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Oh, turkey - a glorious word.

Sometimes you’re a country, others - a bird.

A short story as well. Two cities to like.

A Native American…  and a bowling strike.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! Keep in mind where to go if you need a video on how to roast a turkey, historical trivia to share at your dinner table, or if you want the final answer as to why eating turkey makes you sleepy.

Gobble gobble! This week’s WikiAnswers Wednesday is Thanksgiving-themed, and I think you can guess why. Instead of exploring the origins of the holiday, I’d like to go a different angle: describing this wonderful day of wonderful food.

What are some proper adjectives for Thanksgiving?

Now, the answer given on WikiAnswers is logical and… well, less-than-fun. I came up with my own list of ‘proper adjectives’ to describe the American holiday:

• Awesome.
• Tasty.
• Feasty.
• Kinda cruel (to large poultry).
• Kinda cruel (to vegetarians).
• Kinda cruel (to potato-kind though I don’t think potatoes feel anything so it’s ok).
• Pious (if you consider piety to be satiating).
• Family fun (if by fun I mean all of us together in the house again, repeating scenes from childhood).
• Again, awesome.

Happy Thanksgiving!

And you thought we were done sharing new WikiAnswers site features for the week! You think brand new Community Forums and search with snippets are enough? And you call yourself a Wikiholic…

Another new feature went live on WikiAnswers this week, and this one may just blow your mind. Mine is still splattered all over the living room.

Now, let’s say you ask a new question, like, Once Halloween is over do Americans begin preparing for Thanksgiving? (you can see where my mind is now). On the screen where you are supposed to categorize it, you will see Suggested Categories offered below the search bar. You may get up to three suggestions, and they may be right or wrong, but that’s for you to decide. If you’re satisfied, click Save, and if not, you can choose to categorize elsewhere.

The leaves have changed… The weather has chilled… It must be turkey time!

Thanksgiving Day is a time for giving… and taking.

Like so:

Give answers to someone who needs them:

• What did FDR try to do to Thanksgiving?
• What is the origin of Canadian Thanksgiving holiday?
• How many turkeys are cooked on Thanksgiving?
• How are the NFL teams picked to play on Thanksgiving?

…And take answers from people who already know:

• Why is Thanksgiving always on a Thursday?
• How do you say Thanksgiving in French?
• Which department store held the first Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thanksgiving?
• What is another name sometimes given for Thanksgiving?
  

Happy Thanksgiving!

It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and my stomach is already rumbling with excitement. Roast turkey… juicy stuffing… buttery potatoes… Since it’ll be another 24 hours before I get anything that good in my stomach, here’s a food question for WikiAnswers Wednesday:

Does a T-bone steak dissolve in water, Pepsi or Coca-Cola?

Actually, it dissolves in hydrochloric acid, which is fancy language for GET IN MY BELLY!