living room upstairs. We ate ourselves into a stupor.
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I washed the dishes and put everything away. There’s a minister (my BIL) and his wife coming to the house about 4-4:30. I’m not going to wake anybody up so they can get ready. I sat some wine glasses around the living room, put a little wine in them and tossed in a couple of cigarette butts. They’re here! Gotta run.

Back from a terrific dinner.

sacred, thought of you when I was still at home – had insulation put into my attic and they took out a 1950s aluminum Christmas tree. Too bad you don’t live closer, I would give it to you if you wanted. As it is, probably will put on Craig’s List when I get back to the states.

Hope all the dinners and spirits were great.

Going off tomorrow for a couple of days in winelands.

Thanks for thinking of me Ivy_B. I’ve been trying for years to talk my wife into letting me put up an aluminum tree. She thinks they look too old fashioned. I think they look retro. I keep a pencil tree up year round in my bedroom with red, white and blue LED lights and apples on it (think Beatles). I also keep up a 4 foot fiber optic tree in my downstairs living room year round because I like the colors. She likes things a little more traditional than I prefer. I have my own bathroom and decorated it with Egyptian stuff and rubber ducks. She hates it. I also have a fake leg that I keep half under the downstairs livingroom couch. She hates that too. I did get rid of the severed head by the Fenton lamp. The things a man does to keep the wife happy. Semi-happy.
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Dinner was great but I passed on the spirits. I’ve been up for 27 hours and I’m going shopping at midnight. Have fun in the winelands.

You know, John Hughes, among other directors, is the only way I’ve seen Chicago. It’s changed for the worse?

“Congratulations on becoming governor of Alaska, Sarah.”

The Temp Agency placed her. She’s going to try 4 other states and hope for a degree.

“I’ve been up for 27 hours and I’m going shopping at midnight.”
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Have you ever considered lithium, sacredh?

SZ, I stay up for between 32-36 hours once a month. I just finished up my 7th midnight this morning. I don’t sleep when I get home on my last one and stay awake as long as possible so that I can get my sleep cycle back to a near regular schedule in just a day. I’ve been doing this for over 30 years. I can get by on 5 hours sleep. I only eat once a day too and it seems to work fairly well for me. I weigh the same now that I did 25 years ago (to the pound). I think that in a couple of years when I retire that I’ll stay up every night until dawn and then sleep to noon. I’m not a morning person at all. As a matter of fact, I hate working daylight with a passion. If I had my choice I’d work 4-12 steady.

Off to hit the bargains. Have fun folks. Remember, if you have to drive tonight…I’m out there too. No sleep. 4WD truck. God help you if you’re driving a compact.

Poor turkey, always having a hard time! When will he experience a good life, even if just for the next turkey generation, Happy Holidays…
http://www.pathtoasia.com/jobs/

They need to rename Turkey Day!
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Let’s just call it Sarah Palin Day.
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It would be a day in which every American can indulge in insane behavior. To wit:
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*Grind the head of your kitten and call it an act of neighborliness
*Socialize with your worst enemy and call them freind
*Babble incoherently
*Make geographers dizzy with witless continental configurations.
*Make geopolitical experts dizzy by conflating the unconflatable
*Make etymologists dizzy with insanely dysfunction concatenations of real words
*Learn to survive in icebound wastelands by drinking moose urine and shooting libruls
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We could indulge in all these things, legally!!!!!

Should we call our newest ally North Korea and have them shell his residence?

I think she’s trying to elbow her way onto the succession list the senior Kim Il Jung has put together.
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Alaska didn’t work out.
America didn’t work out.
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Hells bells, maybe North Korea will…

HOPPY HALIDAYS AND HERPY BATHDAY TO ALL!!!!!

Yes, in case you want to know, I’m indulging in item number six on my list of Things To Do on Sarah Palin day…

Nixon, thinking furiously while desperately manageing smile:
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Hmmm. Why is this bird giving me his middle toe…

Sorry folks, but I just had streaking flash of enlightenment:
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Sarah Palin, in her immediately previous life, was this particular turkey.
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You see, after it gave Nixon the middle toe, he rescinded his pardon and whacked it’s head off his own self, to grace the White House table that night.
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When the turkey came back as Sarah Palin, she decided that since she couldn’t get back at Nixon (he’s dead already), she decided that she would have to settle for the next best thing:
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To thoroughly antagonize the hell out of the American people who elected his arse to office…

“It would be a day in which every American can indulge in insane behavior.”
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I was at Wal-Mart at midnight when all the stuff went on sale. I’m way ahead of you when it comes to insane behavior 53_3. I had a winning strategy. No cart. Go through the food section (deserted) and cut over to where the dvds were on sale. Yell “Look out! I think I’m going to throw up” to make people get out of my way. Grab the dvds and then check out. In and out in 20 minutes. I got ALL 14 dvds I wanted. Even the security guard was laughing.
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I forgot to mention that her behavior towards turkeys on thanksgiving (a la her T-Day video), is a mentally pathological leftover from those days…

I hope your Palin Day was a good one 53_3. Mine was great. I was worn out but everything went smoothly and the food was/is great. The only bad thing was that I ate too much BBQ’d baked beans and we had to light a few scented candles.

