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37. Can't make gravy

Sat May 24, 2014, 07:01 AM

May 2014

I have kitchen skills. I can do a soufflé that achieves lift off, but my attempts at gravy are at best pitiful, at worst disgusting.

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what seemingly normal skills did you never develop? [View all] fizzgig May 2014 OP

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i'll let you in on a dirty secret fizzgig May 2014 #3

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i imagine you're quite adept at that fizzgig May 2014 #4

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That was what I was gonna say Tsiyu May 2014 #5

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now that i can do fizzgig May 2014 #9

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i couldn't swim for any real distance fizzgig May 2014 #12

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ha! fizzgig May 2014 #17

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i should have included that fizzgig May 2014 #18

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LOL - I totally forgot about that. cyberswede May 2014 #20

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i'm not so hot at pancakes fizzgig May 2014 #27

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i can't run, either fizzgig May 2014 #28

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i can only spit sometimes fizzgig May 2014 #29

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there's something i haven't thought of in a long time fizzgig May 2014 #50

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i can do minor fixes fizzgig May 2014 #51

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i can't carry a tune in a bucket with a lid on it fizzgig May 2014 #52

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i fail at life quite often fizzgig May 2014 #53

Can't make gravy sarge43 May 2014 #37

try this gravy recipe fizzgig May 2014 #47

Thank you. I will give it a try. It doesn't sound strange at all. sarge43 May 2014 #58

Putting up with gross stupidity. hobbit709 May 2014 #38

i wish i didn't need to be so good at that fizzgig May 2014 #54

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i took me forever to remember which way to flip the blinker when i was learning to drive fizzgig May 2014 #55

my problem, too. cant turn a key the right way on the first try mopinko May 2014 #68

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i dated a guy who rolled his own smokes and i'd spend so much time practicing fizzgig May 2014 #56

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