Today we here in the USA are celebrating Thanksgiving today.
For me personally, I felt a little bummed out that David wouldn’t be participating in our holiday today.
But it’s a possibility that he might be having turkey and stuffing with his family today.
I have reason to believe that one of David’s ancestors, Elisha Wyatt- Hupton was a stowaway on the Mayflower.
Elisha in his youth was a bit of a scoundrel. He was a very handsome man about 6’ tall with a mop of red hair on his head. He was known to hang around pubs, playing darts for pints.
He came from the Foxborough section of Slough which was south of Norwich.
He was a skillful writer. Wrote short stories and poems.
Supposedly wrote very suggestive poems to certain women of Slough.
He was so sure of his suggestive writings, he would purposely give his poems to Pilgrim and Puritan virginal women. Rumor has it, these very strict, religious women would become defenseless after reading his poems.
On one particular occasion, Elisha was all set to deflower a young Puritan girl. Her father a fire breathing elder learned of the tryst.
Elisha fearing the dunking chair and probably the stocks jumped out a second story window as he was chased by the maniacal elder.
He saw a line of Pilgrims ready to board the Mayflower. He hid among them. He became a stowaway.
Though there is no written evidence of an Elisha Wyatt-Hupton in Plymouth, it’s very possible he used the name John Alden or Myles Standish.
There is a very famous painting of the signing of the Mayflower Compact by Jean Leon Gerhome Ferris. Dead center is a tall man, white shirt and very red hair. Could this be Elisha.
Supposedly the famous dinner between the Pilgrims and Massasoit and his Wampanoag tribe was not a dinner but a three day celebration of eating and games.
Elisha kept a journal of the different type of games that the Indians played. Possibly Lacrosse or Field Hockey, archery and canoeing.
Elisha was one who could never keep his hormones in check.
Instead of strict religious women, he set his sights on young Indian maidens.
Luckily for him that the Mayflower was going back to England. It appears that a few Wampanoag braves wanted his scalp.
On his return to England, he started writing about the games being played in the colonies and in England. He published a weekly paper called “ The Mayflower Way”. He was sort of like the first sports writer in England.
Based on these facts, David without a question of a doubt is one of us, a turkey eating colonists.
Pass the cranberry sauce, David.
Happy Thanksgiving to all and especially David and his family.
Thank you for your Thanksgiving blessings. In a sporting season absolutely devoid of any smiles because of the putrid seasons of both the Jets and Canaries, I’m just trying to give everyone a laugh or two.
The fact you put up with my nonsense is amazing.
I tried to get my wife to make Spotted Dick for desert today, she said absolutely not. So dessert will be traditional Pumpkin and Apple pie.
Spotted dick is a traditional British steamed pudding made with suet, flour, and dried fruit like currants or raisins, which give it the "spotted" appearance. The "dick" part of the name is an old term for pudding. It is typically served warm with custard
Hilarious, Bobber! Have you started imbibing already? LOL No, I know better. You don't need alcohol for your wit, imagination, and writing skills. Thanks for the laugh, my friend.
Probably two of the most shocking games on Thanksgiving were the 1962 undefeated Packers going into Detroit and getting destroyed and the Clint Longley game in Dallas.
The Packers were 10-0 when they faced the Lions on Thanksgiving. The Pack was a juggernaut.
By the time the game was over, Bart Starr was sacked 11 times and Lombardi and his team lost their only game of the year 26-14.
They went on to win the NFL championship game, finishing the season 14-1.
In 1974, Washington, leading the NFC east with a 8-3 record was looking to win the divisional title against the 6-5 Cowboys.
There were rumors before the game that George Allen put out some sort of bounty against Roger Staubach. It was never proven but Roger the Dodger exited the third quarter with an injury.
In came Clint Longley
Longley, then a rookie, came into the game for an injured Roger Staubach with the Cowboys trailing 16–3 in the third quarter, and facing elimination from the playoffs. After hitting Billy Joe Dupree for a 35-yard touchdownpass, he led the Cowboys on a 70-yard drive capped by a 1-yard Walt Garrison touchdown run. Finally, with the Cowboys behind 23–17 and with only 28 seconds left with no time outs, Longley hit Drew Pearson at the left sideline for a 50-yard hail mary pass touchdownwhich gave the Cowboys a dramatic 24–23 come from behind victory.
Longley became an overnight media star. Unfortunately that game was the highlight of his career.
Evidently Moore was released by Buffalo to make room for Brandin Cooks who was released by the Saints.
Supposedly there was some nonsense that the league looked into.
Supposedly the Saints were trying to circumvent the waiver rules so that Cooks could get picked up by a certain team. That team never revealed.
Since it is a holiday today, I’ll be charitable and leave Justin Fields be.
