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 What is one specific rule you'd like to make for your family get-togethers (Thanksgiving, Christmas or otherwise) and what do you want the penalty to be for breaking that rule?


Featured by: Jess at 10/26/11 2:32PM
| Closed on 11/25/11 at 05:00PM
FanIQ Pts? No | Locker Room, Holiday | Multiple Choice Opinion Poll
33 Fans 
0%a. No fake smiling
6%b. No plumber's crack
3%c. No sharing baby photos
6%d. No bragging
0%e. No racist jokes
9%f. No smoking
3%g. No wearing spandex
3%h. No falling asleep
9%i. Must wash hands
61%j. other

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#11 | 574 days ago
NorseHeathen (+)

Don't talk to me; I came here as a family courtesy....
  
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#1 | 574 days ago

No Guns!
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#2 | 574 days ago

No putting on airs like you're better than everyone else.
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#3 | 574 days ago

And make some real f**king mashed potatoes for once!!!  That crap out of the box is.....crap.
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#4 | 574 days ago

I'm with sunshine on the "airs" thingy and no snide remarks. Lets all just talk and laugh and be happy.
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#5 | 574 days ago

It is a family function. Be yourself.  And let them be whoeverr they want.

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#6 | 574 days ago

It was a tie, no spandex is a huge problem, but i dont know where the hands have been!
Must wash hands  
#7 | 574 days ago

since I am the baby of the family i say " no ancient redundant war atories from the 50's, 60's or 70's"- any one tells a story for the 1,000th time must leave the premises
#8 | 574 days ago

After stuffing my face Joey Chestnut style on Thanksgiving or Christmas, I plop my bloated self down on the couch and tune into the NFL or NBA.  At that point, I want nothing more than to be left alone for at least an hour.  If you enter my space during that time, you'll most likely hear about it.....unless you are one of my nephews.  They cool! 
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#9 | 574 days ago

NOOOOOOO GETTING DRUNK AND STUPID......as for all the others..........lmao..............
#10 | 574 days ago

for my mom's snooty new yorkerish thanksgiving - no pretending we're a bunch of affluent yankees. penalty for acting so is allowing the word "f**k" at the table for the rest of the evening. even in the f**king prayer.

for my dad's family's white-trashy thanksgiving - no discussing who likes to get slapped while being wildly f**ked. i don't want to know this information on thanksgiving or any other day for that matter. penalty is me acting like a snooty affluent yankee and casting judgement on the lot of 'em for the remainder of the meal. dessert will be followed by do-it-yourself lobotomies.
No plumber's crack  
#11 | 574 days ago
NorseHeathen (+)

Don't talk to me; I came here as a family courtesy....
#12 | 574 days ago
John_Daly (+)

No drugs. Prescription or othewise.
#13 | 574 days ago

NO DRINKING MY BEER!!!
PENALTY... you have to clean-up everything BY YOURSELF!
other  
#14 | 574 days ago

ms_hippie_queen wrote:
for my mom's snooty new yorkerish thanksgiving - no pretending we're a bunch of affluent yankees. penalty for acting so is allowing the word "f**k" at the table for the rest of the evening. even in the f**king prayer.

for my dad's family's white-trashy thanksgiving - no discussing who likes to get slapped while being wildly f**ked. i don't want to know this information on thanksgiving or any other day for that matter. penalty is me acting like a snooty affluent yankee and casting judgement on the lot of 'em for the remainder of the meal. dessert will be followed by do-it-yourself lobotomies.
 That's hilarious. I want to experience both of those just for a few laughs.
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#15 | 574 days ago

AlwaysSunshine wrote:
No putting on airs like you're better than everyone else.
Yes, tell this to my SIL. Also tell her to relax already and let's have some fun when it comes to family get-togethers like Thanksgiving at her house. Let me sit where I want, I don't need some stupid name tag and let me watch F'ing football for cripes sake. That's part of Thanksgiving for me! The penalty is just having me not be there.

Also make real cranberry sauce for once, the crap in the can is....crap!!!   (well that's more for my ex FIL)
No bragging  
#16 | 574 days ago

Wow.  Let's see here, just to name a few...

