I just had dinner with my crazy friend, Bobby, and this is one of his ideas to spice up your life and get you out of some work. These are his suggestions for attending a Pot Luck, especially if you are in a time crunch, broke, or do not like to cook:
For those of you unfamiliar with the term, a “Pot Luck” is when everyone brings some kind of food dish to share with everyone else. All the dishes are put out on a long table, and people bring their plates and help themselves to whatever looks good to them. Some of you may think of it as a common man’s smorgasbord. Churches, offices, and associations have them to socialize, save money, and most of all, to share the work.
Anyway, Bobby says that when he is invited to a pot luck, he brings in his dish, ALWAYS covered, and conspicuously sets it on the table that way. There is usually lots of activity around the table, so no one really notices who brings what, just that you came in with a bowl.
Most people bring their “specialty” and take great pride in sharing their cooking skills with others. Bobby, on the other hand, brings a completely EMPTY dish! His reasoning is that there is always too much food, he is way too busy to make anything, and this way he never even has to wash the dish afterwards. He says that everyone going through the line sees the empty dish and thinks, “Wow! Whatever that was must have been really good because it is already gone!” Because he was seen coming in with a bowl, everyone thinks he has made a contribution, and so he is free to eat to his heart’s content.
At the end of the night, he proudly picks up his”popular” bowl and cover, leaving with a full tummy and a completely clean dish. What could be better than that????
(When he told me this, I laughed for ten minutes….not a bad idea, eh? 😉
My friend, Goofy Bobby!
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