Top Ten Comments Overheard At Any Potluck Dinner

10. Oh, what an interesting texture!
9. I didn't know there were that many shades of green!
8. Oh, Fred, don't get worked up, she told you it was a new Band-Aid! Besides, you love potato salad!
7. Trudy, your egg salad bust of the preacher is very, um, uh, er...creative!
6. Jim, saying in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, doesn't excuse your double dipping!
5. You say missionaries gave you this recipe?!
4. What do you mean the dog wouldn't eat it?!
3. I didn't think you could deep fry that!
2. If Jell-O and vegetables were meant to exist together, Bill Cosby would have been a vegetarian!
1. Was that SUPPOSED to be crunchy?

Originally published November 14, 2002.