<p>My brother and sister decided that the big orgy at Christmas was A Bad Thing and instituted the 12 days of Christmas. Their kids open one present a day for 12 days. When we visited we felt obliged to play along. We hated it so much we stopped coming for Christmas. Now we visit several days after Christmas when there is a chance they might open our presents. But they don’t always even then. </p>
<p>I used to hate brussel sprouts, but now they are among my favorite vegetables. I like pates with liver in it, and have had some fois gras that was wonderful, though I don’t order it, but I can’t choke down a big hunk of beef liver. It was the only thing I told my French family (gap year) that I wouldn’t eat. I got fried eggs on liver days.</p>
<p>The worst thing about liver was how good it smelled cooking. For hours it seems this wonderful smell spread throughout the house (probably the onions, etc.), then, once called to the dinner table, discovering it was liver - ugh, ick, not only the serious disappointment, but also the problem of how to get rid of it without having to actually eat any of it. The worst was when liver and brussel sprouts were served at the same meal - double horrors.</p>
<p>Today, I will eat broccoli, spinach, etc., raw, never cooked, but, never ever brussel sprouts. Ick.</p>
<p>I’m hazarding a guess that those of you who were traumatized by liver as children never had the opportunity to give it a real chance (and for sure it’s too late to change your minds now!)… but calves liver cooked properly can be truly heavenly…but I also happen to like veal kidneys and other examples of what my Aussie husband calls “awful offal” so I may be a little weird that way :)</p>
<p>John Travolta in “Hairspray.” LOVED the movie … the young lady who played Tracey was amazing. But what on earth was Travolta doing?! The accent was awful, and the character as he played her was annoying rather than sweet. The whole point of Edna being a man in drag is a statement on being happy in your own skin. Travolta’s choice (and it WAS the choice he pushed for, according to interviews) to try to actually “transform” himself into a believable woman just did not work.</p>
<p>I definitely do not get the reality TV which chronicled the mom with sextuplets getting a “tummy tuck”. Good Lord, they showed the skin pulled back and all that fat and muscle, then they showed the nurse putting giant slabs of her skin in a tray- it was stomach turning. Who in their right mind would want to have their operation aired on national TV? Next thing you know, we’ll be watching colonoscopies.</p>
<p>I don’t get reality shows at all, but I do get American Idol. I resisted it for over 3 years because of the ‘reality’ label, but there is little for musical entertainment on TV anymore, and during the 4th season (after those utterly ridiculous audition episodes were over), I had to give it a look and now I like it. You see the quality of the performances improve over time, and overall the quality is quite good. I’ve discovered songs and types of music I wouldn’t have otherwise noticed. Altho the show doesn’t focus on their relationships, the contestants seem to get close and very supportive of each other and the audience is very supportive too. The bringing in of old stars to ‘mentor’ them and the Ford videos seem kind of cheesy, but those things have their entertainment value too, while also providing a career boost/Ford advert. AT&T or whever it is, also benefits from all the voting. So really, an amazing marketing idea.</p>
<p>I don’t get why, on the one hand, grass needs to be watered after a week in hot weather. Even the grass that’s under the shade of large trees gets yellow and wilted if it doesn’t get watered every week. </p>
<p>On the other hand the grass that sprouts up between the patio bricks, that bakes between the heat-absorbing bricks as if it were in an oven, stays all green and perky without a drop of water.</p>
<p>The ending of Fight Club bugged me. It wasn’t very well planned out, like Palahniuk didn’t know how to end it so he tried to think up something and Tyler Durden=not really real was the answer. Didnt’ work for me.</p>
<p>I don’t get why John Travolta’s character is supposed to be she-male (or he-female, whichever). I never saw the original “Hairspray” – is this supposed to be funny or is there a reason?</p>
<p>I don’t get why my teenagers prefer to communicate via text-message instead of TALKING on their cell phones. My daughter and one of her friends will have entire conversations - back and forth 20 times in 10 minutes to make their plans for the evening - when they obviously both have cell phones in their hands, could dial the phone, make their plans, and be done in 30 seconds or continue to chat as long as they want. We never come anywhere close to using all our “minutes,” but my daughter had over 1500 text messages (in & out) last month! Apparently many of her friends don’t have vocal chords.</p>
<p>Lafalum84, My D has also become mute :D. I think teens like to text instead of talk, because they can carry on multiple conversations :rolleyes:, at the same time. Texting is like IMing with a the cell phone.</p>