"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 06:07:42 -0500, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
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>>"itsjoannotjoann" > wrote in message
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>>> On Nov 23, 9:15 am, Lenona > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Miss Manners: Is it rude to bring your own stuffing because
>>>> you don't like what the host is serving? (The "host" is my daughter,
>>>> and my boyfriend is the stuffing hater.)
>>>>
>>>> Gentle Reader: Since this is a family dinner, there is a polite way
>>>> for him to bring stuffing that he likes. All he has to do, Miss
>>>> Manners begs you to inform him, is to obtain your daughter's
>>>> permission beforehand to bring it nicely packed inside of a freshly
>>>> cooked turkey.
>>>>
>>>> (end)
>>>>
>>>> I don't understand MM's response. What's so terrible about bringing
>>>> extra stuffing without a turkey to go with it? In MY experience,
>>>> stuffing is something people often like MORE than the turkey - and
>>>> since, in my extended family, Thanksgiving dinner is always at the
>>>> same house, it would be wrong, in our opinions, for each of us NOT to
>>>> bring part of the meal - or an "extra" pie, stuffing or vegetable
>>>> dish. So all you'd have to do is bring a generous amount in case
>>>> everyone else prefers your stuffing too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lenona.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> A food contribution to a meal should be something the host or hostess
>>> has _asked_ you to bring. Not stuffing/dressing because you have a
>>> picky eater and just cannot fathom eating what has been prepared
>>> "because they don't like their version of stuffing/dressing."
>>>
>>> There are advice/manners columns because people like you don't
>>> understand the concept of being invited to a meal without bringing
>>> your own food because you whine "I don't like that." Graciously
>>> accept the invitation and shut up about what you don't like that has
>>> been cooked. Or stay home and cook what *you* want then you can't
>>> whine about some else's cooking.
>>>
>>
>>I have to wonder who bothers to write to Miss Manners, or Ann Landers, or
>>Dear Abby for advice about anything.
>
> The very same freaks n' imbeciles who drool over The Jerry Springer
> Show.
>
Who is Jerry Springer?

Jill