Hysterical Bobber! Your imagination is amazing! 🤩 Happy Thanksgiving guys! I need to take a pre meal 😴 nap after yet another Bobber novel! Did you get that published Bobber😂
Happy Thanksgiving !!!!!!! I'm sure everyone had a good time and ate to bursting. Bobber has honored us with his finest alternate history Thanksgiving story, but please, no gummy, creamy Spotted Dick, lolololol. Justin Fields really needs some therapy, he was puzzled that he was benched ????? I think he has an alternate reality problem, maybe the concussion was way worse than anyone imagined.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope that all will take time to count your many blessings. If you're feeling so grateful that you want to do something to help others, I suggest going to greatergood.com. There are a number of different things that you can click on such as Alzheimer's research, breast cancer research, saving the rainforest, helping feed shelter pets, helping veterans, and more. It's free and just by clicking every day, you can help make the world a better, healthier place.
While I can understand Glenn wanting Downs, the consensus best player in the draft is Arvelle Reese. IMO if the Jets miss out on Mendoza and don't think there's another QB worthy of being taken in the top 5, then they should try to trade down. If they are unable to do that, the pick should be Jordyn Tyson. If he's gone and the Jets decide to take a defensive player, it should be Reese. He has the prototypical size and freakish speed that Glenn's scheme wants, and can have a greater impact vs the opposing team's rushing attack, and is a great blitzer.
Some experts don't see Downs as necessarily being a top 10 player in the draft.
Thanks for your Thanksgiving wishes, David! On Jets Nation a Canadian poster said that he celebrates both the Canadian Thanksgiving in October and the American one in November. Does the UK have a Thanksgiving day?
"AD Mitchell singled out QB Tyrod Taylor for some special praise: “Tyrod has done an amazing job just helping me and Metchie out. Especially this past week, we just spent pretty much the whole week together. And before we were really acclimated to the offense, he took the time to explain to us certain things with the plays. He’s definitely a vet’s vet."
Anyone else notice the implication here? Fields evidently didn't go to Metchie and Mitchell and help them learn the offense when he was still starting, but Taylor did., yet Fields is so delusional that he was "surprised" that he was benched and thinks he'll get a chance to start again. He's either a liar, delusional, or insane. Either way, he shouldn't be on the Jets next year.
Today we here in the USA are celebrating Thanksgiving today.
For me personally, I felt a little bummed out that David wouldn’t be participating in our holiday today.
But it’s a possibility that he might be having turkey and stuffing with his family today.
I have reason to believe that one of David’s ancestors, Elisha Wyatt- Hupton was a stowaway on the Mayflower.
Elisha in his youth was a bit of a scoundrel. He was a very handsome man about 6’ tall with a mop of red hair on his head. He was known to hang around pubs, playing darts for pints.
He came from the Foxborough section of Slough which was south of Norwich.
He was a skillful writer. Wrote short stories and poems.
Supposedly wrote very suggestive poems to certain women of Slough.
He was so sure of his suggestive writings, he would purposely give his poems to Pilgrim and Puritan virginal women. Rumor has it, these very strict, religious women would become defenseless after reading his poems.
On one particular occasion, Elisha was all set to deflower a young Puritan girl. Her father a fire breathing elder learned of the tryst.
Elisha fearing the dunking chair and probably the stocks jumped out a second story window as he was chased by the maniacal elder.
He saw a line of Pilgrims ready to board the Mayflower. He hid among them. He became a stowaway.
Though there is no written evidence of an Elisha Wyatt-Hupton in Plymouth, it’s very possible he used the name John Alden or Myles Standish.
There is a very famous painting of the signing of the Mayflower Compact by Jean Leon Gerhome Ferris. Dead center is a tall man, white shirt and very red hair. Could this be Elisha.
Supposedly the famous dinner between the Pilgrims and Massasoit and his Wampanoag tribe was not a dinner but a three day celebration of eating and games.
Elisha kept a journal of the different type of games that the Indians played. Possibly Lacrosse or Field Hockey, archery and canoeing.
Elisha was one who could never keep his hormones in check.
Instead of strict religious women, he set his sights on young Indian maidens.
Luckily for him that the Mayflower was going back to England. It appears that a few Wampanoag braves wanted his scalp.
On his return to England, he started writing about the games being played in the colonies and in England. He published a weekly paper called “ The Mayflower Way”. He was sort of like the first sports writer in England.
Based on these facts, David without a question of a doubt is one of us, a turkey eating colonists.
Pass the cranberry sauce, David.
Happy Thanksgiving to all and especially David and his family.
😂😂😂 - As always Bobber you bring a smile to my face on this very dreary morning here in England! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
Thank you for your Thanksgiving blessings. In a sporting season absolutely devoid of any smiles because of the putrid seasons of both the Jets and Canaries, I’m just trying to give everyone a laugh or two.
The fact you put up with my nonsense is amazing.
I tried to get my wife to make Spotted Dick for desert today, she said absolutely not. So dessert will be traditional Pumpkin and Apple pie.
