Quote from: Tinkerbell on December 14, 2006, 09:18:29 PMOh...you bet! I agree! I have been trying to get rid of this fruitcake for over five years now.. >
, but somehow I keep on getting it back every Christmas.........this time, one of my "favorite" aunties will be the lucky one...>![Cheesy :D](https://www.susans.org/Smileys/susans/cheesy.gif)
Tinkerbell...you are an evil evil woman...and I love you for it!! Favorite aunts are the perfect ones on which to dump the old fruitcake Christmas present bomb. Problem is, they also tend to remember to send it back next year.
I've decided to try an experiment this year...starting the fruitcake swap tradition with my family. (Getting old means you get to do stuff like that.) I'm gonna give a fruitcake to everyone and see how many I get back next year. I'm not gonna tell them about the experiment until the end of January...were they brave and ate it, or just tossed it in the trash? How many were actually twisted enough to keep it and send it back? Inquiring minds want to know...
Who said you can't mess with people for Christmas? I'm giving them the gift of entertainment, with a little dose of humility...how can that be bad? The Spirit of Christmas is Giving...nobody said giving always had to be a good thing, did they? >
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Quote from: chunk on December 15, 2006, 01:20:04 AMACCEPT THE CAKE. DO NOT JUDGE IT BY ITS FRUITINESS... OR WHETHER IS IS TOO HARD ...OR TOO SWEET....TO DARK OR TOO LIGHT.
Let the fruitcake just 'be'.
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Rev. Chunk
Amen, brother! Accept the cake (and prepare to send it back next year!) It doesn't matter if it is fruity or not, too hard, sweet, dark or light
BECAUSE YOU AREN'T GOING TO EAT IT!!!Let it be, let it be...whisper words of wisdom, let it be. That means, "Step away from the Fruitcake", it is the Spawn of Satan and will cause your immortal soul to be condemned for all time to eating nothing but candied lemon rinds and funky tasting bread...beware!
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Wound half a turn too tight this evening.......Laurie
Modified: OK, that was little over the top...for those of you who (sadly) believe that fruitcake is wonderful, please accept my appolgies (that you don't know better)...LOL
If anyone took any of this seriously, rewind and start over...life is too short to worry about the large outstanding problems of life (but there's always time for a long, protracted discussion over the most trivial matters)
......Laurie