1994 Point Counter Point, the first one
Merry Christmas!!!
Okay, here's the deal. We have never done a letter of this type before, and the first letter we started wasn't up to snuff. Also Donna was whining that she didn't do anything worth putting on paper last year. I agreed with her but I didn't tell her that. SOOOOOOO, we decided to do a panel discussion type letter, Kind of Crossfire on paper. How this will work is that I will start the discussion with a topic and write a paragraph or so and then Donna will get her turn. Of course we all know who will have the best discussion, ME. So here goes.
First topic - THE AMERICANIZATION OF DONNA, YES OR NO. discuss...
CHRIS: I truly believe that Donna is an American. Example, first off is her speech. This is truly sad since she claims to be a Speech Language Pathologist. She even went as far as going to some copy shop and getting a little piece of paper that says she is a Master. Hah! Anyway she no longer says roof, aboot, and oot. Plus she hasn't said EH in years. Another sure sign of Americanism is that she cheers when Rambo blows up the bad guys and she roots for American hockey teams. The biggest sign, and this one clinched it for me, was she went to a gun shop with a friend of mine and I saw her pricing Uzi's. During the last winter Olympics I also caught her chanting USA< USA, USA, USA. Yes it is true Donna Sukarukoff is truly an American through and through. She even said to me tonight that she often has a lot of American in her. I didn't quite understand that one though.
DONNA: First off, Chris told me I am not allowed to go back and change what he said so that I could win this debate. I must admit that I had to go back and change a few things. He had a few spelling mistakes that needed correcting. I would also like to change a few things for reasons of validity. I do not yet own a piece of paper that says I have a Masters Degree because I'm not quite finished with the program. I have always and will always say roof to rhyme with boot; as for the words aboot and oot that sounds like a foreign language not Canadian. It is unfortunate that I have never said "eh" with high frequency while I converse but that does not mean that I am not Canadian. I still call a toque a toque, a zed a zed, and bag a bag. The only way I may have become slightly Americanized is from hanging out with Chris so much and picking up his bad habits. If sleeping in till noon, picking your nose, and being a little lazy means I'm American then I guess I am.
Next topic - PROPER EATING ETIQUETTE AND THE USE OF CONDIMENTS. Discuss...
CHRIS- Now this is a subject that I can sink my teeth into. Just to clear the air I only sleep till noon on my days off, I seldom pick my nose (only when the booger is really big), and am far from lazy. Now the subject at hand is proper eating etiquette. Donna thinks she is the queen of clean but I have heard her belch a storm up, not to mention smelled them. She also is one to complain when I put a lot of ketchup on my hash browns, grilled cheese, or syrup on pancakes. I believe that ketchup and syrup are part of the basic food groups and should be made flavors in the Flintstones Vitamins bottles. She will also try to convince you that I use too much butter on my toast. If you are going to spend the time to put butter on your toast then you better taste it. She likes to just get her toast in the general area of butter and that is it. She also rolls her eyes when I salt something before I taste it. She thinks that I am assuming too much in this bold move for spice but if I like salt on my fries, I like salt on my fries. Nuff said. I also like to order the spicy mandarin stir fry. So spicy that my eyelids and the back of my neck sweat. She looks down on this practice also. If I like it spicy, I like it spicy. I think she just needs to lighten up.
DONNA- I'm no the one who needs to lighten up. Chris needs to lighten up on the amount of extra flavor he adds to his food. I am surprised that he is such a picky eater. For example, he says he doesn't like a lot of vegetables, but if he were to add them half the amount of butter he puts on toast he would think they were delicious. He adds so much flavor to his food that he cannot possibly taste the food, but only the added spice, butter, or ketchup. He does not realize this is harmful not only to himself but to others as well. He isn't adding flavor, he is adding extra calories, cholesterol, and damage to his internal organs. Others are being harmed because he insults the cook when he automatically reaches for the ketchup before he even tastes the food. Ultimately, this means that Chris is predictable. No matter what he orders at a restaurant it is going to be the "-est" of everything (the spiciest, the butteriest, and the ketchupiest). I guess you could say that Chris is predictable when it comes to what he eats, or should I be so bold to say Chris is predictable with everything.
