Stand at the dinner table and proclaim: "Today we give thanks for the word '
squash'—an abbreviation of the Narragansett word '
asquutasquash'."
Then sit down to thunderous applause.
(Optional addition: "We also need to acknowledge the mistakes of our ancestors—for their blunders still haunt us today. [pause] I'm referring to the invention of creamed spinach.")
Published on November 27, 2014 09:25