Happy Thanksgiving my dear, dear friends and family.  We all have so much to be thankful for.  No matter how much we don’t like holidays, no matter how much we are not looking forward to the holidays, no matter how much pain the holidays cause us … and yes, I am describing myself in gruesome detail … but NO MATTER!

WE STILL HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR!

God has blessed me beyond all possible belief this year.  I have learned so much in FBI.  I’ve been blessed in the ministries that He’s allowed me to be a part of.  And He’s given me SO MANY opportunities to grow.

I’m thankful for my daughter and my son.  For my grandkids, and for all my extended families.  For all of you out there who care so much for me and mine, for my church family, and the men in jail who teach me so much, for the other members of my other ministries, and the other students in FBI.  For my work family and the men and women that I get to work and interact with on base.

Mostly I’m thankful for a Father in Heaven who gave us His only begotten Son as a sacrifice for our sins, so that we might spend eternity…forever, in Paradise, in Glorious Heaven with Him.

Now, I must confess that last episode I forgot something really important.  I forgot to show you where the circles were on the Coffer Illusion.  Remember this one?

And I told you I was going to show you were the circles were?  Okay, well, here’s the deal one more time for those of you who may have missed it.  This is called the Coffer Illusion.  There are 16 circles and once you see them, you’ll never be able to unsee them.  I told Lynn that I couldn’t see them and she told me to focus on the vertical lines between the squares and eventually, that made the circles pop out for me.

Now, for you guys, right after the first three memes, I’m going to circle where one of the circles are and if that doesn’t help you find them, then…well…I don’t know what to do for you.  So now, get ready for probably the largest Dragon Laffs to date!

Okay, here it is….

That’s where one of the 16 is.  And there are 15 more in the same place.  4 per row between the squares.  Good luck!

Okay, a little bit of background here…
First, this one is from Stephanie (Surprise, Surprise!)
Second, these really aren’t THAT Wild, Shocking, and Unbelievable as BuzzFeed may want you to believe.  I actually know about quite a few of these and I’m a nobody.
And third, a couple of these are pretty cool.

19 Wild, Shocking, And Unbelievable CIA Documents That Have Actually Been Declassified

Good question.  I’ll let you know if I get that old.

George Carlin from 1992!  

Watch this and laugh!!!!!

This one is from Lynn and it’s really cool!

This is what AI thinks Thanksgiving Dragon looks like:

I’m not really crazy about the “cutesy” coffee pictures, but I kinda like this one, so I kept it.

And for this next one, remember we talked about her in the last episode and Aussie Pete sent this along for this week.  Thanks Pete.

This one is from Stephanie and it’s just plain funny!

I’m not sure if I used that one before or not, so to be sure, I’m putting it in again.

Michigan Law

Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony

THINGS YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW WITHOUT MOVIES 

One of a pair of identical twins is evil. 

Should you decide to defuse a bomb, don’t worry about which wire to cut. You will always choose the right one. 

It doesn’t matter if you are greatly outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts. Your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one… dancing around in a threatening manner until you have dispatched their predecessors. 

When you turn out the light to go to bed, everything in your bedroom will still be clearly visible but slightly blue. 

If you are blonde and pretty, it is possible to be a world-famous expert on nuclear fission, dinosaurs, hieroglyphics, or anything else, at the age of 22. 

Honest and hard-working policemen are usually gunned down a day or two before retirement. 

During all crime investigations, it is necessary to visit a strip club at least once. 

All beds have special L-shaped covers that reach up to the armpits of a woman but only to the waist of the man lying beside her. 

All grocery shopping bags contain at least one French bread and one bunch of carrots with leafy tops. 

It’s easy to land a plane, providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you down. 

If you are beautiful, your makeup never rubs off, 
even while scuba-diving or fighting aliens. However if you are overweight, your mascara will run and your lipstick will smear. 

The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place. No one will ever think of looking for you in there, and you can travel to any other part of the building without difficulty. 

Three cowboys were hanging out in the bunkhouse. 

“I know that smart-alec Tex,” said the first. “He’s going to start bragging about that new foreign car he bought as soon as he gets back.” 

“Not Tex,” said the second. “He’ll always be just a good ol’ boy. When he walks in, I’m sure all he’ll say is hello.” 

