Signs your family MAY be dysfunctional

Your vacations are planned through the CIA instead of AAA.
Your mother and your preteen sister always fighting over the last container of heavey duty grade hair jell.
In the middle of family reunion, FBI cuts power to ranch.
The Bikers next door always complaining about the noise.
Holidays are usually celebrated by kicking a toaster around the house.
Family discussions usually begin with, "Now, put the gun down."
Instead of saying grace before dinner, father reads a passage from his Parole Papers
Originally published November 14, 2002.