A Modest Proposal
Not Swiftian, though.
A mailing list I belong to has started a Meat Loaf Recipe thread. This has given me an idea.
I think we need a National Day of Meat Loaf within the next few days. How about Sunday? All Americans take time out from their partisan sniping and bickering over the election, the last 4 years, the war, that fascist Hitler Bush, etc., and have a nice meat loaf dinner, either with your family or friends or enemies or even all by your lonesome. Everybody will feel better for those few moments and maybe we can all calm down a little.
Then on Monday, we can start back.
But I can't promise not to accuse someone of not having had their meat loaf.
Vegetarians, choose your own comfort food.
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From one self-described chunk of steaming cow flesh lover to another...meatloaf is disgusting.
How about pizza? Except for a lactose intolerant friend, I have yet to find somone that doesn't like pizza. And what could be more American?
Posted by: Kacie Landrum | November 8, 2004 06:21 PM
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Fried chicken? Pizza is Greek.
Posted by: Michael Demmons | November 8, 2004 06:29 PM
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Oh please not meatloaf. I couldn't stand it as a child and just barely tolerate it now. I'll support the pizza thing. It's not my number one food, but it's worlds better than the dreaded meatloaf ;)
(Heck. I could stand fried chicken too.)
Posted by: Smegling | November 8, 2004 07:31 PM
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*sigh*
I suppose you all can eat whatever you want ;)
Perhaps any comfort food stands in for "meatloaf." I dunno. I'm all new at this national day of observance creation.
Posted by: Brian Jones | November 8, 2004 08:00 PM
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Perhaps a nice ice cream social would be a more productive means of healing the wounds.
We could all gather, like in the Salad Days of our nation, in the town square, and sing sociable songs, listen to community bands, and regain our sense of community. It would be a grand and glorious time for all. Who among us can stay angry at his or her neighbour when having a refreshing dish of sweet, creamy ice cream? Then, accompanied by the sounds of the community bands and the barbershop quartets, our country could rest under an umberella of Peace and Harmony.
Except for the lactose intolerant people. No room for intolerant people of any kind. They can go #*%*@ themselves, the pinko ice cream haters.
Posted by: Mr. E. | November 9, 2004 03:36 AM
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I would support the meatloaf idea, except for one problem: the only TRUE meatloaf is that which my Mom makes. I've tried others, and there's no comparison. It's the one dish where Mom really excels, and I just can't accept any substitute as "comfort food".
And here's the problem: Mom's a dyed-in-the-wool Bush-hating Democrat. I don't think she's recovered enough to make meatloaf yet.
Posted by: UML Guy | November 9, 2004 08:52 AM
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Not one of you meatloaf-pretenders asked the obvious question ... ground meat, ground pork and ground veal, or not?
Not one of you. Go stick your fake-meatloaf heads under some kind of a spigot.
You don't know meatloaf.
Posted by: paul a'barge | November 9, 2004 11:20 PM
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We like the classic Betty Crocker "Fluffy Meatloaf" recipe - all beef version. In fact, I think there are currently some rotting leftovers of same in the fridge.
Posted by: JFM | November 11, 2004 04:21 PM