“I know Tex better than any of you,” said the third. “He’s so smart, he’ll figure out a way to do both. Here he comes now!”

Tex swung open the bunkhouse door and shouted, “Audi, partners!” 

On their way home after celebrating their 25th. anniversary, she thanks him for a wonderful evening.

“Oh. it’s not over yet”, says he.

Once in the house, he gives her a little black velvet box.

She opens it in anticipation, “But what are these two little pills?”

“Aspirin”, says he.

“But I don’t have a headache,” says she.

“There you are, I told you the evening wasn’t over yet,” says he.

I would try it.

What is the difference between bagpipes and an onion? 

Nobody cries when you chop the bagpipes into little pieces.

This is actually pretty cool for those of us who are interested in such things.

Count it out in your head…9 seconds!

And now a couple of others to round it out

How many of you got that one?  So, should I again, this year, play the YouTube of the episode that it comes from?

A guy meets a childhood pal. 

“What are you doing for yourself these days?” 

“I’m a fireman.” 

“Oh yeah? My 15-year-old kid wants to be a fireman.” 

“Well, if you want some good advice, you’ve got to install in your house a pole that will go to the basement so your kid can practice, ’cause the hardest thing for a fireman is to jump off into space and catch that pole in the middle of the night.” 

Ten years later, the two guys happen to meet again. 

“Well, did your son become a fireman?” 

“No, but I have two daughters who are “dancers.” 

I love it when we reference back to an earlier joke.

Okay, this one is really pretty cool!

Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds a person down or polishes a person up depends on what one is made of.

Unknown

If the day before a holiday is called the Eve, is the day after a holiday called the Adam? 

Joe was visiting his elderly neighbor and was given a tour of his home. In the den was a stuffed lion. 

Joe asked, “When did you bag him?” 

The old man said proudly, “That was three years ago, when I went hunting with my ex-wife.” 

“What’s he stuffed with?” asked Joe. 

“My ex-wife,” replied the old man.

I’ve actually done that…well…it wasn’t a pie, it was a lasagna, but still…

Been There, Done That!

Three men were discussing aging at the nursing home.

Sixty is the worst age to be,” said the 60- year-old. You always feel like you have to pee. And most of the time, you stand at the toilet and nothing comes out!”

“Ah, that’s nothin’,” said the 70-year-old. When you’re seventy, you don’t have a bowel movement anymore. You take laxatives, eat bran, you sit on the toilet all day and nothin’ comes out!”

“Actually,” said the 80-year-old, “Eighty is the worst age of all.”

“Do you have trouble peeing too?” asked the 60-year-old.

“No, not really. I pee every morning at 6:00. I pee like a racehorse on a flat rock; no problem at all.”

“Do you have trouble having a bowel movement?”

“No, I have one every morning at 6:30.”

With great exasperation, the 60-year-old said, “Let me get this straight. You pee every morning at 6:00 and poop every  morning at 6:30. So what’s so tough about being 80?”

“I don’t wake up until 7:00.”

A farmer has three sons. One day, his oldest boy comes to him and pleads with him that he is graduating from school and would really like to get a car. His father says, “Son, come with me.” He takes him to the barn and points to the farm tractor and says, “That tractor is needed here on the farm and I promise that as soon as it’s paid for, we’ll get you a car.” The boy was not too happy but he did understand that situation and said, “Okay, Dad.” 

A week later, his second son (10 years old) approaches him wanting a new two-wheel bicycle. Well, he gets the same excuse … “as soon as that tractor is paid for…” 

Shortly, a few days later, son no. 3, his youngest, comes bugging him for a tricycle. Again, ‘ol Dad gives him the lecture about the tractor being paid for first. While leaving the barn, the young boy, more than a little disgusted with the whole thing, sees a rooster mating with one of the hens and promptly goes over and kicks the rooster smooth off the hens back, mumbling to himself the whole time. His dad says, “Son, why on earth would you do something like that? He didn’t do anything to you to deserve that!” 

The little boy looks Dad right square in the eye and says, “Hey, nobody rides anything around here until that damn tractor is paid for. 

Okay, and just to finish up with some Thanksgiving stuff!

And with that my friends, I like to wish you all, a very Happy Thanksgiving.  May God Bless each of you with happiness, love, comfort, warmth, and family this day.  I am thankful for each and every one of you.  My love to you all!