Did you grow up eating at the kids' table during Thanksgiving? You
know, when your family chose to banish you into a corner with an
assortment of cousins that you rarely saw and hardly liked? The cousin
who's a few oats short of a Cheerio? The other cousin who lacks personal
grooming habits and doesn't know the tender touch of a facecloth?
Yeah--that happened to a lot of us.
We were all kids at some point though. Some of us were debonair, and some of us were a hot mess. And so were famous writers.
Here
are seventeen famous writers when they were children or teenagers--and whether
they should luck out and eat with the adults or be at the kids' table for
Thanksgiving:
1.) Robert Frost
Even as a baby, Frost couldn't manage a smile. And it all went downhill from here.
Kids' table!
2.) Vladimir Nabokov
The snappy tie, the tube socks channeling his wannabe inner Flashdance waiting to break free, all while rocking penny loafers.
Adults' table!
3.) Virginia Woolf
She even judges while playing cricket. You don't need her judging your homemade stuffing, too.
Kids' table!
4.) Langston Hughes
Somewhere under that giant mound of baby clothes is Hughes. Is he a wizard? He might be a wizard.
Adults' table!
5.) Roald Dahl
There's a 50% chance he just walked off the set of
Downton Abbey.
Adults' table!
6.) Jorge Luis Borges
It's as if baby Spock just came back from a cruise ship adventure.
Adults' table!
7.) F. Scott Fitzgerald
A whip for the toy horse?
And we all know he's going to drink all the booze anyway...
Kids' table!
8.) Franz Kafka
Is that a goat? Ram? Sheep?
Whatever it is, it has a hat. No one can deny a hat-wearing sheep is a winning look.
Adults' table!
9.) Carl Jung
That's the face of judgment. No one needs that while eating the sweet potatoes.
Kids' table!
10.) J.R.R. Tolkien
Tolkien and his younger brother are channeling the pilgrim look. But they're missing the stylish hats with the belt buckles.
Kids' table!
11.) Aldous Huxley
The shoes say, "I came here on the Mayflower."
The sour face says, "I need a nap."
Kids' table!
12. Arthur Rimbaud
You just kind of get the vibe that after he passes you the bowl of peas, he'll politely read you a poem.
Adults' table!
13.) Alice Munro
You try wearing a bonnet and look so cute. You can't, can you?
Adults' table!
14.) Flannery O'Connor
She might be good with small talk, but the entire time she'll be plotting a short story where she makes you a creep.
Kids' table!
15.) Noam Chomsky
Don't let the coy smile fool you. That starched white collar channels a Miles Standish quality.
Kids' table!
16.) Victor Hugo
Little Lord Fauntleroy, is that you?
Adults' table!
17.) Stephen King
You usually only see 85-year old men wearing pants that high.
Adults' table!
