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August 03, 2008 |
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Friendship Soup
FOUND by Kelly Liss
in Chicago, Illinois
Found stuck between the Frango Mints boxes on display at Marshall Field's (now Macy's) on State Street in Chicago a few days before Christmas.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
I can't "blend in an ear" for this treacle.
And, one should always season with abandon.
Far most should be 'foremost.'
God, this sounds exactly like something my 80 year old mother in law would send me in one of her billions of email forwards she sends me, which I have learned to instantly delete, and not open.
This does not inspire me. Hold the garnish.
Why would you garnish with a heart two times? (And wouldn't those hearts just sink to the bottom of your soup bowl? Shouldn't garnish float?)
Is this supposed to be a song? And garnish is the refrain?
I really find "recipes" for relationships or other cheesy sentiments to be gag inducing. I just do not see the appeal in them. They come across as forced and insincere, which loses all feelings of gratitude.
Serious question, ladies.
Would any of you wear these American Apparel dresses and/or tops in the 80 million "styles" they advertise? I just have never seen a person walking around w/ a dress tied up in a knot around their neck or twisted in some funky loop on the side so it can become versatile in many different ways. I always just see plain dresses so I'm not sure who's buying this stuff.
I agree with you, Christina. Who wears clothes with knots?
@Nightingale
The hearts would probably sink right to the bottom, but the ear might float. Could that be the garnish? But why just one ear? What about the other three?
Greetings cards have a lot to answer for. Yuck
i'm sure this is somewhere in the Chicken Soup for the Idiot's Soul series. i know we treasure diversity of thought on this site, but i sure hope no one, not a single soul, posts some sappy pathetic comment such as, "this is my favorite poem." ubiquitous crap like this is why kids today think classic and contemporary poetry is so "hard to understand" and why 80 year old mothers-in-law send forwards filled with similar insipid sentiments. ew.
*Puke.*
ok, maybe insipid, but really, no one thinks this is a little endearing? maybe not the "poem" itself, but the fact that someone (perhaps 80 years old) thought it good enough to handwrite and tuck between boxes of mints? s/he truly thought passing along some wisdom might allow someone to make a new friend. . .
for christina: re the the knotty AA gear, nah. I prefer those little plastic neon colored rings we could use to tie our shirts in sideknots. circa 1988 maybe. i'm sure someone else remembers...
I worked at Carlton Cards for 4 years as Manager and I NEVER want to hear another sappy, sucky, sentiment poem again!
AGHHH!
If this was written by an eighty year old, they're probably senile and it's too late for them anyway.
@ CHRISTINA- One word...UGLY!
I don't know...the thought of Friendship Soap is kind of sexy to me....
This reminds me of something I would find at a yard sale, done in crewel or needlepoint and framed with an old, splintered wood frame.
I agree: sappy and boring and perfect for Chicken Soup for the Sappy Sucker's Soul.
@ Christina: I actually clicked on the ad because I liked the simple dress style. I was FLOORED at the price!
Guess what? Ross is my favorite place to find clothes and I found some similar styles for about 10 bucks.
As for this find: not my thing (@ Fooch, definitely fodder for a Sappy Sucker's Soul), but I have enjoyed reading comments while listening to Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me.
You have to be a good friend to have a good friend. Speak kindly, think about your friend's needs, be a good listener, offer loving support.
No ears in my soup, please. Ear soup sounds yucky.
I often 'fall for' the sappy sweet "awww" stuff... but THIS one??...
Well --
my favorite part is "blend the ear".. as long as it isn't MY ear in the blender!!
Ear Soup was the house specialty at Vinnie VanGogh's. Deeeelightful.
The heart should be sliced thin -- shaved, really -- and sauted briefly with fennel bulb, garlic, olive oil and white wine (chardonnay would be best). Toss this with greens and serve with basamic vinegar. Do not blend in the ear. Cut it in half and place the slices on top of the salad.
Oh, damn. This is about soup, not salad. My bad.