Nest topic - More effective driver, Chris or Donna
DONNA - This is a situational answer. I have at times been somewhat impressed with Chris' driving. He managed to avoid an accident when he was following me one winter's day in Regina. I stopped suddenly and Chris did not think that he could (he admitted that he could not stop as well as I did) so he went around me to avoid rear ending me. I guess you could say that was fairly effective. He could have been driving slower and not quite so close to my back-end and then there would have never been an accident to avoid. If anyone was with us in Des Moines and Minneapolis you would have seen many examples where Chris was not driving as well as I could have been. He entered a street that said do not enter, went through a red light, parking in places he should have not, and I stop here before my mum and dad read this they will wonder why I let him drive our car that was not insured for an American to be driving. Chris might try to tell you that I just wasn't doing my job as a navigator, but I was, he just wasn't listening to me. Like a typical man. If he would have drove a little slower he could have avoided a lot of those mistakes. In summary, I am a more effective driver because I drive with caution and listen to my navigator.
CHRIS - Ok. Now we go to school. I believe in my heart and soul that there is no one that is involved in this letter that is a more superior driver than I. I have put more miles on my license than Donna has put on her Barenaked Ladies CD. I was driving before she was even born (yes I can prove it). For one, she doesn't even know how to drive a standard transmission, and refuses to learn. The most blaring example that she is not an effective driver is simply that she is of Canadian descent. Everyone knows that Canadians are poor drivers. I don't think the words "turn lane" are in their vocablulary. No you would think that since she has become an American that her skills would improve but wrongo moosebreath. How do I know that I am superior? I earned my driving degree from the Goggles Pisano school of driving. Nuff said. As for these lame examples from the Iowa trip, I don't know where she gets off complaining since she was behind the wheel a total of 5 minutes, and that was just when she dropped her pillow on the drivers side floor. Which leads me to her navigating. I do not know how a person can navigate with her eyes closed. Sleeping and navigation do not mix but Donna seems to be an expert at it. Since I just sent her BACK to school, I'll let her pick the next topic. Go Girl!
Next topic - Is this letter a good style for a Christmas letter?
DONNA - This i not a good format for a Christmas letter because it doesn't say a lot about what we have done this year except argue. That is probably our most frequent activity, but we have done other normal things that everyone may want to hear about. Maybe Chris hasn't but I have done things. The letter we started writing was better. I guess he felt like he couldn't compete with what I have accomplished in the last year such as; finding a nice roommate and living in a condo in Bismarck, completing a masters degree in Speech language pathology, helping over 30 children improve their speech and language, and getting a job in Des Moines with good pay and benefits. I don't want to sound like I am bragging, but I did very well in softball this summer especially for someone who hasn't played since tee-ball in elementary school. I guess I gave into Chris because I'm no as picky as he is.
CHRIS - As far as this being a good format for a Christmas letter I think, absolootly. Instead of the same old I did this, we did that, uncle melvin had this removed, blah, blah, blah. We get insight on the person we are reading about. We learn more about what makes them tick. As for me not doing anything this year, silly girl, Trix are for kids. Tell me Donna, who started their second year at KXMB-TV12, and who produced a music video that has been applauded all across the prairie region? Who was invited to speak at a film festival in Fargo, had their video played on PPTV Prairie Filmmakers for the second year in a row? Who just became the coolest uncle in the world? Who just got a raise at Amoco? Now that was just a taste so I think you better just bow down and admit defeat.
Now that we have gotten all those feelings out in the open we guess it's time to wish everyone a Happy Holiday. Best of luck to you and your family for the coming year. Maybe next year we will work on a letter that is a little less exciting.