-  There was a drunken rendition of The Twelve Days of Christmas one year ... on Skype.
-  Forcing everyone to wear Native American headdresses (complete with Native American names ... I was "Runs With Dogs" ) on Thanksgiving.
-  Making all the girls wear 50s-style aprons on Easter while the guys had to wear bunny ears and tails.
-  My mother making us all play Name that Tune on Christmas Eve ... with kazoos.
-  There was a Ukrainian dance-off in the living room one year (only one person in my family has Ukrainian heritage).

So yeah, basically ... I wouldn't change a thing.
#17 | 574 days ago

janet011685 wrote:
Wow.  Let's see here, just to name a few...

-  There was a drunken rendition of The Twelve Days of Christmas one year ... on Skype.
-  Forcing everyone to wear Native American headdresses (complete with Native American names ... I was "Runs With Dogs" ) on Thanksgiving.
-  Making all the girls wear 50s-style aprons on Easter while the guys had to wear bunny ears and tails.
-  My mother making us all play Name that Tune on Christmas Eve ... with kazoos.
-  There was a Ukrainian dance-off in the living room one year (only one person in my family has Ukrainian heritage).

So yeah, basically ... I wouldn't change a thing.
 Hey, Run With Dogs, you have the best family ever  Who won the Ukrainian dance-off?
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#18 | 574 days ago

 I have to agree with rocky here. Sounds like a fun family. I wish mine would do stuff that made holidays less boring! 
No bragging  
#19 | 574 days ago

If we're at my house STAY OUT THE DAMN...
Big chair in thr TV room during the game...
Pecan Pie (till I've had mine at least)
Bedroom.. Go to the Guest Room, ya lush. And speaking of which...
Liquor Cabinet. The bar is stocked. And...
Egg Nog.. Period.
other  
#20 | 574 days ago

originalcrash78 wrote:
If we're at my house STAY OUT THE DAMN...
Big chair in thr TV room during the game...
Pecan Pie (till I've had mine at least)
Bedroom.. Go to the Guest Room, ya lush. And speaking of which...
Liquor Cabinet. The bar is stocked. And...
Egg Nog.. Period.
Jesus, you're a g*d damn holiday Nazi.  
#21 | 574 days ago

janet011685 wrote:
Jesus, you're a g*d damn holiday Nazi.  

#22 | 574 days ago

kobe_lova wrote:

  but yeah, definitely .
#23 | 574 days ago

 I love my family - we all have a lot of fun when we get together, so it's hard to make a rule about something I don't like. I suppose it would be that we ALL have to help mom cook and clean up after meals instead of just a couple of us.

Penalty for breaking it would be...those who don't help with meal preparation and clean up don't eat.
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#24 | 574 days ago

Just  give  everyone  their  chance  to  speak  and  have  patience  with  other  personalities,  especially  not  having  seen  each  other
#25 | 574 days ago

Jess wrote:
 I love my family - we all have a lot of fun when we get together, so it's hard to make a rule about something I don't like. I suppose it would be that we ALL have to help mom cook and clean up after meals instead of just a couple of us.

Penalty for breaking it would be...those who don't help with meal preparation and clean up don't eat.
When I do meals at my house, which is not often, I'm just the opposite.  I work alone in my kitchen.  And I'm uncomfortable in everyone else's.
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#26 | 574 days ago

ms_hippie_queen wrote:
for my mom's snooty new yorkerish thanksgiving - no pretending we're a bunch of affluent yankees. penalty for acting so is allowing the word "f**k" at the table for the rest of the evening. even in the f**king prayer.

for my dad's family's white-trashy thanksgiving - no discussing who likes to get slapped while being wildly f**ked. i don't want to know this information on thanksgiving or any other day for that matter. penalty is me acting like a snooty affluent yankee and casting judgement on the lot of 'em for the remainder of the meal. dessert will be followed by do-it-yourself lobotomies.
I think your mom should go to my sister's house for thanksgiving, and the rest of us should go somewhere else.
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#27 | 574 days ago

AlwaysSunshine wrote:
When I do meals at my house, which is not often, I'm just the opposite.  I work alone in my kitchen.  And I'm uncomfortable in everyone else's.
 I never do get-togethers at my house (actually this year my mom will be at my house for Thanksgiving for the first time ever), it's usually my mom who holds them because she always has the bigger house and it's just where we've always all gone. It just sometimes irks me that she's cooking for sometimes upwards of 25 people and nobody helps with either except for me and my husband, and sometimes an aunt or two...and if we're really lucky, my brother. The rest just kind of leave their dirty plates lying around etc. for others to clean up (whether they're real or paper...pick up after yourself!) and lounge around the other side of the kitchen island snacking while the rest of us work. Usually it doesn't bother me TOO much, but to see mom work as hard as she does and nobody help out would be the only one thing I would change about our family events...other than that, everything is always awesome.
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#28 | 574 days ago

