Hmmm . Since I ' m much taller and the odd one in an extended Irish immigrant family , I tend to be the target . I can predict it now Starts with everyone saying that it looks like I ' ve grown taller at 46 ? and how I should have made millions in the NBA . When people start out with You know what YOUR problem is ? it ' s just not going to go well . Once the drinking starts in heavy , it progresses to how I just HAD to go to a snooty Eastern college instead of the NBA and now I supposedly think I ' m better than everyone . That ' s when the real fighting starts , culminating in someone locking themselves into the ONE bathroom , screaming and drunkenly sobbing , while everyone else desperately needs to use the toilet . Finally , my really crazy old uncle will put corn kernels on his teeth and stick baby carrots in his nose , making everyone laugh , and then it ' ll all be okay again . Because we ' re just that classy . Happy Thanksgiving everyone ! !