Don’t Try This At Home
Okay so like just so that everybody knows: being able to take a pizza out of the oven with your bare hands doesn’t make you some kind of a ninja.
But it does make you better than everybody who can’t.
I’m so not looking for a parade or a medal or a ribbon or anything. A trophy would be nice but I don’t really need one. I just think sometimes in our fast paced modern world we somehow lose sight of the things that really matter.
There probably was a time in this country where we weren’t afraid to celebrate people who had the skills and the courage and the other skills necessary to reach into a hot oven and very carefully pick up a crispy-crust pizza by the edges without touching the rack or burning themselves with hot cheese or sauce. Probably. I wasn’t born yet so I don’t know.
But it’s not too late for the next generation. Parents, tell your kids:
Being able to take a pizza out of the oven with your bare hands doesn’t make you some kind of a ninja.
But it does make you better than everybody who can’t.
And stay in school.
~Ariella Rasputin Wallflower
December 13th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
If it dosen’t make you some kind of ninja… does it make you some kind of pirate?
December 13th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Ei! It do be makin ye a pirate!
Just be remembrin tha harrd bit:
Avoid touchin the ChedArrrr.
December 13th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Maybe if the pizza and the oven belong to somebody else. Which would make sense if you’re not trying it at home.
December 13th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
“Maybe if the pizza and hte oven belong to somebody else. Which would makese if you’re not trying it at home.”
I totally never thought of that! That’s awesome, Ari! I’m going over to a friend’s house right now to try it. Cool idea.