There’s a lot the Senate and the House could learn from bipartisan game night. If only they could just reach across the isle the way we reached across the dining room table. Yes, that’s right, at our game night the right and the left were in attendance and we got along great (of course some of us are a little Carolina blue and others a little pink). There was an ongoing smear campaign against Dave for much of the night, largely because we learned at fake-Thanksgiving that he thinks that global warming is a hoax and liberal conspirators wrote the dictionary. He took it in stride, although probably mainly due to the Ohio State win over Michigan State. I must admit I felt a little sorry for him by the end of the night. Maybe I’ll get him a stuffed red elephant for Christmas. Just kidding Dave, you know I love ya!
I think the House and Senate would pass a lot more bills and have way less arguing if they solved everything with Apples to Apples and Hoopla (by the way, both great games for large groups). We also learned that overrepresented teams create a deficit (okay, I know that was a dig to the outgoing reds – sorry!). For Catchphrase, we always play girls against boys, and girls always win. Except for last night when we had two sets of girls side-by-side and the buzzer seemed always go off in that hand-off.
Amazingly, we got 14 people crammed into our little dining room around our 8- to 10-person yard sale dining room table. It was bit like a subway car during rush hour. The lesson here is that Scott and I need to invest in some nice folding chairs and a table extension.
Of course the food had to be better than a Democratic or Republican convention. We ate my Dad’s delicious BBQ hotdogs made with Hebrew National dogs, bean dip that had guacamole, veggie booty puffed soy treats (Arrrgh!), a veggie platter, a candy platter (containing gummy worms, chocolate covered raisons and peanuts, gum drops, and bit-O-honey’s), clementines, pink frosted sprinkle cookies, hot mulled cider, and a variety of sodas. Mmm!
Long story short, I guess it’s high time Scott and I stopped watching so much Hardball with Chris Matthews (okay, maybe not). We had a wicked good time despite the fact that my allergy attack made me look and feel like a junkie. And our friends are awesome. Although, I’m a little disappointed that Jakey didn’t wear his tux to bipartisan game night.
In honor of Sarah and Kayleigh who have jumped back over the pond, Cheers!
PS – Sarah Bailey, there is another of you somewhere in the Bay area of Cali.
