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I was in Whole Food last night looking over some lovely chicken thighs. Next to me was an old crone, picking through the sad, denuded, flavorless chicken breasts. Glancing toward me, she espied my poultry choice and, lifting a bony finger she pointed the cursed digit at my selection. Her countenance twisted and her mouth curled as she hurled a filthy pox: "Full of fat! Full of fat," she shrieked, like the neolithic witch she was.

With my reflexes honed to a razor's edge, I took but an instant to reply, "Yes, that's why I'm buying them!" The hag recoiled speechless from this dazzling burst of reason and good sense, and hobbled off--no doubt to cook her fatless meat in a stinking cauldron--while I proceeded triumphantly to the cashier with my beautiful, fatty thighs (the chicken's, not mine).

What would you have said?


Btw, it's Friday afteroon. No one's around in my office and I'm feeling a little silly. Hope no one minds!

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I think your reply was perfect. :) – gilliebean May 7 2010 at 19:28
You made my day! :) – Michelle May 7 2010 at 20:02
Hilarious! I love your description: "lifting a bony finger she pointed the cursed digit at my selection" – Matt May 7 2010 at 21:28
Thanks everyone! PortlandAllan, did you catch a typo? (Btw, how do you edit other people's posts? I have a lot of points, yet as far as I know I don't have this power.) – Glenn May 8 2010 at 20:02
I would like to point out that there are plenty o' paleo witches out here lapping up the fat... ;) – Mama J Aug 3 2010 at 6:03
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"So's your ass"

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Aaron Griffin, for the win! – gilliebean May 7 2010 at 19:27
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Id have torn open that package right in front of her and then proceeded to tear at the skin and meat with my teeth while making caveman like grunting sounds. But thats just me.

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"Delicious!"

The key is an emphasis on the "lish" syllable. Really freaks people out.

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Maybe flick your tongue a little bit Hannibal Lecter style while doing that, very effective. – David Csonka May 7 2010 at 22:53
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Brilliant! Love your description!

It is amazing how interfering some people can be - and I'm glad it isn't only me who has people throwing up their hands in horror at the amount of fat I consume! "It's full of fat - you'll give yourself a heart attack" etc. Kind of them to be concerned!!!

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I would have said, "Clearly, it does a body good! Besides, why else would you have tried to fattened up poor Hansel and Gretel?"

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Woulda said, "I'll eat them with fava beans and a fine chianti" and hissed like Hannibal Lector.

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You're right, they are full of fat and I'm going to cook them in even more fat. I plan to saute them in butter!

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