Word: brussel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Church of Religious Consciousness is easy to belong to. Instead of disallowing things that people enjoy--like ham and cheese sandwiches or BLTs (Judaism), hamburgers on Friday (Catholicism), or meat (Hindu)--the Church will disallow things that nobody like to eat anyway. Spinach, liver, tongue, brussel sprouts, and broccoli-cheese pasta are all on the list of foods that you are forbidden from eating as a member of the Church...
...surplus that will be left of these foods will be sent to starving children in Africa. This will have the extra benefit of making it impossible for your mother to tell you that there are children in Africa wishing fot the chance to eat your brussel sprouts...
Golf's reaction to its pallor has been as unnatural as most of the players' reactions are to anything. New concepts of golf courses: "stadium" golf, "target" golf. New shades of golf balls: orange and lime ones that resemble kumquats and brussel sprouts rolling along the yard. In an unusual attempt to liven things up and make himself distinguishable from the other blonds, Jerry Pate has actually taken to throwing himself into water hazards...