AlwaysSunshine wrote:
When I do meals at my house, which is not often, I'm just the opposite.  I work alone in my kitchen.  And I'm uncomfortable in everyone else's.
I'm the same way ... it doesn't help that my kitchen is pretty small, so I always feel like people are just in my way.
#29 | 574 days ago

janet011685 wrote:
I'm the same way ... it doesn't help that my kitchen is pretty small, so I always feel like people are just in my way.
i'm also way super anal about where stuff goes.  I struggle with the space issue as well. 
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#30 | 574 days ago

(Edited by Joe_L)
Don't show up at my house, I'll return the favor.
#31 | 574 days ago

Jess wrote:
 I never do get-togethers at my house (actually this year my mom will be at my house for Thanksgiving for the first time ever), it's usually my mom who holds them because she always has the bigger house and it's just where we've always all gone. It just sometimes irks me that she's cooking for sometimes upwards of 25 people and nobody helps with either except for me and my husband, and sometimes an aunt or two...and if we're really lucky, my brother. The rest just kind of leave their dirty plates lying around etc. for others to clean up (whether they're real or paper...pick up after yourself!) and lounge around the other side of the kitchen island snacking while the rest of us work. Usually it doesn't bother me TOO much, but to see mom work as hard as she does and nobody help out would be the only one thing I would change about our family events...other than that, everything is always awesome.
I do at least gather up the dirty dishes, even from every one else, and deliver them to the kitchen.  My brother in law is a real bitch in the kitchen, so I may fill the glasses with ice, but he turns into a Nazi and starts ordering everyone around.  My dad always said he hated watching him boss the girls around.  I'm actually thinking about skipping out on Thanksgiving since dad is dead.  Unless my family from Texas comes up, which is unlikely b/c they'd have to bring my dad's ex-wife.
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#32 | 574 days ago

AlwaysSunshine wrote:
I do at least gather up the dirty dishes, even from every one else, and deliver them to the kitchen.  My brother in law is a real bitch in the kitchen, so I may fill the glasses with ice, but he turns into a Nazi and starts ordering everyone around.  My dad always said he hated watching him boss the girls around.  I'm actually thinking about skipping out on Thanksgiving since dad is dead.  Unless my family from Texas comes up, which is unlikely b/c they'd have to bring my dad's ex-wife.
Oh yikes, kitchen Nazi ordering people around wouldn't fly with me either. I'm one of those people though that if I had to deal with cranky-butts I'd just eat somewhere else and stop in for a few minutes to say hello.
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#33 | 574 days ago

Jess wrote:
Oh yikes, kitchen Nazi ordering people around wouldn't fly with me either. I'm one of those people though that if I had to deal with cranky-butts I'd just eat somewhere else and stop in for a few minutes to say hello.
That's my plan this year.  A couple of my good friends have said that I'm more than welcome to eat at their house, and their families are actually more like family than my own.  Not sure how well that's going to fly, but I'm not willing to be made to feel guilty for it.
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#34 | 574 days ago

AlwaysSunshine wrote:
i'm also way super anal about where stuff goes.  I struggle with the space issue as well. 
Oh god, yeah.  My friend tried to help me out the other day by putting my dishes away.    I spent more time fixing where he put s**t than I would have unloading the stupid dishwasher myself.
#35 | 574 days ago

janet011685 wrote:
Oh god, yeah.  My friend tried to help me out the other day by putting my dishes away.    I spent more time fixing where he put s**t than I would have unloading the stupid dishwasher myself.
 I used to be like that until I started having Kiernan do the dishes. Now I'm too lazy to give a crap...I like not ever having to do the dishes enough that I just let it go now lol
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#36 | 574 days ago

Jess wrote:
 I used to be like that until I started having Kiernan do the dishes. Now I'm too lazy to give a crap...I like not ever having to do the dishes enough that I just let it go now lol
 I wish I could.  I'm so OCD about it.  I get annoyed if the dishwasher isn't loaded the way I like, too.  
#37 | 574 days ago

 There IS a right way and a wrong way to load a dishwasher, this be true!

