Satan's tupperware party.

[Sillyman]

So my grandparents invite me over to dinner. They have supposedly "won" a free catered dinner for ten from a local seafood restuarant. Sounds great. I think it might be a nice chance to socialize with my family, and get to have some seafood, which I dearly love.

Unfortunately, when I arrive, I find out that the dinner is a setup to promote a line of pans. The guy wants us to watch him cook, then eat while he makes his fucking sales pitch. So strike out conversation with my family.

He makes a pizza, and tells us about the convenience and the savings and blah blah blah. My father worked for Domino's for six years. This shit was awful. It was flat, burnt, and had rotten flavor.

He made cornbread. With a mix. With sugar in it. Southerners, you may take the opportunity to be outraged now. My grandmother makes better cornbread from a cast iron skillet. Scrath that shit.

He made chicken and steak, both of which I can make at home and tend times better than this putz without $60 cook ware.

Finally we get a peach cobbler that burns the shit out of my mouth because this yahoo's pots are designed to trap in heat.

After this treasure of mediocrity is over, he then proceeds to boil baking soda and water together to show us how it tastes out of multiple materials. Gee, I suppose maybe shouldn't drink baking soda and water maybe?

AND I NEVER GOT MY SEAFOOD!

I wanted fish.

 

[Ice Cold]

See they promise you seafood and give you something else.
Thats why it is called THE BAIT & SWITCH.

 

[Siren]

you didnt get fish

 

[Sillyman]

The whole thing felt like a giant con. Assboy was even talking about some crap about "free gifts" we get for earning "credits" by hosting more of this shit and having people buy shit. I already know better than this; I fell for exact same crap like this with grade school fundraisers. You never get the computer.

 

[Silverluna]

kissy fish

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See looky,...ya didnt just get any kinda fish...but KISSY FISH!

 

[Nora]

It felt like a giant con because it IS a giant con.

Were your grandparents as ticked off as you were?

 

[Rambling Rose]

I just can't think of a clever little retort. I am too busy laughing. I'll get back to you on this.

 

[Sillyman]

Thanks Luna. I like kissy fish.

Slightly Nora, although my grandparents are the gods of not showing their emotions when they want to. They just wanted to get the food and be polite. God, it was like being in an infomercial and not being able to change the channel.

 

[Nora]

Oh, the things grandparents will put up with to get free food. Actually, my parents are like that. We just learned to roll our eyes and decline their generous offers.

Remind me one day to tell you about The Cheese Deal my dad fell for once upon a time.

 

[Shaq]

Re: kissy fish

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See looky,...ya didnt just get any kinda fish...but KISSY FISH!

My my I find your av frightening and unsettling...

 

[Sillyman]

Enlighten us of the great Cheese Deal Nora.

 

[Silverluna]

Re: Re: kissy fish

My my I find your av frightening and unsettling...

The old one or new one?

 

[Nora]

You asked for it...

First, you have to understand my Dad a little. He's a *fantastic* human being. He has this weakness, though. He believes anything anyone says to him.

He buys gadgets and gizmos. If he sees an informercial, he really does believe that it will live up to the hype. We're not exactly rolling in cash (a gross understatement, btw) and mom tries to curb him, but she's basically given up after 42 years of wedded bliss...

So I'll relate the saga of the Cheese Deal as I heard it.

We're sitting around my house, my parents are visiting from 'bama and my cousin (the hoo haa important NY lawyer) is there. My dad turns to her and says, "So let me ask you a question. If you lose money in an investment because someone makes false promises, can you sue?"

My cousin, who is not a dumbass, twitches once...almost imperceptibly, then smoothes out her face and asks for more details. My hubby, my brother and I are just looking at one another. Cousin is studiously avoiding our eyes so she doesn't crack up...we all know what's coming, just not the joy of the details.

Dad says, "So this guy I know from my Tai Chi class told me about this amazing deal! He knows a guy who imports cheese and resells it to the high end grocery stores. He says he'll cut me in for a $1,000 investment."

With those words, hubby, brother and I fall into the kitchen laughing hysterically. And thus The Great Cheese Scam was born.

 

[daniella469]

So my grandparents invite me over to dinner. They have supposedly "won" a free catered dinner for ten from a local seafood restuarant. Sounds great. I think it might be a nice chance to socialize with my family, and get to have some seafood, which I dearly love.

Unfortunately, when I arrive, I find out that the dinner is a setup to promote a line of pans. The guy wants us to watch him cook, then eat while he makes his fucking sales pitch. So strike out conversation with my family.

He makes a pizza, and tells us about the convenience and the savings and blah blah blah. My father worked for Domino's for six years. This shit was awful. It was flat, burnt, and had rotten flavor.

He made cornbread. With a mix. With sugar in it. Southerners, you may take the opportunity to be outraged now. My grandmother makes better cornbread from a cast iron skillet. Scrath that shit.

He made chicken and steak, both of which I can make at home and tend times better than this putz without $60 cook ware.

Finally we get a peach cobbler that burns the shit out of my mouth because this yahoo's pots are designed to trap in heat.

After this treasure of mediocrity is over, he then proceeds to boil baking soda and water together to show us how it tastes out of multiple materials. Gee, I suppose maybe shouldn't drink baking soda and water maybe?

AND I NEVER GOT MY SEAFOOD!

I wanted fish.

OMFG It was a "Pampered Chef" Party, wasn't it? I got suckered into the same thing by a friend. I got the horrid pizza and an apple crumb something or other. I was cursing myself as I wrote my $120 check for crap I never use because of the "don't wash with soap" feature. After waiting 4 weeks to receive my stuff, and reading the detailed explanation of why the "stoneware" isn't soap friendly, I called the oh so informative product disher and gave him a piece of my mind for not mentioning this very important, and somewhat gross fact.

 

[Demian]

Thank goodness I'm not the 13th poster on a Satan thread

whew

just missed