Martin Moment

Does anyone else have a favorite "Family Movie?" Not a movie that's good to watch with a family, but a movie that your whole family loves to watch? One of the Sweeney's family movies is Father of the Bride. If you've ever seen this movie their is this scene where Steve Martin goes to the grocery store to buy hot dogs and buns. He starts to rip open the hot dog buns and pull out 4, since he bought packs of 8 hot dogs, he only wants 8 buns. When asked what he is doing he says:

"I'll tell you what I'm doing. I want to buy eight hot dogs and eight hot dog buns to go with them. But no one sells eight hot dog buns. They only sell twelve hot dog buns. So I end up paying for four buns I don't need. So I am removing the superfluous buns. Yeah. And you want to know why? Because some big-shot over at the wiener company got together with some big-shot over at the bun company and decided to rip off the American public. Because they think the American public is a bunch of trusting nit-wits who will pay for everything they don't need rather than make a stink. Well they're not ripping of this nitwit anymore because I'm not paying for one more thing I don't need. George Banks is saying NO! "



I get this sensation when I have to buy parsley or some kind of fresh herb at the grocery store. Honestly, who uses that much parsley or cilantro for ANYTHING? Who uses a whole bushel for one recipe? I just need a sprig or a handful, why can't I just buy that much? So I end up spending 3 dollars on a herb that I am just going to essentially throw out.

One day I might get in trouble for grabbing the handful of herb I need, and throwing the rest aside. And what will happen if asked what I'm doing? I will simply reply: Removing the superfluous garnish!