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Bordertangoman
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« on: November 10, 2010, 06:31:28 AM »
We all ought to be cultivating Scrogginess and Grinchiness in this era of austerity..so moan about the commercialisning of Xmas
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« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2010, 12:34:46 PM »
AARRGGG Christmas already??? - thats about the least bah-humbug thing I've seen for years!!!
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« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2010, 05:30:42 AM »
Quote from: elisedance on November 10, 2010, 12:34:46 PM
AARRGGG Christmas already??? - thats about the least bah-humbug thing I've seen for years!!!

that's the first complaint seasonal optimism and cheerfulness
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« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2010, 05:44:43 AM »
scowl grumble grumble.....

mind you I did watch Terry Pratchett's Hogfather - disc world equivalent of Father Christmas
there is a plot to assassinate the Hogfather and Death has to step into his robes.... and of course he has warthogs rather than reindeer..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cATYdXVj8wo&feature=related
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« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2010, 06:23:10 AM »
Do you think that chimney is active?
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« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2010, 07:14:14 AM »
Quote from: elisedance on November 15, 2010, 06:23:10 AM
Do you think that chimney is active?

I 'spect so; he's toasting his chestnuts!
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« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2010, 01:33:47 PM »
Quote from: Bordertangoman on November 15, 2010, 07:14:14 AM
Quote from: elisedance on November 15, 2010, 06:23:10 AM
Do you think that chimney is active?

I 'spect so; he's toasting his chestnuts!
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« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2010, 10:03:50 AM »
har; more humbug; the guardian's partner has apparently acquired parental rites Tongue so i now have to share my daughter three ways over the xmas holiday

Ms X, is spoken for so another possibility is crushed, and tt is getting married,

dont know why I bother getting up in the morning......
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« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2010, 10:56:29 AM »
Quote from: Bordertangoman on November 24, 2010, 10:03:50 AM
har; more humbug; the guardian's partner has apparently acquired parental rites Tongue so i now have to share my daughter three ways over the xmas holiday

Ms X, is spoken for so another possibility is crushed, and tt is getting married,

dont know why I bother getting up in the morning......
How could that happen without your input and participation??  Time to go back to the lawyer...
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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2010, 05:36:54 AM »
A few grim things about Christmas
1. The few pointless days of work between Boxing Day and New Year; why dont they make it a week's national hoiliday and have done with it.. the microchip was meant to reduce our workload after all.

2. Ceaseless adverts for celebrity-branded perfume

3. The Ubiquitous Office Christmas Dinner. A snowball fight would be better ....

4. The damn music: Carols and Bing Crosby overkill in every supermarket and store that you go into...
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« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2010, 05:49:33 AM »
Quote from: Bordertangoman on December 01, 2010, 05:36:54 AM
3. The Ubiquitous Office Christmas Dinner. A snowball fight would be better ....

right on - even better between, say, competing bank branches.  Now that would be a chrismtmas party to remember...
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« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2010, 12:10:49 PM »
Dear Holly,
My daughter is starting to ask the inevitable questions: Where do babies come from? What happens when people die? Why does mummy have so many 'special friends' to stay over? etc. Obviously, as it's nearly Christmas, she's now starting to ask about Santa Claus and if he's real or not. Do you think I should get it over with and tell her the truth before she turns 30?
Geraldine,
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Dear Geraldine,
Let's examine the facts.
From birth, children are convinced, via a complicated and elaborate parental charade, that there is a benevolent person called Santa Claus who comes down the chimney at Christmas, delivering presents to all the good little boys and girls around the world in his reindeer-drawn flying sleigh. Despite the fact that our mummies and daddies suspect anyone and everyone of being a predatory paedophile for 11 months of the year, come December, children everywhere are forced to sit on the knee of sinister bearded strangers in disguise, who smell vaguely of cigarettes and McEwan's Export, and who insist you call them Father Christmas whilst rubbing the small of your back. Call me a big spoil sport, but I'm getting mixed messages. And then suddenly, one day, your mummy and daddy take you to one side and inform you that they have been lying and that Santa doesn't really exist after all. You'd think that shaking the foundations of your entire belief system would be enough, but your parents continue to insist that although they lied about Santa, they weren't joking about Jesus, and he really can walk on water and eat 500 fishes at once without spewing and turn water into alcoholic beverages with his mind. And they expect us to believe whatever else comes out of their putrid, lying mouths? I would make a comparison with Pinocchio here… but apparently he's also a cynical, manipulative invention. So Geraldine, whatever you decide to tell your daughter about Santa, just make sure you get your story straight beforehand.
Hope that helps!
Holly

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« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2010, 10:03:23 AM »
Santa's primal past...the truth that America glossed over

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pH9IyqTk1E

from Rare Export: A Christmas Tale

( with a sting in it if you've beeen naughty...)
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