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- From: JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jay Brandt (Jason))
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: comment about fruit cake
- Followup-To: alt.callahans
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 16:17:44 GMT
- Organization: University of Oregon, Architecture
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- In article <1992Nov18.150010.844@ra.msstate.edu>, jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu
- (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce) wrote:
- > "Johnny Carson always said this time of year was when people took the
- > fruitcake that they received last year gets re-wrapped and sent to someone
- > else... 'There is only one fruit cake, we just send slices of it, uneaten,
- > to our realtives and friends. Then the following year we send out the slices
- > that somebody sent us !' A paraphrase, but fairly close I believe..." DJ.
- >
- > "Oh Mike, before I forget again, here's a payment on Phoenix's tab here
- > as I said I would pay it, " DJ.
- >
- > DJ places some ones in the cigar box.
-
- Jason, who has ambled back over to his table with Thyra, gets a laugh out
- of that. "Hey DJ! Here's another fruitcake tale for you, from a cartoon in
- one of the SCA newsletters. Two ladies in 16th century costume are talking
- at a cooking contest. One, holding a round fruitcake, says top the other 'I
- don't see why my fruitcake wasn't the winner in the -most authentic-
- category, it dates from the sixtenth century.' Her friend replies, 'Well,
- did you give them a printed recipie?' Her reply - 'What recipie? This same
- cake's been passed around since it was baked in 1566.' :-)"
-
- Jason
-