Family codes and ritualsFreddy Woo writes, "as a child we used to have a 'whoever cuts doesn't choose the slice' rule with cake. It worked brilliantly, but it's left me completely anal about dividing up food - my wife just takes the piss as I ritually compare all the slice sizes."
What codes and rituals does your family have?
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chthonic, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:05)
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"The one you touch is the one you eat."This is a relatively simple rule, and easy to comply to.
But once it escalated to a ridiculous level, my next door neighbours came round to sleep (when i was about 6) and my mum brough up some jamaican ginger cake/carrot cake, with there being 4 of us - naturally - there was 8 pieces. Well on the withdrawal of his second piece my neighbour managed to rub high little finger on the side of another slice - mine.
I shouted "The one you touch is the one you eat, so why touch three?!" I complained not to eat it for about 20 minutes, which eventually ended in him eating it as my brother and the neighbour's sister agreed with the rule.
I then complained that i had missed out on a slice, but it was my own fault.
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Nathanial Hornblower, Sat 22 Nov 2008, 23:24,
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