Rosebud...
November 24, 1999
The Top 14 Things Overheard at the White House Thanksgiving Dinner
- "And I would like to begin the annual Thanksgiving Toast, Mr. President, by recounting the words of one of my favorite Jewish Country and Western songs..."
- "Mr. President, you're drinking the gravy again."
- "And now for the stuffing... hey! Who put a cigar in there?!? This is NOT funny!!"
- "I'll be back in a minute, Honey. I'm just going to offer the intern some stuffing."
- "Roasted turkey!? Dammit, is the deep fryer broken again?"
- "Man! Who are those hot young babes who came in with Gore and his wife?"
- "Oh, come on, Al -- you did *not* invent Thanksgiving."
- "God, I'd be thankful if HE were de-boned."
- "I did not have seconds of that dish... mashed potatoes."
- "Pssst... Monica, we don't kneel to say grace."
- "God is great, God is good. Oh, darn the luck, I've sprouted wood."
- "It would not be an unforeseen event for the dryness quotient of my slain meat product to be so elevated at to suggest artificial moistening as a direction in which we may eventually want to move..."
"Would someone just pass Greenspan the friggin' gravy already?!?"
- "I'm sorry, Mr. Starr, no one here knows the Heimlich maneuver."
and the Number 1 Thing Overheard at the White House Thanksgiving Dinner...
- "Pay attention, Bill: Here's a little carving trick I learned from Lorena Bobbitt."
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- Tim McKemy, Chandler, AZ -- 1, 7 (3rd #1) Email
- Glenn Marcus, Washington, DC -- 2 Email
- Rob Wolf, Seattle, WA -- 3 Email
- Michael Sheinbaum, King of Prussia, PA -- 4 Email / Website
- Joe DiPietro, Brooklyn, NY -- 5 Email / Website
- Chris Walker, Calimesa, CA -- 6 Email / Website
- Mark Weiss, Austin, TX -- 8
- Steve Maybo, Carlsbad, CA -- 9 Email / Hall of Famer
- Martell Stroup, Boston, MA -- 10 Email
- Larry Baum, Hong Kong -- 11 Email
- Jeff Scherer, Brooklyn, NY -- 12 Email
- Dave Henry, Slidell, LA -- 13 Email
- Mitch Berg, Saint Paul, MN -- 14 Email / Website
- Ed Smith, Chattanooga, TN -- 14 Hall of Famer
- Jeffrey Anbinder, Ithaca, NY -- Topic Email / Website
- Alan Smithee, Sugar Land, TX -- Banner Tag Email
- Kris Johnson, Burbank, CA -- Runner Up list name Email / Website
- Sandra Hull, Arlington, VA -- Honorable Mention list name Email / Website
- Alan Smithee, Sugar Land, TX -- List moderator
- Chris White, New York, NY -- List owner/editor Email / Hall of Famer
- Mahir Cagri, Istanbul, Turkey -- Ambience (explanation)
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