Monday Sketchbook: The cost of Thanksgiving

The electronic world is full of thanks right now. People are facebooking their gratitude lists, blogging about their blessings and tweeting their thanks. Amidst all that, I saw a little news item from the American Farm Bureau Federation sneak across the wires:

According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, the retail cost of turkey and all the trimmings, such as stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie, increased about 13 percent in the past year.

AFBF's 26th annual informal price survey of classic items found on the Thanksgiving Day dinner table, released earlier this week, indicates the average cost of this year's feast for 10 is $49.20, a $5.73 price increase from last year's average of $43.47.

The largest increase was in the price of turkey. That somehow reminded me of the attitude of the French aristocracy just before the Revolution; hence the sketch. And need I remind you of the fate of much of the French uppercrust as a result of the resolution? We won't be eating pork this year!