"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On 22 Nov 2003 03:36:05 GMT, ospam (DJS0302) wrote:
>
> >We had another dog when I
> >was younger and one time during the winter when there was snow on the
ground my
> >mom threw out an old fruitcake for the birds. Well the birds never got
the
> >fruitcake. Our dog ate the whole thing except the red candied cherries.
>
> Why did your mom wait? A fruitcake doesn't have to be old for it to
> be thrown out.
>
> For all those people considering passing out fruitcakes for Christmas:
>
> PLEASE... DON'T.
>
> It's so hard to put on a Happy Face when receiving one of those, and
> it sucks having to throw it away and have a well-meaning gift go to
> waste.
>
> What sucks even more is when the person who gave it to you comes over
> the next day and sees it in the trash can. Try explaining that!
> "Uhh, it must have fell of the counter..." (opening the cabinet under
> the sink on it's way down there).
>
> It's a simple request - bake some cookies instead. Please.
>
> -sw
Ouch! I've thrown out more fruitcake than I can remember. My uncle used to
work for a well known bakery and brought us fruitcake around xmas. To this
day, my sisters and I can't stand it; as a joke, my sister and I have been
presenting each other with the same fruitcake at xmas for several years. It
won't 'go' bad, it already is from the gitgo.
Jack Trash
PS There should be a special stamp, a la Easter Seals, stating 'Keep
Fruitcake Outta Xmas"