Vox Humana wrote:
> "Sam D." > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>"Vox Humana" > wrote in message
.. .
>>
>>>I'm back from a week away at a relative's house. It was a bad
>
> experience
>
>>>all around, and home never looked so good. In addition to the
>
> unpleasant
>
>>>circumstances of the visit, Thanksgiving dinner was truly awful:
>>
>>You have me wondering. Did the cook who prepared this dinner receive any
>>comments about it from the guests? I mean, what can you say when you get
>>served food like that from a relative?
>>
>>Either my own memory is fading or I've been fortunate. I remember some
>>individual items that have been bad but I can't recall ever having a
>>Thanksgiving dinner that was bad overall, and I've eaten Thanksgiving at a
>>lot of different places. What I can recall are a couple of unpleasant
>>Thanksgiving experiences because of some family bickering.
>
>
> There were only three of us. It is my policy to never criticize food that
> someone prepares for me. I was very cautious about the portion size that I
> took knowing that there was a good chance that it wasn't going to be tasty.
> I ate what I could, but I couldn't eat the stuffing. No one said a word.
> The "cook" said "If I had to cook like this every day I wouldn't eat." I
> silently agreed with her.
>
> In addition to the bad food, there were 15 dogs. I had to wear shoes the
> entire time because the carpet had wet spots everywhere as did the
> furniture. A couple of dogs crapped on the floor during dinner. And, as
> unbelievable as this might seem, the adult son (and I use the term "adult"
> in reference to his age only) had used the upstairs toilet, flushed it, and
> it overflowed. He threw a couple of towels on the floor and went to bed.
> The filthy water soaked into the living room ceiling and all the drywall
> tape was hanging. The carpet was wet with the contents of the toilet water.
> Unfortunately, he did this twice within a few days. It was like eating
> dinner in a badly maintained kennel attached to an outhouse!
>
>

And then what happened! Did the host fly into a drunken rage and cut
you in half with a bread knife?

(This story just keeps getting more and more believable!)

Bob