I don't get anal in the kitchen however, I don't like to spend too much time in that God-awful room, plus that's way too messy! 
No bragging  
#38 | 574 days ago

I_Bleed_Purple wrote:
 There IS a right way and a wrong way to load a dishwasher, this be true!

I don't get anal in the kitchen however, I don't like to spend too much time in that God-awful room, plus that's way too messy! 
"I don't get anal in the kitchen however, I don't like to spend too much time in that God-awful room, plus that's way too messy!"

oh god, that's what she said.
No plumber's crack  
#39 | 574 days ago
Southern Lion (+)

No issues that require involvement by the police.  The penalty is stay in jail over the holidays.   (This very, very, very seldom happens, but there's always a precedent).
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#40 | 574 days ago

(Edited by I_Bleed_Purple)
ms_hippie_queen wrote:
"I don't get anal in the kitchen however, I don't like to spend too much time in that God-awful room, plus that's way too messy!"

oh god, that's what she said.
 Well done, nice way to make that joke more obvious! 
No bragging  
#41 | 574 days ago

ms_hippie_queen wrote:
"I don't get anal in the kitchen however, I don't like to spend too much time in that God-awful room, plus that's way too messy!"

oh god, that's what she said.
I was gonna say...

"I don't get anal in the kitchen however, I don't like to spend too much time in that God-awful room, plus that's way too messy!"

Then your girl's a prude.  

#42 | 574 days ago

originalcrash78 wrote:
If we're at my house STAY OUT THE DAMN...
Big chair in thr TV room during the game...
Pecan Pie (till I've had mine at least)
Bedroom.. Go to the Guest Room, ya lush. And speaking of which...
Liquor Cabinet. The bar is stocked. And...
Egg Nog.. Period.
Beleive it or not J, I'm a great host. But I'm also severely stuck in my ways. Plus some of my family and friends are, let's say...pushy. So in order to keep the peace (and a little of my alcohol) I try to lay down the llaw early...and often. Never f#ck*n works though.
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#43 | 574 days ago

I_Bleed_Purple wrote:
 Well done, nice way to make that joke more obvious! 
no need to congratulate me. i already gave myself a gold star and a fist pump for it.
No plumber's crack  
#44 | 574 days ago

(Edited by HULL_17)
No Playing No Limit Texas Hold Em'


my cousin got his nose broke last thanksgiving while we where playing NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLD EM'
No falling asleep  
#45 | 574 days ago

janet011685 wrote:
I was gonna say...

"I don't get anal in the kitchen however, I don't like to spend too much time in that God-awful room, plus that's way too messy!"

Then your girl's a prude.  

 Pfffffffft! You guys are hilarious, however perhaps I'm the prude. That's not exactly the kind of chocolate I want to be seeing on any dipping sticks in the kitchen. 

I have NO problem messing around in the kitchen. I just might start to like that room more. 
No bragging  
#46 | 574 days ago

janet011685 wrote:
 I wish I could.  I'm so OCD about it.  I get annoyed if the dishwasher isn't loaded the way I like, too.  
Just wait, when your my age your just glad its loaded!
Must wash hands  
#47 | 574 days ago

ms_hippie_queen wrote:
no need to congratulate me. i already gave myself a gold star and a fist pump for it.
You pumped your fist where? I've heard of the brown star, where's the gold one?
No bragging  
#48 | 574 days ago

originalcrash78 wrote:
Beleive it or not J, I'm a great host. But I'm also severely stuck in my ways. Plus some of my family and friends are, let's say...pushy. So in order to keep the peace (and a little of my alcohol) I try to lay down the llaw early...and often. Never f#ck*n works though.
I dont believe it! You! stuck in your ways? But seriously, i had to move thousands of miles away to be appreciated, still didnt work, i have more fun with non relatives, unless we havent seen each other in many, many years...
Must wash hands  
#49 | 574 days ago
cubsgirl2 (+)

 You know what, I don't think we have any rules.  But by the end of the day there will be arguing, snippiness, jealousy, to much beer and wine(my mom swears wine is not drinking) and a lot of get me the hell out of here.  My family puts the fun in dysfunctional   Thats why my girls and I now go to dinner and a movie for Thanksgiving. 
No plumber's crack  
#50 | 574 days ago

JenX63 wrote:
I dont believe it! You! stuck in your ways? But seriously, i had to move thousands of miles away to be appreciated, still didnt work, i have more fun with non relatives, unless we havent seen each other in many, many years...

