Juggling Dinner Duties Gifts

"And if you want to wait, Daddy will make yummy desert when he gets home."

Grace For Flies

Party time.

'It's just some Pour 'n' Serve, Stir 'n' Blend, Bake 'n' Slice, Mix 'n' Broil and Chop 'n' Simmer.'

Horn of Leftovers

'I'll be conducting Mahler 3 as the guests arrive.'

"Tia Carmen, if you had a bucket list, what would you put in it?"

"You were right-we should have just split one."

'It's all right, I'm just a little behind.'

'You talk about her so much. Why don't you invite that Alma Mater of yours to dinner sometime?'

'Not beans on toast again.' - 'No, toast on beans. I dropped it.'

'Having a family life and juggling two jobs? Isn't that a contradiction in terms?'

'I'm in the mood to cook!'

"I worry about every little thing. Barry's more of a generalist."

Trustworthy Authority.

'I always buy him the toughest, chewiest steak. It shuts him right up for half an hour.'

"The host? He'll be the guy standing here, alone, when the wine's gone."

'So you could say 'I'm wearing two hats'.'

Master of the house states that he will be detained in the city on business when he learns that there is cold mutton for dinner.

The Butlers Ball.

Me, Alice and God

"I'm NOT pontificating!"

After-Life Mints

"I think I'll just leave a hate tip."

'And don't you touch that mammoth in the freezer. I'm saving it for company.'

'Water? Still? Sparkling? Mountain? Hill? Bottle? Tap? Warm? Cold? Ice? Lemon?'

'Tortoise fanciers dinner 6:30pm for 10pm'

'So what's it to be, Indian cuisine, Chinese take out or are you going to do the usual Russian Roulette?'

Dinner chat.

Gosh, he looks so peaceful lying there, I almost hate to wake him up and put him in the oven.

'We'll have to eat out tonight -- I forgot to defrost the walrus.'

'Is something wrong, dear? -- you're home on time for dinner!'

The perils of working from home

"I'll have what she's having when she decides what she's having."

"OK, if I can pass on the duck's blood soup, I'll eat the spinach!"