As Is Standard, My Parents Are Ever So Much Cooler Than I Am

[genial_failure]

Forwarded to me, the winning entry from the Washington Post Style Invitational contest that asked readers to submit "instructions" for something (anything), but written in the style of a famous person

Comments

[mantis327]

Nice, my mother sends me pictures of cats with text imposed on them. Not lolcats mind you, but stuff like a picture of a kitten hanging from a windowsill that reads "Hang in there!"

Oh, and occasionally right-wing propaganda which when researched on Snopes is found to be highly inaccurate.

[genial_failure]

You do not get a t-shirt.

Unless your mother is a post-ironic performance artist.

[pinkraver]

My mom sent me a five minute coffee mug chocolate cake recipe today. Microwavable chocolate cake recipe. FTW.

[genial_failure]

Your t-shirt says "Practical Chocolate means I don't care if my mother is wittier than yours."

[pinkraver]

Touche. And my mom might not be the wittiest mom, but we play the free rice vocab game together!