PENIS!
I was at dinner with my family in Chicago a few months ago—parents, brothers, brother's girlfriend, cousins, aunts, uncles—and we were at the best restaurant in the world for barbecue ribs. (They own the Web domain Ribs.com, which means they must be the best.) I started oohing and ahhing over the restaurant's coleslaw, which reminded me of the time a few years ago when F and I made ourselves fish tacos for dinner.
The recipe required tortillas, seasonings, of course fish... and a tiny bit of cabbage. But you can only buy a whole head of cabbage, and—although a head of cabbage costs approximately fifty cents, even here in New York—I'm not one to waste food. So the following night I used the leftover cabbage to make homemade coleslaw. A tub of it. And I ate cole slaw every night for the next two weeks.
On the last night, F walked in the door from work only to find me, watching TV by myself, holding a now-almost-empty enormous vat of coleslaw, forcing down the remaining bites, looking incredibly green. But, God as my witness, I ate every last shred.
Meanwhile, as I told my fish taco story to the table, I started to hear snickers from my brothers, my brother's girlfriend and my cousins. I may be the oldest of the crew, but not being in on the joke made me feel really old... and then it clicked:
When did "fish taco" become a dirty word?
As soon as I was in on the joke, I said "fish taco" as loudly as I could. As often as I could. Because that, my friends, is how I operate: I'm quite sophisticated for 30 I'll have you know.
Repeating "fish taco" over and over reminded me of the Penis Game boys used to play on junior high bus field trips: "penis." "Penis." "Penis." "Penis!" "PENIS." "PENIS!!!!!!!" And right now, rockstar community leader Jazz and the iVillage Taboos message board are playing their own version of the Penis Game. Take Jazz's poll here, then click here to read what the ladies are saying about what seems to be their very favorite topic.
Yep, Jazz rocks. :)
Wow, that was quite a trip. LOL
We have fish tacos at our yearly beach vacation ... I'm sure I'll be snickering this year!
The replies on Jazz's thread are a great read too!
Jazz hss rocked my world for years now. ;) Love ya Jazz!!!
Yup! Jazz is a rockstar!!! Go Jazz!!!!!
Ah, no wonder my ears are burning. Thanks for the mention. :)
I've got a vat of cole slaw left over from Easter. Should I ship it to you?
Great Poll Jazz!
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