Sincerely Donna and Chris
Okay, here's the deal. We have never done a letter of this type before, and the first letter we started wasn't up to snuff. Also Donna was whining that she didn't do anything worth putting on paper last year. I agreed with her but I didn't tell her that. SOOOOOOO, we decided to do a panel discussion type letter, Kind of Crossfire on paper. How this will work is that I will start the discussion with a topic and write a paragraph or so and then Donna will get her turn. Of course we all know who will have the best discussion, ME. So here goes.
First topic - THE AMERICANIZATION OF DONNA, YES OR NO. discuss...
CHRIS: I truly believe that Donna is an American. Example, first off is her speech. This is truly sad since she claims to be a Speech Language Pathologist. She even went as far as going to some copy shop and getting a little piece of paper that says she is a Master. Hah! Anyway she no longer says roof, aboot, and oot. Plus she hasn't said EH in years. Another sure sign of Americanism is that she cheers when Rambo blows up the bad guys and she roots for American hockey teams. The biggest sign, and this one clinched it for me, was she went to a gun shop with a friend of mine and I saw her pricing Uzi's. During the last winter Olympics I also caught her chanting USA< USA, USA, USA. Yes it is true Donna Sukarukoff is truly an American through and through. She even said to me tonight that she often has a lot of American in her. I didn't quite understand that one though.
DONNA: First off, Chris told me I am not allowed to go back and change what he said so that I could win this debate. I must admit that I had to go back and change a few things. He had a few spelling mistakes that needed correcting. I would also like to change a few things for reasons of validity. I do not yet own a piece of paper that says I have a Masters Degree because I'm not quite finished with the program. I have always and will always say roof to rhyme with boot; as for the words aboot and oot that sounds like a foreign language not Canadian. It is unfortunate that I have never said "eh" with high frequency while I converse but that does not mean that I am not Canadian. I still call a toque a toque, a zed a zed, and bag a bag. The only way I may have become slightly Americanized is from hanging out with Chris so much and picking up his bad habits. If sleeping in till noon, picking your nose, and being a little lazy means I'm American then I guess I am.
Next topic - PROPER EATING ETIQUETTE AND THE USE OF CONDIMENTS. Discuss...
CHRIS- Now this is a subject that I can sink my teeth into. Just to clear the air I only sleep till noon on my days off, I seldom pick my nose (only when the booger is really big), and am far from lazy. Now the subject at hand is proper eating etiquette. Donna thinks she is the queen of clean but I have heard her belch a storm up, not to mention smelled them. She also is one to complain when I put a lot of ketchup on my hash browns, grilled cheese, or syrup on pancakes. I believe that ketchup and syrup are part of the basic food groups and should be made flavors in the Flintstones Vitamins bottles. She will also try to convince you that I use too much butter on my toast. If you are going to spend the time to put butter on your toast then you better taste it. She likes to just get her toast in the general area of butter and that is it. She also rolls her eyes when I salt something before I taste it. She thinks that I am assuming too much in this bold move for spice but if I like salt on my fries, I like salt on my fries. Nuff said. I also like to order the spicy mandarin stir fry. So spicy that my eyelids and the back of my neck sweat. She looks down on this practice also. If I like it spicy, I like it spicy. I think she just needs to lighten up.
DONNA- I'm no the one who needs to lighten up. Chris needs to lighten up on the amount of extra flavor he adds to his food. I am surprised that he is such a picky eater. For example, he says he doesn't like a lot of vegetables, but if he were to add them half the amount of butter he puts on toast he would think they were delicious. He adds so much flavor to his food that he cannot possibly taste the food, but only the added spice, butter, or ketchup. He does not realize this is harmful not only to himself but to others as well. He isn't adding flavor, he is adding extra calories, cholesterol, and damage to his internal organs. Others are being harmed because he insults the cook when he automatically reaches for the ketchup before he even tastes the food. Ultimately, this means that Chris is predictable. No matter what he orders at a restaurant it is going to be the "-est" of everything (the spiciest, the butteriest, and the ketchupiest). I guess you could say that Chris is predictable when it comes to what he eats, or should I be so bold to say Chris is predictable with everything.
