"Bigbazza" > wrote in news:7p35e4F855U1
@mid.individual.net:

> An old one, but a good one to remember at this time of year! :-)
>
>
> HOLIDAY EATING TIPS
>
> 1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who
> puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the
> Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave
> immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.



Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, rum balls!!!


>
> 2. Drink as much eggnog as you can.
> And quickly. It's rare. You can't find it any other time of
> year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000
> calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn
> into an eggnog-alcoholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy
> it. Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think.
> It's Christmas!


I'll swap eggnog for G&T's.



>
> 4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask
> if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim,
> pass. Why bother?


Blech!! Mine has butter, cream, roasted garlic and some parsley for
'colour'.


> It's like buying a sports car with an
> automatic transmission.


Or buying a gun and always keeping it unloaded ;-)


>
> 9. Did someone mention fruitcake?
> Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory
> calories, but avoid it at all cost.. I mean, have some
> standards.


Unless it's been lovingly bathed in rum/whiskey every 3-4 days for the
previous 3 months!!!



>
> "Life should NOT be a journey to the
> grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive
> and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways,
> chocolate in one hand, Glass of wine in the other, body
> thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO
> what a ride!"
>


A rule I always live my life by :-)


All these people that cry "You shoudln't drink that much" or "You
shouldn' eat that" or "Exercise 6 times a week, 4 hours a day to live a
healthy and happy life"....... yeah, right!!!

At the end of the day, all those wonderfully fit healthy eating people are
going to be laying in hospital dying of..... nothing??


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


If we are not meant to eat animals,
why are they made of meat?