Because humor is funnier when you know it's true.
Thanksgiving coming right up, literally
After my wife, Janet, and I moved to Charleston, SC she made friends with several ladies in the area. A few years went by and I took a job in San Antonio, TX and while our house was being built in Texas Janet stayed in South Carolina trying to sell the residence there. I came home to South Carolina for the Thanksgiving holiday and “thankfully” got invited to one of her friend’s houses for Thanksgiving dinner. Janet is a vegetarian and I really like turkey dinners.
We arrived and went to the kitchen to see if there was anything we could do to help. We noticed the desert table covered with goodies along with kitty cat tracks on the all the pumpkin pies. Although cats are supposed to be self-cleaning I was still a little disturbed to see the footprints. My helping hands found the Saran Wrap and covered the pies.
At this point, it may be helpful to list all the guests for our readers’ edification. There was of course the lady of the house and her new husband, then Janet and I, and one other lady friend and her husband. We were basically the grey hair group representing the baby boomers. The younger generation was supported by a daughter, son-in-law, their 2 year old sick little boy, and a young son and daughter-in-law. Rounding out the guest list included about 11 cats that ran the house closely supervised by 2 dogs (not nearly supervising close enough).
Things were moving along quite smoothly in cramped quarters and dinner was served buffet style. At the end of the food line was an empty pot on the buffet table right behind where the daughter with the sick son was seated. Even though my plate was full, the pot was empty and curiosity got the best of me. I asked the daughter what was supposed to be in the empty pot. She replied that the pot was there in case her little boy got sick during dinner. Needless to say I selected a seat quite distant to the little munchkin.
Everyone was finally seated and eating when the gentleman to my left was passing the dinner rolls my way. Thankfully the rolls were in a basket and covered with a rather thick linen napkin lapped over several times because when he offered me the carbs he sneezed directly into the basket. I uncovered the rolls and took a roll anyway.