There Goes the Neighborhood - A Friend'sThanksgiving Strike!

Okay, this post is off-topic but I am going to make it anyway because the story is just so amusing to me!

I have a good friend down in Orlando named Alison. She does not like having to get up early in the morning and she is homesick. Her family just moved to Orlando from Cortland, NY this summer. It is cold and snowy up there and Alison misses that a lot! Mix those things together and we've got problems.

She was watching ABC's Good Morning America yesterday morning. They had a Stuffing cook-Off on the show. the winner ended up getting a tiara. That was the last straw for Alison! She immediately got on Myspace and posted the following:

DEAR FRIEND-
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMMENT AND LET YOU KNOW WHY THERE WILL BE NO THANKSGIVING AT MY HOUSE THIS YEAR! SADLY THIS MORNING ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA THEY HAD THE STUFFING COOK OFF. I AM NOT AGAINST THAT, I AM HOWEVER AGAINST GIVING THE WINNER A TIARA! I HAVE COOKED FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS WORKING HARD PERFECTING MY RECIPES, DISHES, AND DESSERTS AND I HAVE NO(T) RECEIVED ONE TIARA. SO I AM ON STRIKE. I WILL NOT BAKE ONE COOKIE, ONE PIE, A TURKEY,MAKE A SALAD OR EVEN GRILLED CHEESE UNTIL MY DEMAND FOR APPRECIATION HAS BEEN MET. I WANT MY TIARA! SO DEAR FAMILY, ENJOY MCDONALD'S, CHEF BOY R DEE, MICROWAVE MEALS, OR CHINESE..UNTIL THERE IS A CROWN ON THIS HEAD THIS WIFE, MOTHER, DAUGHTER IN LAW, DAUGHTER AND COUSIN AND FRIEND IS ON STRIKE! I WILL NOT EVEN BE GIVING OUT MY RECIPES UNTIL MY DEMANDS ARE MEANT!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
ALISON

She posted something similar to her status on Myspace as well. Many of her friends are jumping on board. So if your female friends start making the same demands you'll know who started this movement. And hey I sympathize. I probably should think of something similar after doing the dishes and washing laundry for years for my family without much appreciation. So yeah I am looking around for a tiara for her...especially since she has promised me peanut butter fudge and cookies if I get her one. Peanut Butter is my weakness.

Have a great Saturday everyone!