Thursday, November 25, 2004
Daily Grin November 25
Announce that you would like to start a new family tradition, and proceed to take off your clothes at the dinner table. Open the oven, shove hunks of Velveeta cheese into the turkey while it cooks. Tell mom it adds the coolest flavor. Shoot olive pits at Grandpa's glasses. (Just pinch them in your fingers and they FLY!!) Whenever someone at the table says a word beginning with the letter R, make a loud "BUZZ"ing noise. Suck your cranberry sauce loudly through a straw. Bring a date that only talks about her/his spouse at home. Hold your nose while you eat. Announce that you've got a new fear of choking. When you arrive, promise that your date won't be more than an hour late, he/she just has to wait for the warden to get together all the necessary release forms, and then they are free to go.
THE TOP TEN REASONS COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO THANKSGIVING BREAK
10. You'll know that your turkey is a Butterball rather than a Grade E yet semi-edible fur ball
9. Your mother will not be serving your mashed potatoes and stuffing with an ice cream scooper
8. Pumpkin pie is a great alternative to green jello
7. After your eighth glass of cider, your emergency dash to the bathroom will not be delayed by having to line the seat with toilet paper
6. Clean underwear, comfortable bed, access to a car, bedroom larger than a 12x14 cell... OK, even if it is for only four days
5. To eat your meals the only trek you'll have to make is from the couch to the kitchen, rather than the dorm to the dining hall...in below freezing weather
4. Instead of listening to "when I first started teaching here..." you can be entertained by "when your mother was your age..." and "during the Depression we weren't lucky enough to have brussels sprouts. Hell, all we could afford was the sprout!"
3. You can eat your corn steamed with butter rather than popped in your microwave
2. You'll know the hair in the shower drain is your own
AND THE NUMBER ONE REASON COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
THANKSGIVING... (drum roll, please...)
1. You won't be eating your Thanksgiving meal off a tray!