Nest topic - More effective driver, Chris or Donna
DONNA - This is a situational answer. I have at times been somewhat impressed with Chris' driving. He managed to avoid an accident when he was following me one winter's day in Regina. I stopped suddenly and Chris did not think that he could (he admitted that he could not stop as well as I did) so he went around me to avoid rear ending me. I guess you could say that was fairly effective. He could have been driving slower and not quite so close to my back-end and then there would have never been an accident to avoid. If anyone was with us in Des Moines and Minneapolis you would have seen many examples where Chris was not driving as well as I could have been. He entered a street that said do not enter, went through a red light, parking in places he should have not, and I stop here before my mum and dad read this they will wonder why I let him drive our car that was not insured for an American to be driving. Chris might try to tell you that I just wasn't doing my job as a navigator, but I was, he just wasn't listening to me. Like a typical man. If he would have drove a little slower he could have avoided a lot of those mistakes. In summary, I am a more effective driver because I drive with caution and listen to my navigator.
CHRIS - Ok. Now we go to school. I believe in my heart and soul that there is no one that is involved in this letter that is a more superior driver than I. I have put more miles on my license than Donna has put on her Barenaked Ladies CD. I was driving before she was even born (yes I can prove it). For one, she doesn't even know how to drive a standard transmission, and refuses to learn. The most blaring example that she is not an effective driver is simply that she is of Canadian descent. Everyone knows that Canadians are poor drivers. I don't think the words "turn lane" are in their vocablulary. No you would think that since she has become an American that her skills would improve but wrongo moosebreath. How do I know that I am superior? I earned my driving degree from the Goggles Pisano school of driving. Nuff said. As for these lame examples from the Iowa trip, I don't know where she gets off complaining since she was behind the wheel a total of 5 minutes, and that was just when she dropped her pillow on the drivers side floor. Which leads me to her navigating. I do not know how a person can navigate with her eyes closed. Sleeping and navigation do not mix but Donna seems to be an expert at it. Since I just sent her BACK to school, I'll let her pick the next topic. Go Girl!
Next topic - Is this letter a good style for a Christmas letter?
DONNA - This i not a good format for a Christmas letter because it doesn't say a lot about what we have done this year except argue. That is probably our most frequent activity, but we have done other normal things that everyone may want to hear about. Maybe Chris hasn't but I have done things. The letter we started writing was better. I guess he felt like he couldn't compete with what I have accomplished in the last year such as; finding a nice roommate and living in a condo in Bismarck, completing a masters degree in Speech language pathology, helping over 30 children improve their speech and language, and getting a job in Des Moines with good pay and benefits. I don't want to sound like I am bragging, but I did very well in softball this summer especially for someone who hasn't played since tee-ball in elementary school. I guess I gave into Chris because I'm no as picky as he is.
CHRIS - As far as this being a good format for a Christmas letter I think, absolootly. Instead of the same old I did this, we did that, uncle melvin had this removed, blah, blah, blah. We get insight on the person we are reading about. We learn more about what makes them tick. As for me not doing anything this year, silly girl, Trix are for kids. Tell me Donna, who started their second year at KXMB-TV12, and who produced a music video that has been applauded all across the prairie region? Who was invited to speak at a film festival in Fargo, had their video played on PPTV Prairie Filmmakers for the second year in a row? Who just became the coolest uncle in the world? Who just got a raise at Amoco? Now that was just a taste so I think you better just bow down and admit defeat.
Now that we have gotten all those feelings out in the open we guess it's time to wish everyone a Happy Holiday. Best of luck to you and your family for the coming year. Maybe next year we will work on a letter that is a little less exciting.
Sincerely Donna and Chris
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