Come hungry and bring Tupperware for leftovers

Published 12:01 am Monday, September 19, 2011

And bring Tupperware for leftovers: Saturday’s your chance to watch an attempt to break a world record in downtown Mount Vernon with a pan of potatoes au gratin that will measure 80 feet by 8 feet. The recipe calls for 15,000 pounds of potatoes, 400 pounds of cheese, 200 gallons of cream, 100 pounds of onions and 50 pounds of garlic.

To accompany the meal, the nearby YMCA swimming pool will be used as a Jell-O mold.

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Another blow for the post office: A manners columnist says it’s OK for your kid to send thank-you notes by email. But you may have to remind Grandma that it’s the sentiment that counts and not the medium.

Of course, that can be taken too far. Grandma’s not going to be impressed by a cellphone text message that reads only: “Thx, G-ma.”

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Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1961, Barney and Betty Hill of New Hampshire claimed under hypnosis that they had been abducted by extraterrestrials while driving home from a vacation.

Adding weight to their story were the T-shirts they brought home for their children that read, “Mom and Dad were probed by aliens, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.”

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