Tuesday, August 14, 2007

What McNeill really means

A classic McNeill event will happen tonight at Dad's house. It will be nowhere near the awesomeness that was Macfest, but it will involve one of the things we do best....eating.




Of course some of you might be thinking "Wait we're McNeills, we do everything best", and you'd be right. But if we were to make a top three list of things we as McNeills do best it would probably look something like this:


  1. Eating - More specifically eating chicken tenders, Super Sandwiches, macaroni and cheese, and french fries.


  2. Drinking - Well we know what the adult McNeill's drink, but the "kid table" McNeill's are pretty good at putting down some sweet tea, Cheerwine, and Mountain Dew.


  3. Telling Stories - Of course we can't just tell stories, we have to tell the loudest and best story.

So when Austin told me that his girlfriend challenged him to a chicken tenders/french fry eating contest tonight, it was more than just a silly boast, it was a direct challenge to Austin's status as a McNeill. Eating chicken tenders isn't just something we're really good at; we were groomed by the master herself, Nanny McNeill, from an early age to be experts at eating chicken tenders. I still feel the shame of only having one chicken tender at MacFest; it's almost like my last name was changed to something really weird like Braziel. So wherever you are tonight, send up a quick prayer for Austin, because he may not be a McNeill anymore if he loses a chicken tender eating contest to his girlfriend.


On a more serious note we need to start figuring out some locations for the 2nd Annual Macfest. Obviously Class VI is a completely viable option again, but all ideas are welcome, even if they are just for a particular type of activity and not a specific place. My ideas are either whitewater rafting again, some kind of team based ropes course, or some kind of big paintball battle. Just from briefly looking around it looks like we could find all those type things in West Virginia again, which seemed to be a perfect location.

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