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robp
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 Posted: 11/23/04 - 16:35 Post subject: Thanksgiving disasters....
what's yours?
I managed to throw about 10 lbs of leftover turkey in the garbage by accident one year and the freakin' garbage men worked that day so it was gone. My mom had wrapped the bird, on the plate still, in a white bag until she had a chance to de-bone it and I was just trying to be helpful...
About 5 yrs ago we were having thanksgiving at the cabin. Unfortunately the x forgot to bring a pan to cook it in. I was waiting at the dollar store about 10 miles away when they opened and managed to find a cheap aluminum pan that was big enough to avert the disaster. My beagle thrilled everyone later that day by hurling rabbit guts she had found in the woods and decided to eat. Right before dinner was served. So everyone had that lovely site firmly in their mind as we sat down to the table....
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elkid
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Posted: 11/23/04 - 16:38 Post subject:
Not really a disaster, but a weird one. We once spent Thanksgiving in the hospital when my dad had one of his heart attacks. The kids spent all morning cooking, and then packed up two cars with food. The nurses rolled in a stretcher and we loaded it up buffet-style with goodies. I reveled in the fact that my Dolphins crushed my brother's Cowboys.
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HighHeat
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Posted: 11/23/04 - 16:39 Post subject:
My In laws and my parents will be together in MY house in two days....
I will answer this question on Friday. 
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robp
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Posted: 11/23/04 - 16:40 Post subject:
| HighHeat wrote: | My In laws and my parents will be together in MY house in two days....
I will answer this question on Friday. |
Oh man. That's a recipe for disaster.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 11/23/04 - 16:43 Post subject:
I can't remember if it was Thanksgiving or Christmas...but...
Remember those home video cameras in the early 80s with the big light on them? Like the news channel has kind of? Yeah. My dad had one of those and stopped filming for a minute and put the camera down on the dinner table as we were eating, but forgot to turn the light off and poof! There went my mom's favorite table cloth, up in flames!  it was a pretty hot light...
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 11/23/04 - 16:44 Post subject:
Once when Rex and I lived in Austin we were having about 6 people to dinner in our tiny little apartment and we made this carrot souffle but unfortunately I didn't grate up the carrot peels a little at a time and so when I went to run the disposal, it jammed. Also our AC was breaking, the AC thing was dripping onto the floor where the dinner was being held. We asked our manager Dim Jim to come have a look as our guests were coming in an hour and after trying various things he asked Rex to look into the disposal while he fidgeted with it underneath.
Next thing you know, the sink vomits liquid carrots all over. I mean Rex's face was completely covered. When he took off his glasses there were two perfect circles on his face. Carrots on the ceiling. Carrots on the wall. Guests coming in less than an hour. AC broken. Apartment about two million degrees.
We had a lovely, if warm, dinner, but due to the aforementioned incident, I had to wash all the dishes in the downstairs bathroom sink.
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HighHeat
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Posted: 11/23/04 - 16:46 Post subject:
| robp wrote: |
Oh man. That's a recipe for disaster. |
To make matters worse, my In Laws have been at my house since last Monday...here's just a sample of what's been going on since they arrived:
Me: "LittleHeat, what color is that?"
LittleHeat: "Red"
Evil MIL: "That's not red"
Me: "Yes it is.  Good job LittleHeat  "
Evil MIL: "It's not red."
Wife: "What color is it then? It's not orange. Look. It matches her Elmo shirt...it's red!"
Evil MIL: "It's more of a Chinese Red"
Me: 
For the record:
vermilion:
n.
1. A bright red mercuric sulfide used as a pigment.
2. A vivid red to reddish orange. Also called Chinese red, cinnabar.
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robp
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Posted: 11/23/04 - 16:49 Post subject:
| HighHeat wrote: |
To make matters worse, my In Laws have been at my house since last Monday...here's just a sample of what's been going on since they arrived:
Me: "LittleHeat, what color is that?"
LittleHeat: "Red"
Evil MIL: "That's not red"
Me: "Yes it is. Good job LittleFeet "
Evil MIL: "It's not red."
Wife: "What color is it then? It's not orange. Look. It matches her Elmo shirt...it's red!"