I'm afraid to ask...what is spotted dick? Sounds like an STD! LOL
Spotted dick is a traditional British steamed pudding made with suet, flour, and dried fruit like currants or raisins, which give it the "spotted" appearance. The "dick" part of the name is an old term for pudding. It is typically served warm with custard
Supposedly very gummy
Hilarious, Bobber! Have you started imbibing already? LOL No, I know better. You don't need alcohol for your wit, imagination, and writing skills. Thanks for the laugh, my friend.
Rex creative !
Real Thanksgiving history, no mention of Elisha.
Probably two of the most shocking games on Thanksgiving were the 1962 undefeated Packers going into Detroit and getting destroyed and the Clint Longley game in Dallas.
The Packers were 10-0 when they faced the Lions on Thanksgiving. The Pack was a juggernaut.
By the time the game was over, Bart Starr was sacked 11 times and Lombardi and his team lost their only game of the year 26-14.
They went on to win the NFL championship game, finishing the season 14-1.
In 1974, Washington, leading the NFC east with a 8-3 record was looking to win the divisional title against the 6-5 Cowboys.
There were rumors before the game that George Allen put out some sort of bounty against Roger Staubach. It was never proven but Roger the Dodger exited the third quarter with an injury.
In came Clint Longley
Longley, then a rookie, came into the game for an injured Roger Staubach with the Cowboys trailing 16–3 in the third quarter, and facing elimination from the playoffs. After hitting Billy Joe Dupree for a 35-yard touchdownpass, he led the Cowboys on a 70-yard drive capped by a 1-yard Walt Garrison touchdown run. Finally, with the Cowboys behind 23–17 and with only 28 seconds left with no time outs, Longley hit Drew Pearson at the left sideline for a 50-yard hail mary pass touchdownwhich gave the Cowboys a dramatic 24–23 come from behind victory.
Longley became an overnight media star. Unfortunately that game was the highlight of his career.
Evidently Moore was released by Buffalo to make room for Brandin Cooks who was released by the Saints.
Supposedly there was some nonsense that the league looked into.
Supposedly the Saints were trying to circumvent the waiver rules so that Cooks could get picked up by a certain team. That team never revealed.
Since it is a holiday today, I’ll be charitable and leave Justin Fields be.
Hysterical Bobber! Your imagination is amazing! 🤩 Happy Thanksgiving guys! I need to take a pre meal 😴 nap after yet another Bobber novel! Did you get that published Bobber😂
I think I’ll write a biography about your football experiences then get it published
😂 That would be a comparatively short story🏈😂
Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for all of you here at TJW, always my favorite way to start my day.
Happy Thanksgiving !!!!!!! I'm sure everyone had a good time and ate to bursting. Bobber has honored us with his finest alternate history Thanksgiving story, but please, no gummy, creamy Spotted Dick, lolololol. Justin Fields really needs some therapy, he was puzzled that he was benched ????? I think he has an alternate reality problem, maybe the concussion was way worse than anyone imagined.
I don’t know who is more delusional, me with my attempts to rewrite history or Fields thinking he is an actual starting NFL quarterback
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope that all will take time to count your many blessings. If you're feeling so grateful that you want to do something to help others, I suggest going to greatergood.com. There are a number of different things that you can click on such as Alzheimer's research, breast cancer research, saving the rainforest, helping feed shelter pets, helping veterans, and more. It's free and just by clicking every day, you can help make the world a better, healthier place.
While I can understand Glenn wanting Downs, the consensus best player in the draft is Arvelle Reese. IMO if the Jets miss out on Mendoza and don't think there's another QB worthy of being taken in the top 5, then they should try to trade down. If they are unable to do that, the pick should be Jordyn Tyson. If he's gone and the Jets decide to take a defensive player, it should be Reese. He has the prototypical size and freakish speed that Glenn's scheme wants, and can have a greater impact vs the opposing team's rushing attack, and is a great blitzer.
Some experts don't see Downs as necessarily being a top 10 player in the draft.
Thanks for your Thanksgiving wishes, David! On Jets Nation a Canadian poster said that he celebrates both the Canadian Thanksgiving in October and the American one in November. Does the UK have a Thanksgiving day?
"AD Mitchell singled out QB Tyrod Taylor for some special praise: “Tyrod has done an amazing job just helping me and Metchie out. Especially this past week, we just spent pretty much the whole week together. And before we were really acclimated to the offense, he took the time to explain to us certain things with the plays. He’s definitely a vet’s vet."
Anyone else notice the implication here? Fields evidently didn't go to Metchie and Mitchell and help them learn the offense when he was still starting, but Taylor did., yet Fields is so delusional that he was "surprised" that he was benched and thinks he'll get a chance to start again. He's either a liar, delusional, or insane. Either way, he shouldn't be on the Jets next year.