Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for November 24, 2013
November 23, 2013
November 25, 2013
Transcript:
Mom: Honey, they shrunk the China! Cathy: You got Grandman's China out for Thanksgiving dinner this year, Mom! Mom: Isn't it pretty? Cathy: I'll help set the table. Where are the dinner plates? Mom: You're holding the dinner plate. Cathy: This is the dinner plate? There's no room for any food on here! I thought this was the salad plate! Mom: No...this is the salad plate! Cathy: That's a salad plate?! Mom: This is the size salads used to be! Everything's bigger now! Portions are bigger...Plates are bigger...Tables are bigger...and, needless to say, chairs are bigger.. Cathy: We can't have changed that much!...Here! Here's a normal plate! A normal-sized dinner plate! Mom: This is Grandma's turkey serving platter. Cathy: Aack!! Mom: There, there...Let me pour you ten or fifteen cups of coffee....
Dragon0131 over 10 years ago
I think grandma found one of those up-scale children’s play sets. I’ve seen them and everything is tiny compared to the real thing. All of my china (30+ years old), my mom’s china (50+ years old), and the real old stuff I’ve seen in thrift shops are all the same size, normal – which means enough room for all the food, maybe.
dlsnyder55 over 10 years ago
Maybe the plates were the same size, but the cups were definitely smaller…
QuietStorm27 over 10 years ago
It may not be classy but for big holiday dinners I use those foam tray plates. I don’t like my different foods to touch and it’s usually just my immediate family.
rgcviper over 10 years ago
So, basically, they’re saying we’ve become too plump (known to some as fat) for our own good. Reassuring, huh?
HI, MOM. Happy Sunday, “Cathy” Clan.
Zaristerex over 10 years ago
In Australia, a “large” drink is smaller than a medium-sized drink in the states at some places! Hence the term, “American sized.”
cullen_athey over 10 years ago
I’ve got an eight place setting of Havilland wedding band china and,/Users/clathey/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Masters/2013/Nov 1, 2013_2/IMG_1134.JPG indeed, it’s smaller than current china.
cullen_athey over 10 years ago
Oops, maybe the tea leaf luster band got sent instead.
BarbJay over 10 years ago
I had to laugh when I saw this strip because I have china with small cups I received as a wedding gift 48 years ago! I stopped using the set several years ago. Americans use big coffee mugs these days and the plates are definitely smaller. I’ve often wondered if it’s really a luncheon set, which maybe isn’t even sold here any longer.