Quote by Phyllis Diller

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to com

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This humorous quote is a hyperbolic way of highlighting the extent of the speaker's poor cooking skills. They jokingly claim that their cooking is so terrible that their children, instead of associating Thanksgiving with a celebration of gratitude and a hearty feast, humorously relate it to the historically significant event of Pearl Harbor. It serves to address the humorously bizarre consequences of the speaker's cooking mishaps, showcasing the playful self-deprecating nature of the quote.

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