1. If you could receive one non-tangible item for the holidays, what would you choose?
Christmas with my father.
2. Do you save your favorite thing on your plate for last or eat it first? In essence, do you “save the best for last”?
I tend to eat all of one thing and then move to the next. I will usually eat my favorite last.
3. Do you use coupons?
No. And I should. It is so simple. I had a roommate who was a coupon clipper – she was very organized in her shopping and saved a fortune on food.
4. When you were in high school did you eat dinner with your family or on your own?
Family dinners, every night. Mom would always, without fail, have dinner on the table at 6:30 pm and all of us were expected to be there.
5. When you take your socks off, do you always use your hands to do it, or do you ever use your toes?
I use my toes or a combination of toes and foot stamping the bottom end of sock with a pull.
!) I would choose the end of religion.
@) I used to compartmentalize my meals & eat them that way. Now that I’ve reduced the size of my meals, I’ve stopped paying attention & only really notice what I’m eating when I dislike it.
#) I use coupons I receive via email (thanks, Borders & BloodBath & Beyond!) but aside from that, not really.
$) I ate dinner on my own pretty much my entire childhood.
%) My toes lack talent so I use my hand. What an odd question.
1.) I would choose the end of people who choose the end of religion.
2.) I eat it all at once. I mix it all together in a big pile and then simply suck it up and swallow it whole. Of course, I vomit later, but that’s how I keep my girlish figure.
3.) No. Coupons are for morons (that is, people with serious mental disorders/disease who function reasonably well in society) and people with serious mental disorders/disease locked away in the booby hatch.
4.) I actually ate my family when I was in high school. Did some time for cannibalism.
5.) I use my penis. My penis is not only extremely talented, its ambidextrous.
1. To echo Roy’s sentiment, I would love another year with loved ones gone.
2. Trying to find the perfect bite in a meal isn’t as difficult as it is to END it with the perfect bite. My ‘favorite thing’ on the plate may not be just ONE thing. Saving it for last is usually the goal.
3. Does the 20% off BB&B thing count? If so, then yes. Although I really should be better about taking advantage of the age old ritual of Coupon Clipping – but I loathe the feeling of newspaper on my fingers.
4. There was never any other option than to have dinner at the table with family. And we were there until ‘excused’.
5. Usually my hands are involved. To use the bottom appendages to remove the socks will result in awful, stretched out fabric tubes.
1)POWERBALL!
2)last
3)nope
4)family dinners were a must
5)hands
1. the end of dogma
2. tend to save it for last
3. i used to be very diligent w/coupons. now, not so much.
4. not only did i eat dinner with the family, i cooked the meals 3-4 days out of the week after age 12.
5. hands
1. To find my “true calling.”
2. I’m more like Stage–I try to craft the perfect bite.
3. Rarely–I tend to use coupons I get from Saks or Banana Republic because it’s like free money on stuff I was going to buy anyway. At the store. . . not so much. . .I am an ardent SooperCard user though.
4. Yes. Around 6pm. Everyone at the table, eating in uncomfortable silence per my father’s loud request, “Goddamnit–shut up so we can eat in peace!” He was more gruff than lovable back then.
5. Our houseboy Pedro usually takes care of that sort of thing. You’d have to ask him.
1) Childlike awe.
2) Everything is sampled evenly throughout the meal.
3) Here and there.
4) 50/50.
5) Hands
1. The gift of musical virtuosity
2. I’m with the Rev on this one: I think it fun to try and craft the “right bite” by trying different combos with whatever is on your plate. It’s sort of like a culinary science experiment.
3. Not really, because most of the coupons I see are for things I wouldn’t normally buy. I mean who needs TWO Sudanese children??
4. Most meals were at the table with all family members present. The most memorable thing about these forced family interactions was the cloud of smoke hovering over the table from dad’s constant smoking. As a result, most of our meals had a decidedly smoky flavor to them.
5. What an odd question. I use my hands, else you risk ripping the sock. DUH
1. Feelings of contentment and security.
2. Depends on the item, hitting the table it may be too hot, at the end too cold. I savor those precious middle bites.
3. I am coupon fiend! Grocery stores, Target, Six Flags, you name it!
4. Family dinners, almost every night assuming dad came home at a reasonable hour.
5. Not always, but mostly.
1. How can I beat another Christmas with dad. Damn you Roy for stealing my thunder(shaking her anger fist).
2. It depends on what I am eating. If it sushi, I always save the salmon for last (dessert).
3. I used to, but then I realized that I was falling into the advertisers’ trap. Buying things I don’t normally buy. I now just look for the cheapest brand of whatever I need (excluding toilet paper,and ketchup, I am a brand whore for those).
4. Roy is right about the 6:30 thing, but by my Sophomore year I was working and or involved in sports every almost every night, so I usually ate the saved meal at about 10 or 10:30 then off to do homework. See Roy, I have always had a crazy schedule. I know no other way.
5. Hands.