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thanksgiving is just around the corner (so is my birthday!). holidays usually bring out the best and the worst in people. personally, i love the holiday season... lots of food, beautifully wrapped cute presents, shop-til-you-drop exercises with fellow shopaholics, and other activities that we dont do on ordinary days. but there's also that little devil known as fear worming its way into our minds... and stomachs. no time to calorie count, with a tantalizingly delicious 12 meal course set before us. who could resist gobbling down dead animals and pounds of sugar? jones soda co. has something for the harassed health buffs who would like an alternative to a 500-calorie-per-slice pecan pie.
there are five thanksgiving soda flavours that jones soda co offers: the surprisingly popular turkey & gravy soda, cranberry soda, mashed potato & butter, fruitcake soda and green bean casserole.
the only soda that doesnt make you swallow a whole tube of colgate is the cranberry soda. amazingly though, people are pushing bidding on auction site ebay up to $63 for a two-bottle set of turkey & gravy.

Five tasters were assigned to the task of perfecting the holiday flavors, although van Stolk said most other employees ended up trying the sodas sooner or later.
In the early stages, the staff grew deeply divided over mashed potato versus sweet potato. "It was like red vs blue," van Stolk said, referring to the recent presidential election.
-- Allison Linn

so why are folks clamouring for these appetite killers? exactly the point... they are appetite killers without carbs, calories or caffeine. i guess, that's the price you have to pay to be mr/s buff.
but why not loosen up and nurse your marred taste buds for a change? after all, it's the holidays.

Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now.
-- A.W. Tozer

the true meaning of the holidays shouldnt be buried in the hustle and bustle of activities.

Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
-- Psalm 150:6

here is a drink that would turn one's stomach -- but then again, who knows, turkey & gravy was a blast last year.

Spam Shake
1 can of Spam
1 tin of anchovies
2 12oz cans of beer
4 oz tomato juice
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 cup chopped up parsley
1/4 cup chopped scallions
dash of Tabasco
salt, pepper to taste
Put in blender and blend until smooth.
Serve chilled with celery stick.

CHEERS! gulps, chokes, pants, convulses, throws up

did you know...
To save money, fast-food farmers feed their animals junk like chicken manure, dead cats and dogs from pounds (their bodies are sent to “rendering” plants), and fat from restaurant grease traps.
and to learn more about what other countries prefer to eat, visit list of weird and disgusting foods.