Random Observations- Two Crotchety And One Upbeat

[poliphilo]

1. I'm never going to make one of those lists of things I'm thankful for because my mother told me when I was small that if you make too much noise about how happy and fortunate you are God will squash you like a bug.  Just look what he did to Job. Or maybe it's not God, it's the Brownies. Same difference. The point is there are powers out there that are very, very jealous of human success and only a fool would provoke them.

2.  What's this Cool Whip stuff you Americans put on your pie? It sounds disgusting. Whatever happened to cream?

3. John Howard's gone. That guy was a toad. I'm just so happy for all my Australian friends.

Comments

[bodhibird.livejournal.com]

As halfmoon_mollie says, Cool Whip has gotten better and more cream-like over the years. It reflects the weird American attitude that the worst thing you can possibly eat is a product with real butter-fat. That said, it tastes fine to me unless I've just eaten real whipped cream. *g*

Listing things you're thankful for is just something American LJers like to do on Thanksgiving Day. As I wrote in my post, gratitude is a healthy spiritual attitude/discipline. But I'm not surprised by your attitude of not jinxing things by being grateful out loud; it seems very English to me.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think it is a very English thing. It's not that I'm not grateful- I am- but if you ask me about my blessings I'll shuffle my feet, lower my eyes and say, "Mustn't grumble...."