Friendship Soup sucks.
Ewww... Glurgey...
I've been hanging out with 80-year-olds lately, so I'm more sensitive about ageism than I used to be. It's incorrect and an over-generalization that all 80-year-olds go for stupid poetry and sappy sentimentality. My parents are in their early 80's and both of them HATE that kind of thing. They always have, and age has not changed that.
My mother is a poet, actually. And her poems just keep getting better; they are amazing, actually. That's because she considers writing to be a craft worth honing, and she works at it.
I have seen this kind of sappy stuff associated with teenagers far more often than with the elderly. They slip sappy poems into the covers on their binders, let them fall to the floor under their desks, or forward them in emails. I know only two adults who forward stupid friendship recipes. They are 52 and 70. I just hit delete, and forgive them. However...
what's harder to forgive is their right-wing politics and their belief that the bible is the literal word of god.
Why do those things seem to go together? Sappy sentimentality, flag-waving, and bible-toting? And unwillingness to think.
Now there's an over-generalization!
I like soup.
Friendship soup isn't vegetarian.
Despite all the commenters losing control over their bodily functions over this "poem", it's still a perfectly wonderful Find. Thank you for submitting it, Kelly Liss!
vinnie van gogh only served it once. also it helps to boil the
ear before adding it.
@ Christiatric: it could be vegetarian (an ear of corn, a heart of an artichoke)
Well, I tried.
I don't like sappy things like this, I can think for myself, and the Bible is the literal word of God.
I get emails like this from family members, and I usually delete them right away. While the emails themselves are sappy and annoying, the sentiment of the sender is not! These are sent to me by family members who love me. So treasure the sentiment and delete the email.
And Clover... Don't confuse the religious right with Christianity! I'm a member of the religious left, and there are more of us than you realize. If your church is filled with right wingers, find another church! There is room for everyone at the table.
A friend with weed is a friend indeed.
an oh so hokey poem...
but,
a great find nonetheless
j
Haha, you're right, Sammy. I didn't think of that.
This looks like one of those recipes you'd find in the miscellaneous section of a church cookbook. Someone always submits some non-food "recipe" like how to make "dough" or how to make a good family and other dumb stuff.
A good family is dumb?
Wow. Defensiveness, hostility, some edginess...
What are these ingredients for? (what happened to everyone today?)
This brings back memories of girl scouts, im sure this "recipe" must be from them.
@Sammy--That sounds like ingredients for a bitch pie.
"An ear that is easy to hear?" My ears ring, but no one else can hear it. Wouldn't a noisy ear be annoying? I have to admit I am annoyed by the music pouring from other people's MP3 headphones. Their ears will ring someday, too--maybe that's what makes an ear "easy to hear."
I too am tired of sappy forwards with no personal note. I've been told it means the person is thinking of you but too busy to write. But I find the sentimental schlockery worse than silence. If you don't have anything to say, keep quiet. Don't just send someone else's babble.
@ Minphx: I remember those! My sister and I had a neon pink one, a neon green one, ad a black one. Ha! They always went perfectly with a side ponytail.
I tried to make "Friendship Soup" once...
but my "friends" kept complaining about being boiled alive and climbing out of the pot.
turns out they weren't very good friends after all I guess.
my anti-spam question was "what number comes after 8656"
...and I got it wrong the first time.
I feel very very stupid right now.
Jeffrey Dahmer's Mom: Jeffrey, I DON'T like your new friend.
Jeffrey: Hmm. Well okay then. Just eat the salad.
Wait...Frango is a brand of mints? Freak show! When I was growing up there was a cheapo cafe type place called "Frango's" with the most obnoxious radio commerical you ever heard. My sister had clock radio that turned itself on every morning at 6.30 with the nasal jingle: "F-R-A-N-G-O, Frango's, the best place to eat in town." sung by a young woman who couldn't carry a tune if you sewed it to her outer clothing. And of course it wasn't the best place to eat. Far from it.