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Default T-giving postmortem -- what did you do right and what wrong? Vent!!



"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> "Ophelia" > wrote:
>>"Brooklyn1" wrote in message
>>>"Ophelia" wrote:
>>>>"Brooklyn1" wrote:
>>>>>"Ophelia" wrote:
>>>>>>"Gary" wrote:
>>>>>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>>>> "sf" wrote:
>>>>>>>> > Gary wrote:
>>>>>>>> >> Candles and flowers are annoying on a dining room table too,
>>>>>>>> >> imo.
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> > No wine, no candles, no flowers. Sounds like a great party....
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No wine???? Who said that???? Bah! No good for me <g>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Forgive me for sounding like Sheldon here but here we go...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For a nice meal with guests, the FOOD should be the highliner, along
>>>>>>> with good company.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Candles are just stupid on a dining room table (also one of the
>>>>>>> leading
>>>>>>> causes of house fires)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Flowers are nice but keep the weeds off my table.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wine should be consumed *before* the meal. This way, you'll get a
>>>>>>> slight buzz and not notice the crappy food that you are eating. To
>>>>>>> drink wine with a meal, in order to "cleanse the pallet" is a good
>>>>>>> joke to me. If the food is good, WHY would you want to cleanse that
>>>>>>> taste away? That's pure nonsense.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Indeed! Best not serve crappy food then?
>>>>>
>>>>> There are many attractive ways to highlight a Thanksgiving table
>>>>> besides flowers, a few small branches of colorful fall foliage and
>>>>> pine cones ...
>>>>
>>>>Yes they look lovely. I wasn't asking about a special occasion though,
>>>>I
>>>>was asking about 'everyday'.
>>>
>>> Still don't need to display flowers in a tall vase, in the tropics the
>>> table is strewn with gorgeous flowers laid directly on a banana
>>> leaf covered table.... you can wear a grass skirt and just a lei on
>>> top!

>>
>>lol oh yeah and what will you be wearing?

>
> A banana leaf kilt of course. hehe
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnF3TpzvcAk
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axfjXBhcrTU
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEJb_6XjL_w
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYdxt_qV2WA
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xELcgKHBulk


So is this what you watch and drool over every night??

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