I almost got thrown out of my sister-in-law's house one year at the holidays.

I told them that I was thinking of opening a restaurant (I did this with a straight face, so they thought I was serious).

She and her family at the time were vegetarians, but I said I was going to open a restaurant that specialized in venison dishes.

I was going to call it, "The Buck Stops Here," and my slogan was going to be, "Bambi: You've seen the movie. Now, eat the star!"