Evil MIL: "It's more of a Chinese Red"
Me:
For the record:
vermilion:
n.
1. A bright red mercuric sulfide used as a pigment.
2. A vivid red to reddish orange. Also called Chinese red, cinnabar. |
I hope the cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie are the proper colors... and texture... and consistency... and whatever else could be dissed. Good luck.
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 11/23/04 - 16:52 Post subject:
| HighHeat wrote: |
To make matters worse, my In Laws have been at my house since last Monday...here's just a sample of what's been going on since they arrived:
Me: "LittleHeat, what color is that?"
LittleHeat: "Red"
Evil MIL: "That's not red"
Me: "Yes it is. Good job LittleHeat "
Evil MIL: "It's not red."
Wife: "What color is it then? It's not orange. Look. It matches her Elmo shirt...it's red!"
Evil MIL: "It's more of a Chinese Red"
Me:
For the record:
vermilion:
n.
1. A bright red mercuric sulfide used as a pigment.
2. A vivid red to reddish orange. Also called Chinese red, cinnabar. |
<hijack> See other thread for revenge method. <hijack>
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HighHeat
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Posted: 11/23/04 - 16:54 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: |
<hijack> See other thread for revenge method. <hijack> |
which one?
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 11/23/04 - 17:25 Post subject:
| HighHeat wrote: |
which one? |
Don't evah
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Posted: 11/23/04 - 17:40 Post subject:
There was the Thanksgiving about ten years ago, when I was (unfortunately) still married to my drunken ex. I was cooking a turkey for our potluck Thanksgiving dinner, and had invited a "homeless" friend/co-worker from PWC to join our friends and all of us. (There were about 20 people participating in this dinner; it was held in the party house in our apartment complex. An annual, much anticipated event, to be certain.
My ex went out and got passing-out drunk that morning, which was better than mean drunk, which was the other way he got. My friend saw him stumble in the house and pas out, smelling like a distillery, on the couch, with shoes and coat still on.How embarassing, but thankfully, she was very understanding.
So my friend and I left him there while we went to the dinner. The ex shows up, now mean and LOUD drunk, in the party room and starts yelling at me. How embarassing. And everyone in the room was a mutual friend, and tried to be nice about it and glaze over it, but I just wanted to cry and sink into the floor. That was awful.
I'll never have another Thanksgiving like that again. That's what I am thankful for this year.
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Posted: 11/23/04 - 17:43 Post subject:
My best friend just told me the story of her bil's cooking experience.
He took forever to show up--he brought the turkey which he insisted on frying. He fried it--and then wrapped it in the nearest towel.
Took it inside. The outside was black. They thought, "well, at least the inside will be done!" On the first piercing it squirted blood. Then they got to looking at it more closely and tried to figure out what all that "stuff" was all over the turkey. They figured out it was hair.
My friend's hubby asked "what did he wrap it in?" My friend answered, "the towel on the deck". He replied "that was the dog's blanket".
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akern
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Posted: 11/23/04 - 17:47 Post subject:
| airehead wrote: | My best friend just told me the story of her bil's cooking experience.
He took forever to show up--he brought the turkey which he insisted on frying. He fried it--and then wrapped it in the nearest towel.
Took it inside. The outside was black. They thought, "well, at least the inside will be done!" On the first piercing it squirted blood. Then they got to looking at it more closely and tried to figure out what all that "stuff" was all over the turkey. They figured out it was hair.
My friend's hubby asked "what did he wrap it in?" My friend answered, "the towel on the deck". He replied "that was the dog's blanket".
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Posted: 11/23/04 - 17:49 Post subject:
Luckily I was not at this particular Thanksgiving disaster last year, but I got a play by play from my sister.
Last year my mother, who is not quite all there to say the least, celebrated TDay with just my sister. My Mom went and cooked the turkey upside down. Yes, I know, many of you will tell me that is how some people cook turkey so it doesn't dry out. Well, unfortunately she didn't do it on purpose. When my sister went to carve the turkey she got mad at my Mom because she thought that she bought some bizzare "breastless" turkey. Duh They didn't realize till much later that the turkey was upside down.
The sad part is that my sister has no excuse, she has all of her wits about her, but she's apparently not as bright as we thought. It did crack me up however.
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