November
20, 2003
Today is the day to tell somebody that what they just said isn't funny.
My short review of the Paris Hilton tape.
Several years ago, some friends and I went to a comedy club in Washington DC. The first few acts were cringe inducing Andrew Dice Clay ripoffs, and the last one, in contrast, was a very sweet, mild-mannered, G-rated comedian with MS with a hilarious act. His most memorable bit included a rant on sweet potato pie, and how it shouldn't be a pie (since pies should be things that taste good.)
This resonated with me since while there are very few foods that I won't eat, yams and sweet potatoes fall into that category. This is the one element of the Thanksgiving feast that I just can't get down with. Fortunately, my mom doesn't usually make sweet potatoes, and if she does, she provides such a schmear that it's easy to avoid.
So Thanksgiving is supposed to be this major spread that everybody loves, but not everybody like everything about the meal. Unfortunately, we're supposed to be 'grateful' about every little thing so it's considered rude to bitch about the food.
Fortunately, complainers, this is your place. You vegetarians who can't eat turkey, you weak stomached ones who can't get down with giblets, the weirdos who don't like pumpkin pie.
What part of Thanksgiving would you eliminate and why? And if you could substitute something in, what would it be? Drop me an email, tell me about it, and we'll run it before T'day next week.
Gobbley gobble.