Thanks for that. We’re having a little potluck party this week, kind of for Xmas I guess and I’ve been trying to find something special to take.. found some awesome ideas at this potluck recipes site. You know, someone should invent a website where you can write what you’ll be taking, and it would make sure no one brings the same thing!
Fleming:
November 24th, 2011 at 7:21 pm
Very entertaining article. Interesting about the change from the original meaning to the American, “Everybody bring something.” I suggest the addition of an alternate term, “potbadluck”, as when 9/10 of the contributions are soggy tuna fish sandwiches.
[...] to potlatch, a Native American “feast, often lasting several days,” according to the Word Detective, “there is no actual connection between the [...]
B:
June 6th, 2012 at 8:39 am
@Jermaine…its called a spreadsheet, or Google Docs
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Samuel Hernandez:
May 27th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
me and my friends used to participate on a fund raising event for the protection of panda bears~`~
Jermaine Puhr:
November 17th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Thanks for that. We’re having a little potluck party this week, kind of for Xmas I guess and I’ve been trying to find something special to take.. found some awesome ideas at this potluck recipes site. You know, someone should invent a website where you can write what you’ll be taking, and it would make sure no one brings the same thing!
Fleming:
November 24th, 2011 at 7:21 pm
Very entertaining article. Interesting about the change from the original meaning to the American, “Everybody bring something.” I suggest the addition of an alternate term, “potbadluck”, as when 9/10 of the contributions are soggy tuna fish sandwiches.
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March 16th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
[...] to potlatch, a Native American “feast, often lasting several days,” according to the Word Detective, “there is no actual connection between the [...]
B:
June 6th, 2012 at 8:39 am
@Jermaine…its called a spreadsheet, or Google Docs