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I’m Outta Here

by John Cole|  July 25, 20089:54 am| 22 Comments

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Off to a Cole family reunion. Thirty to forty people who share my bloodline. Should be entertaining.

Or frightening.

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  1. 1.

    myiq2xu

    July 25, 2008 at 9:56 am

    Looking to pick up chicks, eh?

  2. 2.

    John Cole

    July 25, 2008 at 9:59 am

    Hey- this is West Virginia, you know.

  3. 3.

    liberal

    July 25, 2008 at 10:00 am

    Are you a breeder or a protector?

  4. 4.

    4tehlulz

    July 25, 2008 at 10:00 am

    Frightening usually. At mine, the person who put it together announced to the gathering the existence of a previously unknown; apparently, the 4tehlulz ancestor that came from Ireland had an affair soon after he got off the boat.

  5. 5.

    Zifnab

    July 25, 2008 at 10:03 am

    apparently, the 4tehlulz ancestor that came from Ireland had an affair soon after he got off the boat.

    Hey, get off my dingy!

  6. 6.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    July 25, 2008 at 10:04 am

    Looking to pick up chicks, eh?

    It was the first thing that popped into my mind. But, I would NEVER stoop that … never mind.

    I hope its not like my reunions where alcohol, guns and 4WD vehicles always give evidence as to why we should all belong to MENSA. Or not.

    Have a good’un, JC.

  7. 7.

    Punchy

    July 25, 2008 at 10:14 am

    I’m always the designated lifeguard at our family reunions.
    Apparently my relatives either lack the ability to swim or possess an outstanding ability to act like they’re drowning.

    Who’s bloggin in your absence? Can we get Jake please? PLEASE?

  8. 8.

    Beth in VA

    July 25, 2008 at 10:25 am

    So you’re going to scare them?

  9. 9.

    greynoldsct00

    July 25, 2008 at 10:27 am

    We’ll miss you today. Have a good time.

  10. 10.

    Krista

    July 25, 2008 at 10:32 am

    Have fun, John!

  11. 11.

    Brachiator

    July 25, 2008 at 10:43 am

    Off to a Cole family reunion. Thirty to forty people who share my bloodline. Should be entertaining.

    Or frightening.

    Here’s a little Rodney Dangerfield:

    I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.

    I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it.

  12. 12.

    S

    July 25, 2008 at 10:45 am

    The population of West Virginia is smaller than I thought!

  13. 13.

    Tsulagi

    July 25, 2008 at 11:04 am

    Thirty to forty people who share my bloodline.

    Probably all living within a five block radius, right? Sorry, couldn’t resist.

    When my family manages to have a reunion, we look like the freaking United Nations. My family on both sides has long been equal opportunity fuckers. A proud family tradition I did my utmost to uphold until the SO. Guess we’re sort of the anti-WVs.

  14. 14.

    Perry Como

    July 25, 2008 at 11:07 am

    Could you leave the door to the blog propped open while you’re gone? kthxbai

  15. 15.

    cmorenc

    July 25, 2008 at 11:18 am

    What’s particuarly frightening about family reunions is to rediscover just how vastly your situation and worldview has diverged from people who closely share ancestry and DNA. In some cases, it even seems appropriate to measure the gap in light-years, since some “relatives” seem to now inhabit an entirely different planet than the one you know. In other cases, the discomfort is for quite the opposite reason – damn! you haven’t escaped some unsettling family resemblances or traits nearly as much as you’d somehow convinced yourself you had.

  16. 16.

    jake

    July 25, 2008 at 11:38 am

    When my family manages to have a reunion, we look like the freaking United Nations. My family on both sides has long been equal opportunity fuckers.

    Heh. Same here. For extra fun I’m probably the least liberal person in my family. Nothing spells a-m-u-s-m-e-n-t like five little old ladies of various hues expressing their opinion of Bush2.

  17. 17.

    RSA

    July 25, 2008 at 11:42 am

    Thirty to forty people who share my bloodline.

    That’s a lot of vampires at one time; keep an eye out for anemia.

  18. 18.

    Genine

    July 25, 2008 at 11:42 am

    I find it fascinating when families get together- on purpose.

    Mine doesn’t, and there are good reasons for that. So I am always riveted at the family gatherings of other people. I like to observe the undercurrents and the interactions. Its great stuff!

  19. 19.

    liberal

    July 25, 2008 at 11:43 am

    jake wrote,

    For extra fun I’m probably the least liberal person in my family.

    wow!

  20. 20.

    jake

    July 25, 2008 at 11:59 am

    Well, I didn’t have to put up with Close Encounters of the K^3^ kind.

    Seeing my grand-parents return fire probably didn’t help either. ;-p

  21. 21.

    Tsulagi

    July 25, 2008 at 2:01 pm

    When my family manages to have a reunion, we look like the freaking United Nations. My family on both sides has long been equal opportunity fuckers.

    Heh. Same here. For extra fun I’m probably the least liberal person in my family. Nothing spells a-m-u-s-m-e-n-t like five little old ladies of various hues expressing their opinion of Bush2.

    In mine, while there are one or two toward the farther ends of the political spectrum, the large majority of my family leans center-right. Fairly conservative, but not the Party of Bush 28%ers joke version.

    When I told my dad I had contributed more than a dollar or two to ACLU, he couldn’t have looked more bewildered if I’d told him I’d just returned from Mars hanging out with Jesus who appointed me his 13th disciple. That was fun.

  22. 22.

    skippy

    July 25, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    i vote for frightening. the thing about family reunions is you’re stuck with a bunch of strangers whose only excuse for being together is someone else’s sexual encounters.

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