By now you’re probably wise enough to know when not to whip out your smartphone under most
circumstances … but what about when you’re home for the holidays with the family? This flow chart
will help you determine when you’ve crossed the line.
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Infographic by Shane Snow for Gizmodo.
If you’re in the middle of reenacting the nativity and trying hard to spend the holidays alone, by all
means use the phone. If you still want to keep on good terms with your famil and friends, consider
taking a deep breath and turn your phone off.
Will you be talking with someone who couldn’t make it there for the holidays? If so, use it and show
some holiday spirit.
Are you sending inappropriate photos or sexts? That’s a one-way ticket to have a lonely Christmas.
Not interested? Then switch it off.
Bored out of your mind? If you’re the middle of church, at least put it on silent. If you’re talking to a
relative you haven’t seen in ages, try faking a bathroom emergency and use your phone for as long
as unsuspiciously able. Family dinner is the scene of the crime? As long as your phone won’t distract
everyone around, use it. Steve Jobs would have never invented the iPhone were it not for times like
this.
If using the app will help track a gift, then go right on ahead. If you’re using it to impress your in-
laws and plan to show them Youtube footage of giant robots destroying a South American city, it’s
probably a bad move. If you’ore playing carols on the ocarina app, go for it! You’ll be the most
awesome relative at the party.
Things NOT To Do With Thanksgiving Leftovers: 5 Turkey Dog Costumes
The Holiday Season makes us do some crazy stuff. We like to dress our pets with silly costumes and
pretend that they like it – even with all evidence to the contrary – but in fact they stare at us with a
face that says, “why me?!” On top of that, though, we are sure to take photos and post them on our
Facebook walls … just to add to the embarrassment! Sorry, pup, you look so cute we just can’t help
it!
Here are 10 not so happy doggies stuffed in turkey costumers … although I must say that some of
them look like they are really enjoying the attention. Even still, these are things not to do with your
Thanksgiving leftovers!
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The VVVVVV Socks, or One Of The Most Expensive Pairs Ever
One of the best things about videogames in this last decade is that indies stepped up their game,
and some of their productions are as beloved and well known as some AAA titles. VVVVVV is one of
these. As such, fans discuss it around Internet communities and message boards (usually saying how
much of a hard time they had with the whole Veni Vidi Vici section), or receiving drawings and
tributes. Well one of the weirdest tributes the game got was a pair of socks, knitted by Anders
Ekermo as part of a selection of indie gaming socks and hats. He then put them up on eBay for
charity, specifically for Child’s Play.
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The socks themselves feature Captain Viridian, main character of the game on a pair socks. The thing
is, we bet no one expected the socks would end up with bids of around 10K dollars!! Unfortunately,
the final bidder took out his bid and after much drama, the socks ended going for for $355, which is
still damn good for a pair of socks. Also the cause was a great one, too. Congrats to everyone
involved, except the guy who pulled out his bid.
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In case you didn’t know, VVVVVV is a fantastic indie game involving platforming and gravity shifting.
You can get it all weekend for around a dollar something at Steam or for a full price of around 5
whenever else. It’s definitely worth it!
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14 Funny College Pranks
From a guy wrapped up in duct tape to a funny marker pen drawing on your drunk mate. 14 Funny
College Pranks
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Flipping The Bird: 8 Turkey-Free Thanksgiving Treats
Thanksgiving without the turkey is like Groundhog Day without the… OK, bad analogy but you get
my drift. Not everyone enjoys the basted beast, however, so it can be a real challenge trying to
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satisfy those who’d rather flip off the bird than eat it. These 8 twisted turkey-free Thanksgiving tricks
& treats make for some great gobbling at any meatless meet & greet.
Tofurky
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LilVeggiePatch)
One can’t pen a turkey-free Thanksgiving post without waving a wing at Turtle Island Foods, creator
and manufacturer of Tofurky. Tofurky has expanded mightily since its debut back in 1980 and turkey-
phobic holiday eaters can now choose from a range of holiday creations including Tofurky Giblet
Gravy… giblet-free, naturally.
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(images via: Vegan
Product Reviews)
Tofurky… not just for Thanksgiving anymore! The Tofurky Italian Sausage & Fire Roasted Veggie
Pizza does the original Tofurky roast one better by not including Italian Sausage. Make that two
better: it’s made with non-dairy cheese.
Jones Cola Turkey & Gravy Soda
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BevReview)
Who would inflict Turkey & Gravy flavored soda on an undeserving world? Jones Soda, that’s who.
Jones rocked our worlds back in November of 2003 when they announced “Turkey & Gravy” soda in
honor of Thanksgiving – we responded by crashing their website. Imbibers who sampled the Jones
2006 Holiday Pack also “enjoyed” complementary Thanksgiving-themed sodas such as Sweet Potato,
Dinner Roll, Pea, and Antacid (urp).
