Summary Of Thanksgiving

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It is Thanksgiving Day at a home in New York. Dave and his wife head over to their friends Arlene and Gene’s home. There are three small kids running through the home playing with a dog, while the men are watching the football game and the women are cooking. After, watching the game for a while the two men feel guilty and ask the women if they can do anything to help. The women respond by asking them to just watch the kids because they know the men will be no help in the kitchen. Dave describes the kids “running as fast as they can directly into things, trying to injure themselves”. He then refers to the Detroit Lions on the televising and say that they “are doing pretty much the same thing”. Dave shares his opinion on the different roles men

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