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[misterqueue]

Wait a minute.. MO?  Jeezus...

Is there any way we can transport STL over the state line so I could NOT be in a state where I'm on that list.  At least then I'd get to hang out with Chicago.. I heard she's pretty cool (and she puts out!)

[AugustWest]

As the only official Jeopardy champion on the board, I have to admit that I did not know the state sport of Maryland was jousting.  Does everybody in Md. have "RENFAIRE" on their license plate?

[side_show]

I'm a Christmas loving Athiest.  Merriness and Hugs to all!  

Seriously though, no matter what your spiritual base, it's emotionally healthy (and just plain fun) to set some time aside to celebrate the good things and spend time with family (be it a 'blood family' or a 'chosen family' like mine).  I did have a Jewish coworker look at me a little funny a couple months ago when I wished her a Happy New Year for Rosh Hashanah, then she got all excited, and was all "You're Jewish!  I didn't know that!"  I had to explain to her that I'm not Jewish, but that marking passages and building community by gathering together are very important to me too, and then we talked a bit about what she would be doing to celebrate.  I don't tend to tell most people that I'm an Athiest, because a lot of times people then assume that I'm judging them and their spiritual path, when indeed I'm not.  Actually apart from my SO and some former coworkers at a heavy-drinking office retreat thing, you're the only folks who know this about me.  Basically I realize that unless you're a total moron, that once you've reached adulthood that you've put some thought into your life path, and the big questions.  I'm always for people getting together to celebrate.  And fuck*ng.  Vote for the Party party.

[arkabee]

Ark, when did you switch to the all-beat-poetry format, anyway? Not that it isn't awesome and all, but I'm just curious.

uh, 1996 i think.

college was, um, interesting.

my memory's, uh, not what it used to be.

[Doc]

Yeah christmas does indeed rock, I have major love for my catholic christmas masses.

The fuck christmas thing, we get shit like this from somewhere every year an my grandmother always goes on about it. A couple of assholes complaining != plot by teh EVAL FOREIGNERS!

I want to go back and live permanently in the mid nineties when no one gave a shit about religion or politics (or at least I didn't which is good enough for me).

[AlohaDawg]

You forgot Hanukkah, Wombat.

Why aren't both answers right?

They are, but there are THREE questions.

[Bozack]

Creeeeepy Christmas moment at work.
A woman told me that Christians were "under-represented" on the Upper West Side because we were all sold out of advent calenders; I sort of Phil Ken Sebben laughed because I didn't get the joke, but it HAD to be a joke, right? Nobody's just going to out and say "THE UPPER WEST SIDE IS FILLED WITH HEATHENS AND I DON'T LIKE IT!", are they? Then I tell her, okay, let me check our other stores- which of the following calenders do you want: Waiting for Santa, The Whistle Stop Christmas or Kittens in Mittens (the ones that we had had in stock)? She gasps, LITERALLY gasps, and say, "Well, we wanted a religious advent calender. I guess we'll take our business elsewhere."
Ergh. I understand that she would be displeased that we don't have religious advent calenders, but she just made it really creepy with the first statement.
"Sorry, we don't carry Advent calenders; We're proud members of the International Jewish Conspiracy. Would you like a pamphlet?"

[wombat]

You forgot Hanukkah, Wombat.

Why aren't both answers right?

They are, but there are THREE questions.

Oh, I meant both answers to the third question.  If I did forget Hanukkah (and I'm not sayin'), Christmas is also correct.

[AlohaDawg]

Creeeeepy Christmas moment at work.
A woman told me that Christians were "under-represented" on the Upper West Side because we were all sold out of advent calenders; I sort of Phil Ken Sebben laughed because I didn't get the joke, but it HAD to be a joke, right? Nobody's just going to out and say "THE UPPER WEST SIDE IS FILLED WITH HEATHENS AND I DON'T LIKE IT!", are they? Then I tell her, okay, let me check our other stores- which of the following calenders do you want: Waiting for Santa, The Whistle Stop Christmas or Kittens in Mittens (the ones that we had had in stock)? She gasps, LITERALLY gasps, and say, "Well, we wanted a religious advent calender. I guess we'll take our business elsewhere."
Ergh. I understand that she would be displeased that we don't have religious advent calenders, but she just made it really creepy with the first statement.
"Sorry, we don't carry Advent calenders; We're proud members of the International Jewish Conspiracy. Would you like a pamphlet?"

Even I laugh at people like that. It's nothing to do with her being any kind of Christian (and especially a poor 'underrepresented' one) and everything to do with having a need to find that factor in EVERYTHING that indicates she is a victim.

[wombat]

Hang on a minute, if you were sold out of all the Advent calendars, doesn't that mean there are tons of those Christians around who already bought them up?  I don't get the complaint even on the complainer's own terms.

[V-Adore]

Yeah, I'm a little confused too. Wouldn't "sold out" imply that they had already been sold to happy believers, as opposed to never being in stock because of the Jewish Conspiracy?

That said, I now want a Kittens in Mittens advent calendar. It sounds delightful.

[AlohaDawg]

What if they <never> actually stocked them? That's just the kind of thing these bastard secular liberal bookstores would do, you know. Keep them on the stock list but don't take precious space away from Santa and Al Franken to show the REAL Christmas.

Fuckers.



If this lady was THAT big a Christian looking for the Christ Child in cardstock with little bitty doors, she might have thought of looking in a Christian Bookstore. I'm just saying is all.

[AugustWest]

I bet that lady's name was Pat.

[CortJstr]

As the only official Jeopardy champion on the board, I have to admit that I did not know the state sport of Maryland was jousting.  Does everybody in Md. have "RENFAIRE" on their license plate?

Well MD does have the 2nd largest* Ren Fest in the country. So almost.

Post-game update: They finally conceeded on my Kislev question as othewise our "holiday" category only had Christmas questions. Nobody got it right. Or my two questions in the slogans category: Hungry? Why Wait? and If You Don't Get It, You Don't Get It.

Only one out of four got my Final Jeopardy Question right. The category was 19th Century British Serialized Fiction.

Place your wagers.
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The question: how many ghosts visited Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?

They said 3. Which admittedly was my intent.

*in acres, not attendance.

[theinevitable]

mann.

if I hear one person rant about "political correct"-ness, I will begin believing in gun ownership. Seriously. People say they're "anti-pc", but what they mean is "I am going to say whatever rude things I want, and you can't be upset by them." I'm sick of it.

My favorite comment has been this. A girl called in to the radio station, and said the following: "what really gets me bent out of shape is this. I tell someone "happy holidays", and they get mad at me. I'm telling them that I hope they have a good holiday season, and they're offended. "

But