LB couldn’t eat her pumpkin pie, so I ate both of our pieces.
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When we got home, she wanted to open a bottle of fine Sancerre we had lying around, and I said OK.
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Guess what?
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Recently eaten pumpkin pie slices don’t mix very well with Sancerre. Yeah, it’s grapey, but not that grapey.
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Not so fun.
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Next time I’ll try to remember that dessert wines are called “dessert wines” for a reason.
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LB was happy as a clam, though.

We’re just putting the last of our fall/Thanksgiving decorations away. As soon as I finish this piece of deep dish apple pie we’re going to put up the 9′ tree in the upstairs living room. I was going to drink last night but I was too tired. Tonight is a different story though. I’m loaded for bear. A friend from work makes some of the best wine I’ve ever tasted and it has a kick to it. We have bottles of strawberry, plum and grape. The MIL hates it when we drink because we can get pretty rude. We filled up an old whiskey bottle with Ginger Ale and we’re going to start tossing down “shots” so that she’ll stay in her room. I think that every hour or so I’ll go pound on her door and demand that she help us. She’ll lock the door. It works every time.

Happy Thanksgiving K-Tum, sacred, decon, stuart, Paul, Ivy_B, kathy, kevin, Fitty, JC, f-j, apr, patrick, grape, Wenchy, and the rest of the Swamp-gang!
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Judging by to amount of noise on the “Black Friday” and subsequent thread, it appears as tho’ the libruls are out shoppin’ and stimulatin’ the economy while the RWers play Scrooge…

Happy T-Day to you, kbanginmotown!

Happy Turkey Day kbanginmotown. Tree #2 is now up and running. Almost running. We put around 4-500 ornaments on it and will put the other half on tomorrow. We sat five boxes of old decorations out by the mailbox with a “FREE DECORATIONS” sign on them. We went inside to have a cup of coffee and get the other two boxes to set them out. The five boxes were gone when we set the other ones out. Those lasted about 20 minutes.

It’s great when liberals get together and discuss their mundane lives…Today I had turkey, and then I had a thought…no, it was a feeling and the feeling came from a voice in my head after the turkey and the wine. Then I went online and posted many, many meaningless messages. Such intelligence should definitely be running the government and telling everybody else what to do.
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I think I’ll add this thread to my favs for future reference…

How strange! I woke up this morning in the mood for some meaningless messages so of course I began a search for your serious posts. Do the voices in your head keep pestering you until you do what they say? They’re not always your friend you know. Thank you so much for posting.

Once again, glad you are back sacred.

Way to go sacred. More TSO?
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Fyi, an NBA-quality elbow or two in the right place won’t hurt either.

How is your trip to the winelands going Ivy_B? I’ve been meaning to do a little indulging myself the last couple of days but haven’t had a chance. Meaningless messages indeed. We’re talking about the grape here.

liberalmeltdown:
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Did you notice that the tone of your post is full of implications of a “superior” level of being on your part and an “inferior” level of being on ours?
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Did you know there is a word(s) for this? Here are some to chew on:
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“Haughty arrogance”
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“Superiority complex”
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“Condescending”
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I’ll leave it for others to add more…

Looking at the positives*(1) of the recently deceased holiday*(2), the training is finally done, my wife dialysed at home for the first time, my middle bedroom looks like a scene from Grey’s Anatomy, and I burp*(3) a lot.
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*(1) Project was finished, and our family pulled together for their brother. You could say this particular holiday featured a very shiny silver lining to a particularly dark cloud. I think, in all honesty, it’s the positives that will manifest themselves down the road.
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*(2) One of my sons had to go to the hospital for a while. Other mayhem manifested itself for a holiday that I honestly wish I could forget.
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*(3) That turkey and dressing taste lingers on that way…

Racist!

Go ahead. Pull my dick. Finger.

Us liberals get together to discuss our mundane lives. Tea Baggers get together to plot. Liberals get together to discuss retiring to Florida when they retire. Tea Baggers discuss which South American country they can hide out in if the coup fails. Why do Tea Baggerds hate America?

I just finished a piece of cherry pie. I’m going upstairs to have a cup of coffee and a cigarette. We’ll finish decorating the tree when I’m done. I might watch Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince after that but I might be back late this evening. This is just in case somebody wants to take a chance and go out this evening but were afraid to because I might post some meaningless comments. Now get cleaned up and shoo! Be back by midnight though. Just in case I want you folks to read my comments. Now go. Right now.

Of course being in a different time zone it’s very easy to shoo!
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Trip was very interesting. We stayed at a very fancy place which turned out to have dreadful service. The upside was the manager included dinner and wine as freebies in our bargain price.
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We were in an Afrikaans area and went to see this monument, which is a big deal to Afrikaans people. Ohers suggest that the idea of the design was to say something else. What that might be, I leave to your imaginations.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans_Language_Monument
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After we left that area, we drove down the mountains, ended up at the Atlantic ocean at Hermanus then back to Cape Town before dinner time.