Well, I disagree, if you come to my house, you can bring watermelon, the
seed kind.
"Stormmee" > wrote in message
...
> am with doug on this one, Lee
> "DougW" > wrote in message
> ...
>> MoonsOfJupiter wrote:
>>> "Grant Erwin" wrote ...
>>>> MoonsOfJupiter wrote:
>>>>> This is the proper etiquette for bringing watermelons to parties and
>>>>> cookouts.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Don't bring one. If your host thought it would be good to have a
>>>>> watermelon they would have bought one themselves.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) If you do bring one, cut it yourself. Don't just bring it and
>>>>> leave it somewhere, expecting the host to think about it , find a
>>>>> knife and cutting board, and serve it. It won't happen and no one
>>>>> will remember about it until they're cleaning up and find it after
>>>>> the party is over. 3) If you bring one and it doesn't get served, take
>>>>> it home. Don't
>>>>> expect your host to have to deal with largest possible food item as
>>>>> a leftover.
>>>>
>>>> And if you bring it, bring it COLD. Show some respect.
>>>
>>> Oooh, good one.
>>>
>>> 1) Don't bring one. If your host thought it would be good to have a
>>> watermelon they would have bought one themselves.
>>>
>>> 2) If you do bring one, bring it COLD. And cut it yourself. Don't just
>>> bring it and leave
>>> it somewhere, expecting the host to think about it , find a knife and
>>> cutting board, and serve it. It won't happen and no one will remember
>>> about it until they're cleaning up and find it after the party is
>>> over.
>>> 3) If you bring one and it doesn't get served, take it home. Don't
>>> expect your host to have to deal with largest possible food item as a
>>> leftover.
>>
>> Or bring one that has had a few days or weeks to properly soak up a
>> fifth of vodka.
>>
>> --
>> DougW
>>
>
>