“Place unopened pouch in warm water for 5-10 minutes.Unopened pouch may be laid on a warm surface.Lay unopened pouch in direct sunlight. Not much chance of that down here.Place unopened pouch inside you shirt, allow you body temperature to warm your MRE.I was surprised they left out: Place unopened pouch on ground and pee on it.”

“I am the kangaroo of love. Do you question it? You can take your skepticism and stuff it straight down my pouch.”

“My dad was never one of those dads you could ask for a quarter if you saw a gumball machine. Instead he had one of those black American Express cards not available to general public. Gumball machines didn’t have slots for those.”

“What is a turducken? An exclusive culinary creation available by special order from some little Cajun town down south. Entirely deboned, a turducken consists of a turkey, stuffed with duck, stuffed with a chicken, like an edible Russian nesting doll. Some were stuffed with alligator, crap, shrimp; my favorite was the traditional cornbread variety.”

“By the way, when you finish the bottle of Crown Royal, you can still use the pouch to hold your broken dreams.”

“You know what I wisht I had, Ma? A pouch like a 'possum, to tote things.--The Yearling”

“The pouches under his eyes were like purses that contained the smuggled memories of a disappointing life.”