It's never too early to plan for Thanksgiving. From the Holy Shit! WTF category . . .

[Bertha Venation]

http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/page/31/

From: Marney
As you all know a fabulous Thanksgiving Dinner does not make itself. I need to ask each of you to help by bringing something to complete the meal. I truly appreciate your offers to assist with the meal preparation.

Now, while I do have quite a sense of humor and joke around all the time, I COULD NOT BE MORE SERIOUS when I am providing you with your Thanksgiving instructions and orders. I am very particular, so please perform your task EXACTLY as I have requested and read your portion very carefully. If I ask you to bring your offering in a container that has a lid, bring your offering in a container WITH A LID, NOT ALUMINUM FOIL! If I ask you to bring a serving spoon for your dish, BRING A SERVING SPOON, NOT A SOUP SPOON! And please do not forget anything.

All food that is to be cooked should already be prepared, bring it hot and ready to serve, warm or room temp. These are your ONLY THREE options. Anything meant to be served cold should, of course, already be cold.

HJB—Dinner wine

The Mike Byron Family
1. Turnips in a casserole with a lid and a serving spoon. Please do not fill the casserole all the way up to the top, it gets too messy. I know this may come as a bit of a surprise to you, but most of us hate turnips so don’t feel like you a have to feed an army. . . .

Much more at link. Amazing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Bertha!

Wow, talk about anal!

What a control freak!

I would not submit to any such instructions if I had someone like that in MY family!

And thank God I don't...

Happy Thanksgiving, sweetie!

:wtf:

:hi:

[AwakeAtLast]

2. I was reading that just this morning!

:rofl:

I will never, ever complain about my relatives again. Well maybe a little :D

[Bunny]

3. Wow. This woman would lose her mind if she met my family.

Mom cooks the turkey, nobody cares what anybody else brings, and we'll eat pretty much anything. 'Marney' seems to have some control issues. :rofl:

[Ptah]

4. That's some funny stuff, neighbor

:applause: :applause: :rofl:

[mnhtnbb]

5. I don't think I'd show up for Thanksgiving at that house!

[Pool Hall Ace]

6. Wow. All I could think of was Hyacinth Bucket.

But not as funny!

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. I read your comment before going over there, and I heard Hyacinth throughout the whole thing. LOL

[mikeytherat]

13. Boo-kay! It is pronounced Boo-kay!

mikey_the_rat

[Shell Beau]

7. Ick! Who would want to go to her house for Thanksgiving???

How terrible.

[rug]

8. If I was Amy Misto I definitely would bring a knife.

[Mojambo]

10. What an annoying control freak. n/t

[davsand]

11. You have NO idea how bad I needed to see this!

Family drama is such a buzz killer.

After a harrowing extended weekend with my husband's family, I can absolutely say that at least I won't see this circulated in that circle. You made me feel much better.


:banghead:


Laura

[Z_I_Peevey]

12. Apparently my mother has changed

her name to Marney. Who knew?

[Bunny]

14. Read a few pages of the Comments section.

Holy shit there is some funny stuff there! :rofl:

[Bertha Venation]

16. Dear Marney: We couldn't find any sans meat so we used hamburger. See you Thursday!

:rofl:

[suninvited]

15. I read that yesterday

I really liked the line where she TELLS someone exactly what to bring, ice cream. One has to be vanilla, then mentions a flaver for the second one and says "but no pressure here".

[azmouse]

17. OMG! That is incredibly funny!

One of the comments really cracked me up... "wonder if she has a t-shirt that says 'Does anal retentive have a hyphen?' "

[skygazer]

18. What is a regulation size casserole?

This whole thing sounds like a contact sport. :wow:

[fishwax]

19. yeesh!

:scared:
:rofl:

[rurallib]

20. I couldn't find real apples for the apple pie so I used road apples

let me cut you a big slice, Marney