Yup sounds like we have the same relatives. I love em (from great distances)

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#51 | 574 days ago

originalcrash78 wrote:

Yup sounds like we have the same relatives. I love em (from great distances)

Ive found, thats the best way!
Must wash hands  
#52 | 574 days ago

kobe_lova wrote:

Personal Foul. 15 yards. Two Shots & the Ball. And 5 mins. in the box.
other  
#53 | 574 days ago

narrowing it down to 1 rule is tough but i'll direct this one at my dumba$$ brother.  it is just 1 rule but it's in several parts.
1)  tell your wife to stay home  i know she won't but i had to try.
2)  stay out of the way. LEAVE the kitchen when food is being prepared.  the two of you together can barely figure out how to open a box of crackers. you can't help. don't ask.
3) don't speak.  you both are too ignorant to be taken seriously anyway.  i get more out of listening to Molly. she's 7 months.
4)  and finally, to my sister in law.  you know that you are allergic to Mac.  TAKE AN ALLERGY PILL BEFORE YOU GET HERE. we don't need you coughing and sneezing and hacking your lungs out the entire time you are here.
no penalty. those who make it thru an encounter with these 2 mis-creants should be canonized.
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#54 | 574 days ago

Joe_L wrote:
Don't show up at my house, I'll return the favor.
Pretty much my sentiments exactly, Joe.

Rule for future family gatherings.... NO MORE F***ing family gatherings.
Penalty ...  the business end of my 12-gauge
#55 | 574 days ago
cubsgirl2 (+)

JenX63 wrote:
I dont believe it! You! stuck in your ways? But seriously, i had to move thousands of miles away to be appreciated, still didnt work, i have more fun with non relatives, unless we havent seen each other in many, many years...
 I have to much family all the time anyways. My mom owns the restaurant, my sister, her two daughters, my daughter, my nephew and his wife all work there.  My sister has this thing that we should spend tuesday evenings together because we are both off. We usually all get together on Sundays to grill and hang.  And seriously there are times I literally over dose on them. 
No plumber's crack  
#56 | 574 days ago

cubsgirl2 wrote:
 I have to much family all the time anyways. My mom owns the restaurant, my sister, her two daughters, my daughter, my nephew and his wife all work there.  My sister has this thing that we should spend tuesday evenings together because we are both off. We usually all get together on Sundays to grill and hang.  And seriously there are times I literally over dose on them. 
I feel ya, it was like that for me for a long time.
Must wash hands  
#57 | 574 days ago

originalcrash78 wrote:
Personal Foul. 15 yards. Two Shots & the Ball. And 5 mins. in the box.
 We're gonna need a lot more than 2 shots! 
#58 | 574 days ago
18packabs (+)

RULE #1- Don't F&^king GO
other  
#59 | 573 days ago

  If you're going to upskirt the entire living room at least have the decency to shave the F.U.P.A.
#60 | 573 days ago

originalcrash78 wrote:
Personal Foul. 15 yards. Two Shots & the Ball. And 5 mins. in the box.
...Now that you put it like that, you're right
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#61 | 565 days ago

 Ya'll shut the HELL up, the game is on
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#62 | 565 days ago

No full contact sports in the backyard for anyone over 50.
Britches fastened is optional.
No laughing at people who hold something real far from their face to read it.
Screaming children should do so at least 200 ft away for the house.
It is ok to consider 5th cousins once removed as hot.
Beer drinking is appropriate if cooking 5 things on 4 burners and 3 things in the oven before 6am.
It is illegal to dial the Jerry Springer Hotline on Thanksgiving Day.

I have more, I'm sure.

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#63 | 556 days ago
BDV4U (+)

It's easy for me! Members of my family are either dead or walked out, so holidays aren't a circus. Only stress I have to put up with is having to put up with my ex because she's holding my kid hostage for the next 7 years!
No smoking  
#64 | 552 days ago

No cell phones. Leave em at the door and you can get it back when you leave!
other  
#65 | 549 days ago

BEEEEERRRRRR!!!!! If I got to put up with their A$$ES they can at least bring me plenty of beer.
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