It's Turkey Day, and there's nothing better than a nap after gorging yourself on Mom's home cooking. While you're waiting for that tryptophan to kick in, take this quiz to see which of the Thanksgiving dishes you ate best suits your personality.
1. Plans for Thanksgiving dinner changed - Aunt Linda's house is being painted - and your parents ask if you'll mind hosting the family get-together. You think:
a) How will I position the table so everyone can still sit in the exact same spots?
b) There is no way I'll be ready in time. Hy-per-ven-ti-la-ting!
c) Fine, but everyone had better be OK with tofurkey and gluten-free pecan pie.
d) Now those matching Lenox china plate sets I bought last week can make their debut!
e) No way. Aunt Linda can suck it up, because Mittens is still recovering from surgery on her paw.
2. You burn the main dish. You:
a) Immediately run out to Hy-Vee for a ready-made and hope no one notices.
b) Cry on the floor for several minutes until Aunt Linda runs out to get a roasted chicken.
c) Dial East China because you know they deliver.
d) Add extra stuffing and slather the whole thing in barbecue sauce.
e) Move dinner back to 9 p.m., start defrosting a ham and feed some of the burnt dish to Mittens.
3. Relatives start noticing you're sans date and also mention your cousin just got married. You reply:
a) I'm happy for my cousin, but I'm doing just fine.
b) The sperm bank/adoption agency has almost approved my application.
c) And?
d) I know - I was in her wedding, remember? She said she would get me the DJ's number, but ...
e) Find me a cat-friendly date and I'll think about it.
4. The football game is on, and you are:
a) Happy to park yourself in front of it, though you don't care (or know) who's playing.
b) On your third piece of pumpkin pie, wondering if you should have invited a date along.
c) Cheering wildly for every touchdown, big hit and turnover - for either team.
d) Playing with/baby-sitting your younger relatives in the other room.
e) Wearing a matching logo hat and sweatshirt, logo sweatpants and fuzzy pink slippers.
5. When it comes time to dish out the leftovers you:
a) Take a little of everything, where it will incubate various fungi in your fridge until you throw it away in April.
b) Take all the pie and desserts.
c) Grab as much food as you can, fill your car, repeat.
d) Take nothing. It's too much work to warm up leftovers.
e) Out of guilt, take food that you can barely stand once a year and dutifully choke it down the rest of the week.
6. The pile of dirty dishes is nearly blocking the kitchen window so you:
a) Offer to help with little or no prompting - even if it isn't your house.
b) Talk loudly and dramatically about how much work you will have to do to clean up until someone else volunteers to help; then you let them do most of the work but you take the credit.
c) Pretend to nap, hoping no one will rouse you to assist with the clean-up.
d) Say you forgot something in the car, drive away and go incommunicado until Christmas Eve.
e) Put the entire mess into garbage bags, drag it to the curb and put kitchenware on your Christmas list.
Mostly A's
Mashed potatoes: You're a Thanksgiving tradition, a mainstay. You can be bland and boring, but no one can imagine dinner without you.
Mostly B's
Cranberries: You're tart yet sweet and a bit of an attention hog - fine at Thanksgiving, but too dramatic to be served elsewhere.
Mostly C's
Green bean casserole: Some love you, others can't stand you. But you'll show up no matter what.
Mostly D's
Stuffing: Always a side dish, never a main, you nonetheless spice up an otherwise meat-and-potatoes affair.
Mostly E's
Sweet potatoes: You'll put up a tough exterior, but once you crack the surface, you're soft and easily manipulated.
Posted in Lifestyles, Entertainment on Thursday, November 26, 2009 11:45 am Updated: 9:44 am. | Tags: Thanksgiving
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