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MCF’s Blog Party: Returns

MCF asked “What are the best things in your life that have returned?” for his blog party. Well, Jesus didn’t come back yet though I’m waiting. I never had a pet that could get lost to begin with: fish seldom run away from bowls. The books that people have borrowed remain borrowed. I haven’t even had any near death experiences (that I recall anyway). Heck, I’m not even aware of family members having near death experiences. If they did, they usually got too close and had a complete death experience.

I guess I can wax eloquent and talk about dreams (like the time in a half dream state I dreamed that my dead Grandmother was back and that freaked me out for days) or I can talk about friends that have come back into my life (which would stink because they usually consisted of two completely different people talking about times fourteen years past—horrid).

Instead I will update the question: “What are the best things in your life that have returned repeated?”

Now I can talk about anything: be it good times with my wife, wrestling with my son or hearing my daughter giggle conspiratorially like a sly demon (*check comments…:) ). I can talk about re-runs on TV (like the Nanny marathon that was running on Nick at Night) or I can talk about Ellen Degeneres’ talk show where they were talking about Kitty. I can list the times I’ve watched Star Wars (with commercials) simply because it was on!

But no. The best things that have ever repeated have been meals. I don’t mean that nasty burp that tastes like everything you’ve had for lunch or dinner—that’s gross. I’m talking about seconds (and thirds).

I love seconds (and thirds). If the meal is tasty I may even go as far as fourths. Mind you, I’m not three hundred and twenty two pounds and yes my metabolism is catching up with me—I just love a good hearty meal.

Buffets are lovely. So are church dinners. And so are home meals with several repeat refilling. Repeat 1: don’t stack up the plate but focus on meat. Repeat 2: don’t stack up the plate but focus on some other meat family. Repeat 3: Pastas or Rice. Repeat 4: Salads and fruit. Repeat 5: Dessert. Repeat 6: Hobbits might call this “filling the corners”. It’s that sated part of the meal where you’re just tucking bits and pieces of bread.

Rey

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9 responses to “MCF’s Blog Party: Returns”

  3. Like? No no, you don’t understand.I LOVE the Nanny. She has me rolling.

    And the fact that I admitted that on a public forum will surely get me killed.

  7. Rey says: conspiratorially

    Dude, the use of that word in connection with children IN ANY WAY gives me cold chills.

    Speaking of Ellen Degeneres, did you ever see her HBO stand-up special “Here and Now?” We watched it one night because nothing else was on. Neither of us expected to like it. We LOVED it. She had us laughing our heads off for the whole hour. And it was totally family friendly material! I see that HBO special on DVD for about five bucks from time to time and I have no idea why I haven’t picked it up. It’s well worth five bucks just for that 75 minutes or so of time spent with the family laughing like crazy.

  8. I have yet to be sold on the whole Nanny thing. I liked Fran Drescher’s character marginally in UHF, but watching a full half hour of someone like Janice from Friends? I’d sooner date someone like Roseanne Barr. Again.

    Ellen on the other hand is pretty funny. That credit card commericial where she’s dancing and then gets the old lady on the elevator to dance cracks me up every time.

    Thanks for clearing up the bit about repeating within a sentence of everyone thinking the same thing. And while your metabolism might finally be catching up to you, mine caught up to me about five years ago, beat me with a sack of Doritos, and left me in a Milano-filled gutter. I always hated your metabolism. ;)

  9. Darrell: yeah, once I read it again I changed it. Sometimes things sound much better in my head than when I’m reading it; sorta like how “Um. Yeah” sounded like “Oh my…Um…yeah—better change that”. heh heh.

    I have to buy the Ellen HBO special. In the meantime I’m going to look for it online so I can play it in the background.

    MCF said I’d sooner date someone like Roseanne Barr. Again.
    I am dying right now. Completely dying.