Doc. B. and I finally got the house back in order after throwing a party for our friend, Westward Ho (see One Good Line for details). As is typical with a big bash, there were uneaten vittles piled all over the kitchen and stacked in the fridge. The popular beverages (those containing ETOH) were long gone, but the food remained. And we were ready for it all to be out of the temptation zone as soon as the last guests shut the door behind them. In order to remove the evidence quickly, we first offered it to the people who helped us organize (a couple of bottles of white wine back to Westward Ho and half of a Southern Sweets cake, oh and unopened coffee creamer, to Kali and Ms. Sheila). For some reason no one wanted the six pack of non-alcoholic beer that didn't get touched, or probably even considered, during the party.
So here we are, stuck with all of these delicious leftovers - you know, tostitos, doritos, fritos and mojitos...oh wait, I got carried away. If there were any mojitos left over, I would have found them and saved them, even if it took CPR to do so. But what to do with all of this stuff? We both looked at each other and said, in harmony I'm sure, "the break room table".
I took a big old Whole Foods bag, filled with very un-whole foods, to work with me on Tuesday (Yeah, Tuesday. What's it to ya'? I had Monday off for President's day). I placed all of the leftovers on the two circular, beat up, grungy, coffee stained, doughnut stickified tables and placed my wager. I bet myself that it would all be gone well before lunch. When I walked by the break room at 11:00, it was all gone except for a few crumbs in the bottom of the sour cream flavored Lays. I swear I've seen a half-licked tootsie pop get snagged from one of those tables, so this did not surprise me.
Anyone want a six pack of non-alcoholic beer? If not, I guess I could try mixing it with tequila.
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I have made two previous attempts to post a comment regarding break room tables and neither have been posted. What's the deal? Here is another good example of synchronicity. Our pastor is doing a lenten series on Tables. Last Sunday Len spoke about troubled tables - like family tables, corporate tables AND break room tables. I wanted to shout, "just take some left over goodies to the breakroom table and everyone at work will be happy!". I'm not familiar with Mojitos. Are they something southern? Guess I'd better get back to the tax tables. April 15th will be here before you know it. Love, Mom
Baby Sis makes a great mojito - see if she'll make you one! It's alcohol, sugar and mint leaves - quite delish!
And thanks for the synchronicity example as it seems I keep getting away from that aspect of this blog! So it's good to have contributing writers :)
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