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Products!)
How do you top Turkey & Gravy soda? With Tofurky & Gravy soda, of course! Not that the original
brew included any turkey, mind you, but perhaps paranoid vegans were put off by the name before
they could be put off by the taste. Regardless, Tofurky & Gravy flavored soda debuted in 2009 to a
rousing chorus – of crickets.
Turkey Joints
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Thinking of celebrating Thanksgiving Cheech & Chong style? Well break out the Turkey Joints and
don’t even think of Bogarting ‘em! Turkey Joints are a unique candy-coated chocolate filled with a
“marrow” of chocolate and ground Brazil Nuts. Sort of like an upscale version of those unique candy
treats called Chicken Bones. You don’t have to have the munchies to enjoy Turkey Joints but, er,
umm, what was I talking about?
Turkey-Flavored Doritos
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(images via: The Taipei
Kid and We Are Sub Rosa)
Speaking of the munchies (and the crunchies, for that matter), Doritos are your average gamer’s fave
snack and they come in just about anyone’s fave flavor – even Flavor Flav’s fave flavor, which might
possibly be Turkey. Doritos have become a worldwide phenomenon and you’ll find Roasted Turkey
flavored Doritos in Taiwan. See, the chips look like little Christmas Trees and… hey, who designed
this, Flavor Flav?? Above right are another type of Turkey Doritos: Doritos from Turkey! They don’t
call turkey “turkey” in Turkey, by the way, they call it “Hindi”. The more you know!
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Lay’s is another global snack brand that has cleverly tuned their offerings to local cultural cuisine.
Hmm, that doesn’t explain why Lay’s Turkey Potato Chips are sold in Mainland China. We’re not sure
what Mainland Chinese are expecting from their snack foods, by the way, but it’s probably a lot
worse than turkey.
Turkey Day Triple Fudge Ice Cream
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Journal)
“Turkey Day Triple Fudge is designed to take the best parts of Thanksgiving dinner and unite them in
a very rich, creamy, frosty dessert. It does that by combining super premium chocolate ice cream
with morsels of real turkey covered in dark chocolate swirled with sweet potato, chocolate fudge and
cranberry sauce.” Now hold yer horses, pilgrim, we said this post would be turkey-free and we meant
it – there’s no actual turkey in Turkey Day Triple Fudge Ice Cream ’cause Turkey Hill doesn’t make any
such thing. It’s just the twisted scribes at Ice Cream Journal pulling our drumsticks with a timely post
dated March 31st, the day before… uh huh.
Thanksgiving Gumballs
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How often have you dug into a plate of oven-roasted Thanksgiving turkey only to find it’s been
overcooked, and you end up chewing and chewing and… the heck with that, eliminate the
middleman (he’s a lousy cook anyway) and get yourself some Thanksgiving Gumballs! Available in
Turkey, Cranberry and Pumpkin Pie flavors, they’re the greatest thing to come along since those ice
cream pills 10-year-old Pia Zadora ate in 1964's Santa Claus Conquers The Martians.
Turkey-Flavored Canned Veggies
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Do your kids hate eating their vegetables? Yeah, well, Turkey-Flavored Collard Greens aren’t going to
change their minds. Neither will Turkey-Flavored Turnip Greens for that matter. Maybe Glory Foods
could try deep-frying their Collard Greens and Turnip Greens in chocolate sauce.
Wild Turkey Bourbon
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What’s the best remedy for freeloading relatives, noisy young’uns and WAY too much rib-stickin’,
calorie-laden food? Turkey of course! Er, Wild Turkey that is, Kentucky’s famous 101-proof bourbon
and Hunter S. Thompson’s favorite tipple. That’s tipple, not triple – the only thing worse than leftover
Thanksgiving turkey is a raging Wild Turkey hangover.
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Wild Turkey offers a range of delicious sauces as well, and you’re not obligated to use them on
turkey too. Actually meat itself is optional: The Vegan Epicure mentions an intriguing recipe for
Vegan Fried Chicken with Wild Turkey Barbecue Sauce, shown above right. Finger lickin’ good
indeed, and you’re cool with the Vegans as long as you only lick your fingers, not bite ‘em.
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Staying in the spirit of the season is simple, even if the traditional main course turns you off faster
than your s/o’s tryptophan-laced morning breath. Hey, Christmas still works without any actual elves,
reindeer or chubby guys (Santa, not you), amiright? That’s where the incredible Inflatable Turkey
comes in: blow it up, garnish it to the max and watch it glisten… while you and your grateful guests
dig into buckets of hot wings, juicy t-bone steaks or an extra-large 7-topping pizza. Now if only they
made an inflatable Tofurky…
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